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All good things must come to an end

Aug 6th, 2010
by Christian Brady.
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Willem Smellik, President IOTS

And so the triennial meeting of IOSOT/IOTS/IOQS (and the other associated groups) is coming to an end. As usual I have not been to all the sessions I would have liked or seen all the sights I had hoped to see but at least I have this afternoon to remedy the latter! It was a wonderful conference in a tremendous city. The folks from U of Helsinki did an incredible job organizing this incredibly complex set of meetings and in just over an hour they will announce where it will be in 2013. Stay tuned!

In the meantime for those who are interested I have placed my notes from the papers I did attend on a shared folder in Evernote. I am not sure how long I will leave it available, but in the meantime you can read them here. (I will do a post another time on how valuable the free Evernote is for note taking and research.) And don’t forget, you can see my Helsinki pictures on my flickr account.

 

IOSOT/IOQS Helsinki photos are up

Aug 3rd, 2010
by Christian Brady.
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And more will be coming. Be sure to check out my flickr stream for the updates.

Helsinki Cathedral and Mrs. Targuman

Helsinki U Classroom

 

Getting ready for Finland!

Jul 29th, 2010
by Christian Brady.
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Targum Scholars gathered for dinner in 2007

I am told that the weather is “beastly hot” in Finland right now. It has even approached 90º F! But I am greatly looking forward to our trip there. Why am I going to Finland? Of course you remember that the 2010 IOSOT (and IOTS) conference is in Helsinki this year! Don’t you?

It is shaping up to be a great set of conferences. In addition to IOSOT there will also be meeting:

I am looking forward to seeing my colleagues and a rare week away with my bride. We start the journey tomorrow and arrive in Helsinki on Sunday morning. You can be sure I will have some news and pictures to share once we are there!

(In the meantime, you can see some of my pictures from the 2007 IOSOT in Ljubljana at my flickr account.)

 

IOTS call for papers!

Sep 15th, 2009
by Christian Brady.
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This came in the email as a reminder and boy did I need it! The deadline is TODAY! I am going to guess that since it was just sent out again we may have some leeway, but please submit them soon!

International Organization for Targum Studies
Sixth Meeting
HELSINKI, FINLAND
August 4-6, 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 6th meeting of the IOTS will cover a wide range of topics related to
Targum Studies:

Philology;
Typology and Genre;
Translation Strategies and Theory;
Exegesis;
Theology;
Text-criticism and Manuscript Studies;
Relationship to  Rabbinic Literature.

We are pleased to announce a call for short papers in any of these categories.  Papers should be of twenty-minutes length, allowing ten additional minutes for discussion. The deadline for paper proposals is September 15, 2009, and March 1, 2010  for the submission of written abstracts.

DATE
The sixth meeting of the IOTS will be held from August 4-6, 2010 in conjunction with the XXth Congress of IOSOT, the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, and other specialized congresses (IOQS, IOSCS, IOMS), to be held from 1st to 6th August 2010 in Helnsinki, Finland. All information on these congresses, registration, accommodation, etc. can be found on http://www.helsinki.fi/teol/pro/iosot/abstracts/iosot.htm.

PAPER PROPOSALS
If you are interested in participating and presenting a paper, please send your proposal (title and/or subject of paper) to:

Dr. Willem Smelik,
willem.smelik@ucl.ac.uk / willem.smelik@gmail.com

Dept. of Hebrew and Jewish Studies
University College London
Foster Court, Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT

Please forward this call for papers to any student or scholar you think may
be interested.