2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Meeting, Editorial Board, JAOS.

9:30 a.m.-12:00 noon Meeting, Board of Directors.

1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration.

2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Book Exhibit.

1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East I: AOS/NACAL: Linguistics. Gene Gragg, Chair. (1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.)

1.

Joseph L. Malone, Barnard College

Suffix Metastasis and Phonological Change in Classical Mandaic

2.

W. Randall Garr, University of California Santa Barbara

The Long Imperative in Biblical Hebrew

3.

Anne F. Robertson, (New York)

Some Clues to the Development of Punctuation in the Ancient Near East: Adapa , Yarih and Nikkal , and some Akkadian Texts Written in Alphabetic Cuneiform

(Break )

4.

David Testen, University of Chicago

Foreign Milling Terminology in the Ancient Near East

5.

Carol F. Justus, University of Texas

Terms for Tokens, Number Signs, and Numerals

6.

Jared S. Klein, University of Georgia

Polarity Phenomena in Classical Armenian

B. Ancient Near East II: Papers Presented in Honor of Hans G. Güterbock, Recipient of the 1996 American Oriental Society Medal of Merit. Machteld Mellink, Chair. (3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.)

7.

Erica Reiner, University of Chicago

Pointed or Blunt

8.

Harry A. Hoffner, Jr., University of Chicago

Syntactical Perspectives on the Hittite Laws

9.

Calvert Watkins, Harvard University

Anatolia and Greece: new evidence for cultural contacts

10.

Elizabeth Carter, University of California Los Angeles

The Kahramanmarase Region: An Archaeological Survey on the Syro-Anatolian Frontier

(Break )

11.

Bruce Zuckerman, University of Southern California, and Stephen A. Kaufman, Hebrew Union College

The Incirili Stele-A Preliminary Report

12.

Machteld Mellink, Bryn Mawr College

Selective Literacy in Western Anatolia During the Late Bronze Age

13.

Irene Winter, Harvard University

(title to be announced)

C. East Asia I: Yuen Ren Society for the Promotion of Chinese Dialect Fieldwork: Conference on Fresh Dialect Fieldwork Panel I: Fresh Descriptive Material from Poorly Known Dialects. S. Coblin, Chair

14.

Jerry Norman

Tonal Development in the Jennchyan Dialect. A brief comparative study of the Miinbeei dialect of Jennchyan in Fukien Jenqher

15.

R. VanNess Simmons

A Dialect of the Harngjou Suburbs - a Vocabulary for Jiangjiatarng. A distinctly Wu-type dialect spoken on the outskirts of Mandarin-speaking Harngjou City.

16.

David Prager Branner

A Gerchuan Juyu Dialect Notebook: A short glossary of an unusual Hakka-like dialect of central Liancherng in western Fukien

Panel II: Studies of Fresh Miinnan Dialects. J. Norman, Chair.

17.

Ch`en Shu-chüan

[A Study of the Guanmiaw Dialect] Material in a Taiwanese Miinnan dialect (in Chinese)

18.

Jeff Crosland

A Glossary of Gàidé Dialect. A Chyuanjou-like variety of rural Miinnan from Fukien's Derhuah County

Panel III: Studies of Sandhi in Already Well-known Dialects. D. Branner, Chair.

19.

W. South Coblin

Tone and Tone Sandhi in Early Q¯ng Gu¯anhuà. A study based on Western records of the time

20.

Benjamin Ao

Nantong Tone Sandhi. A descriptive study of a Jiangsu dialect

21.

Li Zhuqing

[Title undecided.] A comprehensive description of the various kinds of sandhi in Foochow dialect

D. Islam I: Philosophy and Theology. Everett K. Rowson, Chair. 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m

22.

J. Meric Pessagno, Pace University

A Question of Power: An Examination of the Teaching of al-Najjar

23.

Ilai Alon, Tel Aviv and Lehigh Universities

Al-F¯ar¯ab¯'s Philosophical Lexicon

(Break )

24.

Boustan Hirji, Dawson College

Towards a Rediscovery of Ism¯a\lhook¯l¯ Hermeneutics

25.

Alfred Ivry, New York University/Center for Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Averroes' Short Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima

E. Islam II: AOS/NACAL: Linguistics. Chair to be announced. 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

26.

Alan S. Kaye, California State University, Fullerton

Arabic Hypocoristics

27.

John C. Eisele, College of William and Mary

Artificial Punning in Arabic As a `Subversive' Literary Activity

F. South and Southeast Asia I: Vedas and Upanisads. Leonard van der Kuijp, Chair

28.

S. Insler, Yale University

The Three Soma Pressings

29.

Timothy Lubin, Harvard University

The Veda-Vratas : The Ritual Format for Upanisad Study

30.

Christopher Minkowski, Cornell University

How Many Gods Are There?

(Break )

31.

Joel P. Brereton, University of Missouri-Columbia

Displaced Hearts and Broken Wheels: Two Old Sayings and Too Tall Tales in Early Indic Literature

32.

