The International Association for Assyriology
LocationStationsweg Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates52°09′30″N 4°28′53″E / 52.15836567°N 4.4815258°E / 52.15836567; 4.4815258[1]
AffiliationsAmerican Oriental Society, British Institute for the Study of Iraq, Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft Edit this on Wikidata

The International Association for Assyriology (IAA) is a non-profit, non-political organization founded in July 2003, and seated in Leiden that "the fields of Cuneiform Studies, ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology on an international basis and to act as a representative body for these fields in relationship to national, international and private institutions, as well as the general public".[2][3]

According to the Union of International Associations, this organization was founded in "July 2003, London (UK), during International Congress of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology (RAI)" and "registered in accordance with Dutch law."[4][5]

The IAA makes an annual congress, the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale that assembles scholars from all the world at centres of Near Eastern research.[2] Associations and societies are affiliated like The American Oriental Society, British Institute for the Study of Iraq, Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, The Israel Society for Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and La Société pour l’étude du Proche-Orient ancien.[6]

List of presidents

  • Cécile Michel (2014-2018)[7]
  • Walther Sallaberger (2019- )
  • Piotr Michalowski (2010-2014)
  • Jack M. Sasson (2005-2010)
  • Wilfred van Soldt (2003-2005)

Honorary Council

  • M. Roaf (2018)
  • J. Klein (2017)
  • W. Van Soldt (2017)
  • I. Winter (2017)
  • E. Leichty† (2016)
  • D. Collon (2016)
  • J. S. Cooper (2016)
  • H. Hunger (2015)
  • S. Zawadzki (2015)
  • D. Owen (2014)
  • J. Sasson (2014)
  • B. Kienast† (2013)
  • C. Wilcke (2012)
  • J. D. Hawkins (2011)
  • W. W. Hallo† (2010)
  • W. G. Lambert† (2009)
  • K. R. Veenhof (2007)
  • E. Reiner† (2005)
  • A. Sjöberg† (2005)
  • P. Garelli (2004)

References

  1. ↑ Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
  2. 1 2 Walther Sallaberger (January 2019). "The International Association for Assyriology. Promoting the study of the ancient Near East".
  3. ↑ "IAASSYRIOLOGY What is Assyriology?".
  4. ↑ "International Association for Assyriology". UNION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS - UNION DES ASSOCIATIONS INTERNATIONALES.
  5. ↑ Union of International Associations (2013). Yearbook of International Organizations 2013-2014: Organization Descriptions and Cross-references. Yearbook of International Organizations, Volume: 1A-B. BRILL. p. 1458. ISBN 978-90-04-25513-5.
  6. ↑ "Affiliation". The International Association for Assyriology. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  7. ↑ Eckart Frahm, ed. (2017). A Companion to Assyria. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Vol. 113. John Wiley & Sons. pp. xi. ISBN 9781444335934.
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