International Conference @ Louvain-la-Neuve
ActivitiesPosted by Jan Tavernier Mon, March 17, 2014 12:33:59On Thursday 27 and Friday 28 February 2014, an international conference entitled “Topography and Toponymy in the Ancient Near East: Perspectives and Prospects” took place at the Oriental Institute of the Université catholique de Louvain. This conference, organized by the research group “Ancient Near Eastern Studies” of the aforementioned institute, was held within the framework of Work Package III (“Historical Geography”) of the IAP-Project 7/14.
The conference was organized in five sessions: “Water”, “The Lands”, “Routes”, “Fields” and “Methodological Approaches”. International and Belgian speakers (see programme) delivered interesting and qualitative contributions followed by profound discussions. The conference covered all regions of the Ancient Near East (Anatolia, Levant, Mesopotamia and Elam-Iran) as well as the 2rd and 1st Millennium. Proceedings of this conference will be published.
Sincere thanks for the smooth organisation of this conference go to the Organizing Committee consisting of Prof. Dr. J. Tavernier, Prof. Em. R. Lebrun, Dr. A. Tourovets, Dr. Ch. Lebrun, Dr. J. De Vos, A. Degrève, E. Gorris and E. Van Quickelberghe.
Programme
Jeudi 27 février / Thursday 27 February
09h00-09h15: Accueil / Reception
09h15-10h00: Introduction
Prof. V. Yzerbyt, Prorecteur à la
Recherche of the Université catholique de
Louvain.
Prof. P. Hiligsmann, Dean of the Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres.
Prof. J. den Heijer, Président of
the Centre d’Etudes Orientales – Institut
Orientaliste.
A.
Devillers & Prof. J. Tavernier, Introduction
to the IAP Project « Greater Mesopotamia: Reconstruction of its
Environment and History ».
Session 1: Les Eaux / Water (Président de session / Chair : René Lebrun)
10h00-10h30: Kathleen Abraham (KU Leuven)
Perennial Water for Nippur: The Location of the Sumundar Canal
10h30-11h00: Karel Van Lerberghe (KU Leuven)
Where’s Waldo ?
11h00-11h20: Pause-café / Coffee Break
11h20-11h50: Guy Labarre (Université de Franche-Comté ; laboratoire ISTA)
Les cités riveraines des lacs pisidiens Askania (Burdur) et Limnè (Eğridir)11h50-12h20: Stéphane Lebreton (Université d’Artois)
Réflexions sur les hydronymes d’Asie Mineure
12h15-14h00: Lunch
Session 2: Les Régions / The Lands (Président de session/Chair :
Alexandre Tourovets)
14h00-14h30: Eric Gubel (RMAH)
La topographie historique de la plaine du Akkar : bilan provisoire
14h30-15h00: Danièle Michaux-Colombot (Académie d’Orléans)
Locating the country Meluḫḫa mentioned in cuneiform sources and identifying it with that of MḎ3 from Egyptian sources
15h00-15h30: Julien De Vos (Université catholique de Louvain)
La localisation du pays de Qedy/Qode : Une évidence à réévaluer
15h30-15h50: Pause-café / Coffee Break
15h50-16h20: Laurent Colonna d’Istria (Université de Liège) et Sébastien Rey (Université de Liège)
Mari et son terroir à l’époque des šakkannakū
16h20-16h50: Hadrien Bru (Université de Franche-Comté ; laboratoire ISTA)
Topographie et toponymie de la Phrygie Parorée
16h50-17h20: Etienne Van Quickelberghe (Université catholique de Louvain)
Entre Assyrie et Anatolie : La topographie du pays d’Isuwa
19h00: Dîner / Dinner (Il Doge, Louvain-la-Neuve)
Vendredi
28 février / Friday 28 February
Session 3: Les Itinéraires / Routes (Président de session/Chair : Mikko Luukko)
10h15-10h30: Accueil / Reception
10h30-11h00: Elynn Gorris (Université catholique de Louvain) & Greta Van Buylaere (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
Elamites on the Road to Hara(n)
11h00-11h20: Pause-café / Coffee Break
11h20-11h50: Alexandre Tourovets (Université catholique de Louvain)
The Assyrians in the Zagros : Problems concerning the localisations of toponyms
11h50-12h20: Gian Pietro Basello (L’Orientale - University of Naples)
Administrative Topography in Comparison: Overlapping Jurisdictions in the Acropole Tablets from Susa and in the Persepolis Fortification Tablets (6th Century BC)
12h20-14h00: Lunch
Session 4: Les champs / The Fields (Président de session/Chair :
Gian Pietro Basello)
14h00-14h30: Anne Goddeeris (Universiteit Gent / KU Leuven)
The Fields of Nippur
14h30-15h00: Katrien De Graef (Universiteit Gent)
In Susa’s Fields. On the Topography of Fields in Old Babylonian Administrative Documents from Susa
15h00-15h20: Pause-café / Coffee Break
Session 5: Président de session/Chair : Guy Labarre
15h20-15h50: Mikko Luukko (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
Observations on Neo-Assyrian Practices of Naming Places
15h50-16h20: Lauriane Locatelli (Université catholique de Louvain)
Ariassos et Pergé, deux toponymes anatoliens. Hypothèses et tentatives d’interprétation
16h20-16h40: Conclusion / Concluding remarks (René Lebrun)
17h00: Conférence inaugurale d’Oriental Lecture Series. Prof. Christian Robin (CNRS Paris)
Toponymes et ethnonymes du Yémen : permanences et changements
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