Edeltraud Harzer Clear, Indiana University

The Riddle as Instruction in the Upanisads

33.

Hans Henrich Hock, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Y¯ajñavalkya vs. Y¯ajñavalkya, or, What Is the Relation between BAU 3: 9 and BAU 4:3-4?

7:45 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East III: Video Presentation. 7:45 p.m.-8:15 p.m.

34.

Scott Noegel, University of Washington

The Descent of Ishtar (in Babylonian, with English subtitles, Ugaritic musical score adaptation)

B. Ancient Near East IV: Ugarit. Brian B. Schmidt, Chair. 8:15 p.m.-10:30 p.m.

35.

Annie Caubet, Musée du Louvre

Recent Studies on the Luxury Goods and Artifacts

36.

Yves Calvet, Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen

The House of Urtenu: Archaeological and Epigraphical Discoveries

37.

Olivier Callot, Maison de l'Orient Méditerranéen

Ugaritic Architecture and Urbanism

(Break )

38.

Pierre Bordreuil, Collège de France

The New Alphabetic Texts

39.

Dennis Pardee, University of Chicago

Ugaritic Letters

8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration.

8:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Book Exhibit.

9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday Morning Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East V: Literature. Piotr Michalowski, Chair. 9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

40.

Tzvi Abusch, Brandeis University

Ghost and God: Some Observations on a Babylonian Understanding of Human Nature

41.

Scott B. Noegel, University of Washington

Nocturnal Secret Ciphers: The Punning Language of Dreams in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Literature

42.

Gary A. Rendsburg, Cornell University

Literary Devices in the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor

(Break )

43.

Claudia E. Suter, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Blessings or Ziggurat?

44.

Herman L. J. Vanstiphout, University of Groningen

The Uses of Genre in Mesopotamian Literature

B. Ancient Near East VI: History and Culture. David I. Owen, Chair. 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

45.

Philip Jones, Johns Hopkins University

Politics and Antipolitics: Kingship and the Gods from the Hammurabi Prologue to Enuma Elish

46.

Daniel E. Fleming, New York University

Two New Joins to Tablets for Emar's zukru Ritual

47.

Gary Beckman, University of Michigan

Sales of Agricultural Property at Emar

48.

Beate Pongratz-Leisten, University of Tübingen

The `Negative Confession' in the Babylonian New Year's Festival and its Political Significance

C. East Asia II. Chinese Dialectology, Panel A. W. South Coblin, Chair

49.

Benjamin Ao, First Byte

On the Subgrouping of Chinese Dialects

50.

David Prager Branner, University of Washington

The Classification of the Longyan Dialect of Fukien

51.

Kuang-yu Chang, Tsing Hua University

The Regional Relationships of Chinese Dialects

52.

Richard Vanness Simmons, Rutgers University

Toward a Rationale for, and Theory of, Dialect Classification

53.

Zhiqiang Yu, University of Washington

Issues in Selecting Classificatory Features

D. Inner Asia I: Hsiung-nu Archaeology and History. Denis Sinor, Chair.

54.

Miklós Érdy, West New York

The Development of the Xiongnu as Reflected by Archaeology in the Eastern Zhou Era (8th-3rd c. B.C.)

55.

David B. Honey, Brigham Young University

The Generic Significance of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Hsiung-nu Narrative

56.

David C. Wright, Brigham Young University

Hsiung-nu and Huns: A Retrospective and Prospective Look at More Than Two Hundred Years of Scholarship

E. Islam III: Law I. Bernard Weiss, Chair. 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

57.

Jonathan E. Brockopp, Bard College

The Authenticity of M¯alik b. Anas' Juristic Dicta

58.

Brannon M. Wheeler, Pennsylvania State University

Local Authorities, K¯ufans, and Hanaf¯s: The Conflict of Opinions in al-Dab¯us¯'s Ta'sis al-nazar

(Break )

59.

Lutz Wiederhold, Universitäts- u. Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle a.d. Saale

Method and Intention - Some Remarks on the Structure of az-Zarkashî's Qawâ\lhookid al-fiqh

60.

Mohammad Fadel, University of Chicago

The Dynamics of Judicial Legitimacy in Islamic Law: Between Qada' and Hisba

61.

M. G. Carter, New York University

Responses to Infinity in Grammar and Law

F. South and Southeast Asia II: Tibetan Studies, Epigraphy, and Art. Hans Henrich Hock, Chair.

62.

Hamid Sardar-Afkhami, Harvard University

A Preliminary Report on an Expedition to Pemako, The Hidden-land of the Tibetans

63.

Leonard Van Der Kuijp, Harvard University

BCOM LDAN's 13th century treatise on Indo-Tibetan linguistics and his periodization of Tibetan

64.

Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Harvard University

A Newly Rediscovered Tibetan Discussion of the Life of Saraha, alias R¯ahulabhadra, and the Transmission of his Works to Tibet

(Break )

65.

Kalyan Kumar Sarkar, University of Windsor

Agastya in the Art of Early Java (Indonesia)

66.

