HUGOYE: JOURNAL OF SYRIAC STUDIES

Vol. 2, No. 1 January 1999

SPECIAL ISSUE: St. Ephraim the Syrian - II

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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Mar Michael the Syrian and the Historiography of the Medieval Near East 1-8 October 1999, Aleppo, Syria. Gregorius Y. IBRAHIM Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo P. O. Box 4194, Aleppo, Syria [1] The Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo is holding a series of events to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the death of Michael the Syrian (the Great), Patriarch of Antioch (1166-1199), and the 100th anniversary of the beginning of J.B. Chabot’s Syriac edition and French translation of Michael’s Chronicle. The archdiocese’s Dar Mardin Publications has published an Arabic translation of the Chronicle and will be publishing in 1999 a facsimile edition of the unique Aleppo manuscript, brought by immigrants from Edessa in the 1920s. [2] In conjunction with the launch of this publication, the archdiocese will convene an international symposium on "Mar Michael the Syrian and the Historiography of the Medieval Near East", to be held in Aleppo at St. Ephrem’s Cathedral on 1-8 October 1999. This is intended to provide a venue for in-depth consideration of the subject. Papers are allocated 50 minutes each. Contributions will be presented in English and should represent new original research that has not appeared elsewhere. A number of tours and visits to major historical and cultural sites relevant to the symposium theme will be organized. [3] For more information, please contact: Mor Gregorios Y. Ibrahim, P. O. Box 4194, Aleppo, Syria. Fax. 4642260.