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The International Association for Assyriology

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The International Association for Assyriology
FormationJuly 2003 (2003-7)
Founded atLondon, England
Location
Affiliations
Websiteiaassyriology.com

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".[1][2]

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)".[3][4]

Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale

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The IAA holds an annual congress, the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale that assembles scholars from all the world at centres of Near Eastern research.[1] 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 Société pour l’étude du Proche-Orient ancien.[5]

List of presidents

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  • 2003–2005 — Wilfred van Soldt
  • 2005–2010 — Jack M. Sasson
  • 2010–2014 — Piotr Michalowski
  • 2014–2018 — Cécile Michel[6]
  • 2019–present — Walther Sallaberger

Honorary Council

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  • C. Wilcke (2012)
  • J. Sasson (2014)
  • D. Owen (2014)
  • S. Zawadzki (2015)
  • Hermann Hunger (2015)
  • J.S. Cooper (2016)
  • D. Collon (2016)
  • I. Winter (2017)
  • J. Klein (2017)
  • Michael Roaf (2018)
  • A.K. Mohammed (2021)
  • P. Michalowski (2021)
  • N.M. al-Mutawalli (2021)
  • M. Stol (2023)

References

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  1. ^ a b Walther Sallaberger (January 2019). "The International Association for Assyriology. Promoting the study of the ancient Near East".
  2. ^ "IAASSYRIOLOGY What is Assyriology?".
  3. ^ "International Association for Assyriology". UNION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS - UNION DES ASSOCIATIONS INTERNATIONALES.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Affiliation". The International Association for Assyriology. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  6. ^ Eckart Frahm, ed. (2017). A Companion to Assyria. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Vol. 113. John Wiley & Sons. pp. xi. ISBN 9781444335934.