UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND
ARPOA/IOHANES Symposium

Call for participation:
The research unit ARPOA of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Near-Eastern Studies (IOHANES) of the University of Balamand in Lebanon will hold an international symposium in November 2012, on

“The Greek Orthodox Church architectural heritage: a comparative perspective with other Christian and non-Christian groups of the Middle East and its neighbouring areas”.

The symposium will conclude a research project launched by the University of Balamand to survey all the places of worship of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (Lebanon, Syria, southern Turkey, Iraq and the Gulf States), with the aim of evaluating their cultural and religious heritage characteristics. Most of the results are on-line at http://www.balamand.edu.lb/ARPOA

We invite proposals from scholars working on this theme. The four workshops of the symposium are:
- The material aspect of religious heritage: specificities and reciprocal influences
- Appropriation, stakes and discourses on religious heritage
- The acceptability of the concept of heritage
- The concept of religious heritage

Guidelines and detailed call for papers at
http://www.balamand.edu.lb/ARPOA/Symposium2012/

Deadlines:
- The conference will take place between 1st and 4th November 2012 at the University of Balamand, Lebanon.
- The applicants are requested to provide an abstract of about 4000 characters and a brief CV before 30th September 2011 to mdavie@balamand.edu.lb.
- The authors of accepted proposals will be notified before 30th October 2011.
- Contributors will be expected to provide full paper drafts before 30th September 2012.
- Working languages will be Arabic, French and English.
- Logistical information will be dispatched at a later date.

May Davie
Head of ARPOA Research Unit