Chair: Dr. Fawzi Zayadine (Jordanian Department of Antiquities)
Prof. Vitaly Naumkin & Prof. Victor Porkhomovsky (Moscow University):
"Scotran oral tradition and cross-cultural contacts".
Dr. Mohammad Maraqten (Philipps-Universität, Marburg/Lahn): "Mari
and Arabia: Some aspects of tribal organisation and social
institutions".
Dr. Ahmad Shboul (Sydney University): "Aspects of socio-cultural change and
continuity in the Hijaz and its contacts with Syria in
the early Islamic period".
Dr. Amin T. Tibi (Oxford): "Relations between Arabia and East Africa - as depicted in three documents".
Chair: Prof. John Healey (Manchester University)
Dr. William D. Glanzman (University of British Columbia): "South Arabia's
international commerce (3rd century BC - 3rd century AD)": A
re-assesment of the Evidence".
Dr. Beatrice Nicolini (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan): "The
source of spice: Europe, Oman and Zanzibar during the
XIX century".
Open discussion (The speakers of the day are kindly required to be present).
Chair: Prof. Vitaly Naumkin (Moscow University)
Dr. Christian Robin (Maison de la Méditerranée, Dr. Joëlle Beaucamp (Université
de Provence), Dr. Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet (Collège de France): "La
persécution des Chrétiens de Najraµn et la chronologie
himyarite".
Dr. Hamad M. Bin Seray (United Arab Emirates University): "Christianity in East
Arabia".
Dr. Sebastian Brock (Oxford University): "Isaac the Syrian and other ascetics from Qatar".
Chair: Dr. Sebastian Brock (Oxford University)
Dr. Andrey Korotayev (Moscow University): "'Aramaeans' in a late Sabaic
inscription".
Dr. Serguei A. Frantsouzoff (St. Petersburg University): "A gezeµrah-decree
from ancient South Arabia (new approach to the
interpretation of MAFRAY-H|as\iµ 1)"
Dr. Marek Baranski (Warsaw University): "The adoption of the arch structure in
the architecture of the Arabian peninsula".
Open discussion (The speakers of the day are kindly required to be present).
Chair: Prof. Vitaly Naumkin (Moscow University)
Mr. Uzi Avner (Israel Antiquities Authority): "The Nabataean standing stones
and their interpretations".
Dr. Robert Wenning (Münster): "Petra and Hegra: What makes the difference?".
Mr. Laurent Tholbecq (IFAPO): "Le temple nabatéen du Wadi Ramm et son
environnemnt culturel: à propos de recherches récentes".
Dr. Fawzi Zayadine (Jordanian Department of Antiquities) & Mrs. Saba Fares
(IFAPO): "The Arabian tribes of Wadi Iram (Jordan)".