Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 50 2020

Papers from the fifty-third meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the University of Leiden from Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th July 2019

Edited by Daniel Eddisford

Book cover: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 50 2020

Extent: 364 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Series: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(July 2020)

ISBN: 9781789696530

8.11 x 10.04 inches

Price: $98.00

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The 53rd Seminar for Arabian Studies was hosted by the University of Leiden, 11-13 July 2019. In total 65 papers and 23 posters were presented at the three-day event. This proceedings volume presents a selection of papers and posters.


The Seminar for Arabian Studies is the principal international academic forum for research on the Arabian Peninsula. First convened in 1968 it is the only annual academic event for the study of the Arabian Peninsula that brings together researchers from all over the world to present and discuss current fieldwork and the latest research. The Seminar covers an extensive range of subjects that include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, epigraphy, ethnography, history, language, linguistics, literature, numismatics, theology, and more besides, from the earliest times to the present day or, in the fields of political and social history, to around the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922). The 53rd Seminar for Arabian Studies was hosted by the University of Leiden and took place in the Lipsius Building from Thursday IASA. In total sixty-five papers and twenty-three posters were presented at the three-day event. On Friday 12 July a special session on the stone tools of prehistoric Arabia was held, the papers from this session are published in a supplement to the main Seminar Proceedings.

"Editors' Foreword ; In Memoriam Jocelyn Cecilia Orchard, 1936-2019Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, Merel L. Bruning, Monique Arntz, Sarah A. Inskip & Keshia A.N. AkkermansAnne Benoist, Iwona Gajda, Steven Matthews, Jeremie Schiettecatte, Ninon Blond, Saskia Buchner & Pawel WolfAgnieszka Magdalena BystronJose C. Carvajal Lopez, Kirk Roberts, Laura Morabito, Gareth Rees, Frank Stremke, Anke Marsh, David M. Freire-Lista, Robert Carter & Fai?al 'Abd Allah al-Na'imiCorinne Castel, Olivier Barge, Blandine Besnard, Tara Beuzen-Waller, Jacques Elie Brochier, Lionel Darras, Emmanuelle Regagnon & Severine SanzGuillaume Charloux, Maria Guagnin & Jerome NorrisAlexandre P. De Rorre, Jean-Francois Berger, Massimo Delfino, Jonathan M. Kenoyer, Elena Maini & Valentina M. AzzaraMick de RuyterMichel de Vreeze, Bleda During & Eric OlijdamStephanie Dopper & Conrad SchmidtTakeshi Gotoh, Kiyohide Saito, Masashi Abe & Akinori UesugiSteven Karacic, Ali Abdu Rahman Al Meqbali, Abdulla Khalfan Al Kaabi, Dia Eddin Abdullah Altawallbeh, Hamad Ahmed Fadel & Peter MageeFabien Lesguer & Jeremie SchiettecattePierre Lombard, Berenice Chamel, Julien Cuny, Marianne Cotty, Francois Guermont, Robert Lux & Lionel NocaAlexia Pavan & Chiara ViscontiMaria Paola Pellegrino, Sophie Mery, Anne Benoist, Sophie Costa & Julien CharbonnierTimothy Power & Mark Horton with Omar Salem al-Kaabi, Mohamed Matar al-Dhaheri, Myriam Saleh al-Dhaheri, Noura Hamed al-Hameli, Henry Webber & Rosie IrelandSeth M.N. PriestmanLukasz RutkowskiChristoph Schwall & Sabah A. JasimJason WeimarJocelyn Cecilia Orchard, 1936–2019Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, Merel L. Brüning, Monique Arntz, Sarah A. Inskip & Keshia A.N. AkkermansAnne Benoist, Iwona Gajda, Steven Matthews, Jérémie Schiettecatte, Ninon Blond, Saskia Büchner & Pawel WolfAgnieszka Magdalena BystronJose C. Carvajal López, Kirk Roberts, Laura Morabito, Gareth Rees, Frank Stremke, Anke Marsh, David M. Freire-Lista, Robert Carter & Faiṣal ‘Abd Allāh al-Na‘īmīCorinne Castel, Olivier Barge, Blandine Besnard, Tara Beuzen-Waller, Jacques Élie Brochier, Lionel Darras, Emmanuelle Régagnon & Séverine SanzGuillaume Charloux, Maria Guagnin & Jérôme NorrisAlexandre P. De Rorre, Jean-François Berger, Massimo Delfino, Jonathan M. Kenoyer, Elena Maini & Valentina M. AzzaràMick de RuyterMichel de Vreeze, Bleda Düring & Eric OlijdamStephanie Döpper & Conrad SchmidtTakeshi Gotoh, Kiyohide Saito, Masashi Abe & Akinori UesugiSteven Karacic, Ali Abdu Rahman Al Meqbali, Abdulla Khalfan Al Kaabi, Dia Eddin Abdullah Altawallbeh, Hamad Ahmed Fadel & Peter MageeFabien Lesguer & Jérémie SchiettecattePierre Lombard, Bérénice Chamel, Julien Cuny, Marianne Cotty, François Guermont, Robert Lux & Lionel NocaAlexia Pavan & Chiara ViscontiMaria Paola Pellegrino, Sophie Méry, Anne Benoist, Sophie Costa & Julien CharbonnierTimothy Power & Mark Horton with Omar Salem al-Kaabi, Mohamed Matar al-Dhaheri, Myriam Saleh al-Dhaheri, Noura Hamed al-Hameli, Henry Webber & Rosie IrelandSeth M.N. PriestmanŁukasz RutkowskiChristoph Schwall & Sabah A. JasimJason Weimar

  • Edited by Daniel Eddisford