Full Title: Neo-Aramaic Languages - State of Research
Short Title: NAlcon2023

Date: 26-Oct-2023 - 28-Oct-2023
Location: Bogazici University, 34342 Bebek Istanbul, Turkey
Contact Person: Metin Bagriacik
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://nalcon2023.boun.edu.tr

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Morphology; Phonology; Syntax
Subject Language(s): Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian (aii)
Neo-Aramaic, Barzani Jewish (bjf)
Neo-Aramaic, Bohtan (bhn)
Neo-Aramaic, Chaldean (cld)
Neo-Aramaic, Western (amw)

Call Deadline: 31-May-2023

Meeting Description:

Following previous Neo-Aramaic conferences in Cambridge, Jerusalem, Warsaw and Uppsala, the fifth international conference on Neo-Aramaic Languages, titled "Neo-Aramaic Languages - State of Research", will take place at Bogazici University from 26th to 28th October 2023. The event is co-organized by the Chair for Semitic Studies of the Freie Universität Berlin (Shabo Talay) and the Department of Linguistics at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul (Metin Bagriacik).
The conference serves as a forum of scientific exchange for scholars working on any aspects of the Neo-Aramaic languages (North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic, Ṭuroyo/Surayt, Western Neo-Aramaic and Neo-Mandaic), including their contact with neighbouring languages.

Registration fee and additional information
Registration is free of charge. Pre-reservation for 9 rooms (the maximum capacity) has been made at two guest-houses on the campus for 25-29 October. The price and further information will be posted in due time.

Organizing Committee
Metin Bağrıaçık (Boğaziçi University)
Shabo Talay (FU Berlin)

Call for Papers:

Abstracts not longer than one A4 paper (excluding references) should be sent by May 31, 2023 to [email protected].

Please include the following information in your e-mail:
title of paper, your surname, name, affiliation, and corresponding e-mail address.

Authors will be notified by June 30.

The university team is working on a website with the address (https://nalcon2023.boun.edu.tr), which will be published in due time. The practical information about the conference will be announced there.