Conference
Curse & Counter-Curse: A Comparative Conference in Philology, Linguistics & Archaeology
- Date
 - Monday 28 October 2024 - Tuesday 29 October 2024
 - Address
 -                 
                Academy Building 
Rapenburg 73
2311 GJ Leiden - Room
 - Grachtkamer, Faculty Club
 
Program
You can download the program here.
Monday 28 October
| 
    10.00 - 10.30  | 
   Arrival of participants, coffee | 
| 
    10.30 - 11.30  | 
   Welcome and presentation by Carmen Spiers (Vedic Sanskrit manuscripts) | 
| 
    11.30 - 12.30  | 
   Roberta Zollo, University of Hamburg (Sumatra Batak manuscripts) | 
| 
    12.30 - 13.30  | 
   On-site lunch for participants | 
| 
    13.30 - 14.30  | 
   Gergely Hidas, Dharma Gate Buddhist College (Buddhist Sanskrit mss.) | 
| 
    14.30 - 15.30  | 
   Athanaric Huard, LMU München (Tocharian manuscripts) | 
| 
    15.30 - 16.00  | 
   Coffee break | 
| 
    16.00 - 17.00  | 
   Götz König, Freie Universität Berlin (Avestan manuscripts) | 
Tuesday 29 October
| 
    10.00 - 11.00  | 
   Elena Luise Hertel, University of Hamburg (Egyptian inscribed objects) | 
| 
    11.00 - 12.00  | 
   Ahmad Al-Jallad, Ohio State University (pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions) | 
| 
    12.00 - 13.00  | 
   On-site lunch for participants | 
| 
    13.00 - 14.00  | 
   Birgit Christiansen, LMU München (Hittite inscribed tablets) | 
| 
    14.00 - 15.00  | 
   Alexander Hollmann, University of Washington (Greek inscriptions on lead tablets) | 
| 
    15.00 - 15.30  | 
   Coffee break | 
| 
    15.30 - 16.30  | 
   Maarten Mous, Leiden University (Iraqw oral curses/curse-lifting) | 
| 
    16.30 - 17.30  | 
   Velizar Sadovski, Austrian Academy of Sciences (comparative perspectives) | 
| 18.30 | Conference dinner for participants (Hotel Rumour, Burgsteeg 13, Leiden) | 
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact Carmen Spiers (c.s.spiers@hum.leidenuniv.nl)