<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Dear
Colleagues and Friends,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">I hope
this email finds you in good health and spirits.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">I am
thrilled to unveil the final program for our upcoming conference, featuring an
outstanding line-up of papers and five distinguished keynote speakers:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">*"Arabic
of the Jews”: On the Early Interpretation of Judeo-Arabic Phenomena Among
Scholars of the Wissenschaft des Judentums</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">María
Ángeles Gallego: The Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Madrid,
Spain.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">*Touching
Sacred Music: Song, Silence, and Embodied Performance in Medieval Art</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Francisco
Prado-Vilar: University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">*The
Qur’an and Kitab Malay: Preserving the Sacred Form in Transmitting the Message</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Peter
G. Riddell: SOAS University of London, UK & Australian College of Theology,
Sydney, Australia.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">*Takhmīs
as Verbal Reliquary: Visual Performance in al-Fayyūmī’s Takhmīs Burdat
al-Būṣīrī, Walters Art Gallery ms W581</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Suzanne
Pinckney Stetkevych: Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">*Placing
Sacred Languages: From the Locative to the Utopian</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Brian
P. Bennett: Niagara University, New York, USA.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Access
the entire program, complete with abstracts and speaker biographies, through
the following links:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">SOAS
Conference Page</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/conceptualising-sacred-languages-and-their-visual-inimitability">https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/conceptualising-sacred-languages-and-their-visual-inimitability</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">AGYA
Conference Page</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://agya.info/agya-life/upcoming-events/conference-conceptualising-sacred-languages-and-their-visual-inimitability?fbclid=IwAR0OQywNM9vF4TUYpAsVMwTz9X4qVpk321V9sz6ytn3bqGTe6cld9U14a0M">https://agya.info/agya-life/upcoming-events/conference-conceptualising-sacred-languages-and-their-visual-inimitability?fbclid=IwAR0OQywNM9vF4TUYpAsVMwTz9X4qVpk321V9sz6ytn3bqGTe6cld9U14a0M</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Save
the Date: <span style="background:yellow">December 7-8, 2023 </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)">at the
Doctoral School of SOAS. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are
eagerly looking forward to welcoming you at SOAS on December 7-8 if you are around and
interested in attending. The conference is open to the public. </span><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The conference is co-organized by Rachel Harrison (SOAS University of London), Hany Rashwan (UAE University), and Florian Zimmin (Freie Universität Berlin).</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">All
very best wishes for a good end to this hard year</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4">Hany
Rashwan</font></span></p></div></div>