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Date
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Event
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Saturday 12th January 2019 15:00–16:30
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The Zipang Mesopotamian storytellers
will tell stories first told thousands of years ago and
written in cuneiform script on clay tablets kept in King
Ashurbanipal's library in the city of NIneveh. This
event is connected with the Ashurbanipal exhibition at
the British Museum and will take place in the Stevenson
Lecture Theatre. Places are free but booking is
essential. You can book a place on
the British Museum website.
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In Januay–March 2019, ESoc patron, Professor Andrew George of
SOAS, University of London, will be convening a series
of six free public lectures organised by
LCANE (the
London Centre for the Ancient Near East).
The series is
entitled Gods of Old: the mythology of ancient Iraq.
Click here or see below for the dates and details.
The venue for the lectures is the SOAS
Alumni Lecture Theatre, Room 110, North Block (Paul
Webley Wing), Senate House, University of London, Malet
Street, London WC1E 7HU
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Monday 14th January 2019 at 18:15
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Introducing the Gods of Old: The
mythology of ancient Iraq by Andrew George (SOAS).
First in the LCANE Spring Seminar Series 2019.
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Monday 21st January 2019 at 18:15
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The Mythology of Sumer: the Oldest
Known Stories by Kamran Zand (Heidelberg).
Second in the LCANE Spring Seminar Series 2019.
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Monday 4th February 2019 at 18:15
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The Mythologies of Mesopotamia and
India: Are They Connected? by
Jens Braarvig (Oslo). Third lecture in the LCANE Spring Seminar Series 2019.
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Monday 18th February 2019 at 18:15
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Ashurbanipal’s Library and the Babylonian Creation Epic by Gösta Gabriel (Göttingen).
Fourth in the LCANE Spring Seminar Series 2019.
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Monday 4th March 2019 at 18:15
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Myth and Magic: Creating Human Beings in Ancient Mesopotamia by Manuel Ceccarelli (Geneva).
Fifth in the LCANE Spring Seminar Series 2019.
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Monday 18th March 2019 at 18:15
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What is Mesopotamian Mythology? And How to Understand it by
Annette Zgoll (Göttingen).
Last in the LCANE Spring Seminar Series 2019.
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