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3rd SIMONE ASSEMANI SYMPOSIUM ON ISLAMIC COINAGE
TERZO SIMPOSIO SIMONE ASSEMANI SULLA MONETAZIONE ISLAMICA


Sapienza-University of Rome
23-25 September 2011

1st Circular
Rome/Trieste, January 2011


Dear Friends and Dear Colleagues,

All our very best wishes for the New Year.

Four years have already passed since the first invitation letter to the 2nd Assemani Symposium (May 2007) and it is now time for a 3rd Symposium.
Meanwhile we hope that you all received the Proceedings of “The 2nd S. Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coinage” and that you had the opportunity to flip through the volume by G. Bernardi, Arabic Gold Coins-Corpus I - both published by the University of Trieste (see [ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]
Moreover in 2010, thanks to the generosity of the Giulio Bernardi Numismatica s.r.l. - based in Trieste, the publication of the Sylloge Nummorum Arabicorum of the Israel Museum. The Balog Collection, started.
Actually many people (scholars such as numismatists, historians, archaeologists, ... and coin collectors), interested in Islamic Numismatics from different points of view, welcomed these volumes.

Some of you, as already happened after the symposia in Padua and Trieste, suggested to give continuity to these meetings. Many reasons have lead us to choose Rome as location for the 3rd Symposium.
In fact it seems possible, this time, to put in context, not just ideally, Simone Assemani's biography – Rome being the city where he studied and where the member of his renowned family worked for the Vatican Library and the Maronite College.
The synergy between the University of Trieste and Rome intends to favour scientific exchanges among Arabists, Numismatists and researchers of other disciplines connected to the Middle East.
Last but not least, Rome is a destination within easy reach for all of you coming from abroad.

The topic proposed for the 3rd Assemani Symposium is:

Umayyad Coinage in Context:
from the Byzantine and late Sassanian time to the early 'Abbasid period
(7th -8th century)

Some suggestions concerning the themes that could be tackled:

1) Coinage during transitional periods (late Umayyad-early 'Abbasid issues);
2) Arab-Byzantine and Arab-Sassanian Coinages: chronology and iconography;
3) Contacts between Umayyad coinage and mediaeval Europe, Central Asia and the Orient;
4) Coin production and circulation (study of coin hoards, analysis of the output of one or more mints, …);
5) Literary sources related to the Umayyad coinage system;
6) Palaeography of coin inscriptions.

We welcome, in any case, a broad range of submissions from across the various topics related to Islamic Numismatics, including (but not limited to) archaeological finds, history of collecting, history of Numismatic studies etc...

Presentations can be in English, French, German and Italian and should not exceed 20/25 minutes in most circumstances.

Those wishing to participate in the Symposium are kindly asked to fill in the following form in order to facilitate the convenors' task.
The completed form, the title of the speech and a brief abstract (max. 250 words) should be sent no later than the end of May 2011 to the following e-mail addresses: [ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]; [ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]
Conference submission can be sent in Doc, PDF and RTF format. Please, make sure to include your name, your institution, the title of your paper, and, if the case, the names of the other presenters.

We look forward to meeting you in Rome in September 2011

N.B.
 there is no official registration process, nor are there any fees ;
 the Proceedings, edited by the convenors, will be published in a volume as well as in digital format;
 the cost of the journey and that of the stay must be paid by the participants: our budget is unfortunately too small to help out with travel expenses. However, we will make all our efforts to facilitate the stay - but it depends on elements not easily predictable at present (sponsors, donors, research funds, ...)

We are awaiting your adhesions in order to start convening the Symposium.


Best Regards

Bruno Callegher Arianna D’Ottone




3rd SIMONE ASSEMANI SYMPOSIUM ON ISLAMIC COINAGE
TERZO SIMPOSIO SIMONE ASSEMANI SULLA MONETAZIONE ISLAMICA


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