Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East 2025: ‘Go down in flames’ – 17 April 2025
Date: 17 April 2025
Location: Faculty of Archaeology, Van Steenis building, Leiden University, Leiden
Credits: 1 ECT
The DUSANE 2025 ‘Go down in flames’ is a collaborative work between Nabu Na’id (a subgroup of the L.A.S. Terra study association) and Pleyte, which both contribute towards this year’s edition of the yearly Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East. With its focus on Southwest Asia and the combined efforts of student groups, the DUSANE Symposium provides an exciting opportunity for intellectual development. Engaging with this event and researching related resources may help you on your academic path. We are also trying to provide a forum for intellectual conversation and interaction within the academic community. As students, we try our best to make sure that the DUSANE Symposium is easily approachable for other students from all levels while keeping it amusing and simply fun!
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Schedule
11.30 – 11.40 | Opening address
11.50 – 12.20 | Prof. Jen Swerida | “Crafting through Collapse: insights on community from the end of the Umm an-Nar period”
12.25 – 12.55 | Drs.Theo Krispijn | “Writing and Language in Ancient Elam”
12.55 – 13.30 | Coffee and Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.00 | Prof. Lidewijde de Jong | “A tale of fire and water: ritual implements in the tombs of Palmyra”
14.05 – 14.35 | Gustav Ryberg Smidt | “Assyriology in flames?”
14.40 – 15.10 | Nolke Tasma | “The end of an era—the Palmyrene epigraphic habit after its fall in 273 AD”
15.10 – 15.30 | Coffee Break
15.30 – 16.00 | Prof. Dennis Braekmans | “From Clay to Curse: New Perspectives on the Saqqara Execration Figurines”
16.05 – 16.35 | Lidewij van de Peut Ph.D. | “Hittite Objects in the Böhl Collection”
16.35 – 16.50 | Closing of the Symposium
16.50 – 18.00 | Networking drinks
Registration: Advance registration not needed.
Credits: ARCHON members can receive 1 ECT for attending the conference and handing in a reflection report afterwards. Please send the report to secretary@archonline.nl within a month after the event.
