Conference
DUSANE
- Date
- Thursday 16 April 2026
- Time
- Address
- National Museum of Antiquities
Rapenburg 28
Leiden - Room
- Trajanuszaal
The Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East (DUSANE) 2026 is collaborative effort between Nabu Na'id, a subgroup of the L.A.S. Terra archaeology study association, and Pleyte, the study association for Ancient Near Eastern studies, to platform ongoing research into the culture, languages and archaeology of ancient West Asia.
This year’s theme ‘To rise from the ashes’ discusses the continuous response, adaptation and (re)emergence of societies throughout time, through a wide diversity of topics, methods and disciplines, as demonstrated by the speakers. The symposium aims to bring together the research community on ancient West Asia, from established scholars to beginning students, and from various universities. Through the lectures and adjourning discussions, we hope to encourage participants to engage with the speakers and each other, to further your research topic of interest.
- No need for sign-ups - walk in when you're interested!
- Speakers: t.b.a.
- Schedule: from 10:30 – 16.00, followed by networking drinks at café de Keyzer
Programme
10:30 - Opening address
10:40 - dr. Daniel Soliman - A new horizon? Re-evaluating evidence for Deir el-Medina necropolis workmen at Amarna
11:10 - Jack Tillman, MA - Life crisis and the ritual dynamics of death in Chalcolithic Cyprus
11:40 - Break
12:00 - Erwin Dijkstra, MA - Disaster stories: how local narratives may have influencecd the ancient reactions to ecological calamity
12:30 - dr. Anne Goddeeris - Who attends school in Old Babylonian Nippur?
13:00 - dr. Mirko Surdi - The stylus always leaves evidence: a forensic approach to cuneiform
13:30 - Lunch
14:30 - dr. Shana Zaia - Conceptualizing and coping with collapse in ancient Mesopotamia
15:00 - dr. Nico Staring - From Memphis to Amarna and back again
15:30 - Lauren van Kruijssen, MA - Reviving the past: archaism in Late Period Egypt
16:00 - Reception at café de Keyzer