Richard Salomon, University of Washington Who really deciphered the Kharosth¯ Script?

1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday Afternoon Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East VII: Second Millennium History and Culture. Gary Beckman, Chair

67.

Daniel C. Snell, University of Oklahoma

The Issue of Freedom in the Ancient Near East

68.

Billie Jean Collins, Emory University

attusili I, The Lion King

69.

Hripsime S. Haroutunian, University of Chicago

On the Hittite Ritual of Mastigga Against Family Quarrels (KBo 39.8)

70.

Joshua T. Katz, Harvard University

The Hittite Word for `Duck'

(Break )

71.

Miki Yokoyama, University of California Los Angeles

Diplomatic and Military Strategies of Babylon Under Hammurapi

72.

Jack M. Sasson, University of North Carolina

Blame it on Them!

73.

Amanda Podany, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

The Provenance of Some Terqa Texts in European Museums

B. East Asia II: Chinese Dialectology, Panel B. Richard VanNess Simmons, Chair.

74.

W. South Coblin, University of Iowa

Thoughts on the Identity of the Chinese 'Phags-pa Dialect

75.

Zhuqing Li, Boston University

Neutral Tone in the Fuzhou Dialect

76.

Qian Gu, Nanjing University/ University of California, Berkeley

On the Initial Consonant Systems of the Tongtai Dialects

(Break )

77.

Yihtsyr Lii, Tsing Hua University

The Phonology of the Dialect of Shehshienn in Anhuei

78.

William H. Baxter, University of Michigan

Reconstructing Proto-Mandarin Affricates and Fricatives

C. Inner Asia II: Turkology. Ruth I. Meserve, Chair.

79.

Denis Sinor, Indiana University

Turks and Turkey in Early Western Sources

80.

Michael R. Drompp, Rhodes College

Tong dian and Old Turkic Titulature

81.

Beatrice Forbes Manz, Tufts University

A Reappraisal of Ulugh Begh and Timurid Transoxiana

D. Islam IV: The Qur'an. Barbara von Schlegell, Chair. 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

82.

A. T. Welch, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study

A Diachronic Reading of Prescriptive and Creedal Statements in the Qur'an and Its Implication for Understanding the Life of Muhammad

83.

Jane Dammen Mcauliffe, University of Toronto

Q. 3:7 and the Edification of Exegesis

(Break )

84.

Gerhard Böwering, Yale University

The Qur'¯an Commentary of Ja\lhookfar al-S¯adiq (d. 148/765)

85.

Christopher Melchert

Qur'anic Recitation in the 4th/10th Century

E. Islam V: Special Session on the Theories and Methods of John Wansbrough. Herbert Berg, Chair. 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

86.

Norman Calder, University of Manchester

History and Nostalgia: Reflections on John Wansbrough's The Sectarian Milieu

87.

G. R. Hawting, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

John Wansbrough, Islam and Monotheism

88.

Andrew Rippin, University of Calgary

Qur'anic Studies, part IV: Some Methodological Notes

F. South and Southeast Asia III: Formulaics and Literature. Richard Salomon, Chair

89.

P. Oktor Skjaervo, Harvard University

Another Survival of Trifunctional Ideology in the Avestan Videvdad

90.

Edwin D. Floyd, University of Pittsburg

`Man-slaying': An inherited poetic formula in Vedic, Avestan, and Greek

91.

Benjamin W. Fortson IV, Harvard University

Návam v\'cah revisited

(Break )

92.

Peter M. Scharf, Brown University

The compassionate Urva\'s¯

93.

Stephanie W. Jamison, Harvard/Yale Universities

Tradition and its uses in K¯alid¯asa

94.

Ashok Aklujkar, University of British Columbia

Dharma-caurya-ras¯ayana: a Brahmin fantasy

95.

Nadine Berardi, Columbia University

Reading Dhvanik¯avya: The First Canto of K¯alid¯asa's Kum¯arasambhava

8:15 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Monday Evening Sectional Meeting

A. Ancient Near East VIII: Assyrian Mysticism and Its Afterlife. Jack M. Sasson, Chair

96.

Simo Parpola, University of Helsinki

Opening Remarks

97.

Jerrold Cooper, Johns Hopkins University

`Looking at Gilgamesh through Kabbalistic Glasses': Reflections on Parpola's Tree

98.

Elliot R. Wolfson, New York Univesity

Climbing the Sefirotic Tree: Reflections on the Origins of a Kabbalistic Symbol

99.

Alasdair Livingstone, University of Birmingham

Mysticism in the History of Babylonian Thought

100.

Barbara N. Porter, Chebeague Island, Maine

Iconographic Evidence for Changes in the Significance of Assyrian Tree Images

101.

Avigdor Hurowitz, Ben-Gurion University

Divine Anatomy in Mesopotamia and the Qabbalah

102.

Simo Parpola, University of Helsinki

Response

8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Book Exhibit.

8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Plenary Session: Humor. Jack M. Sasson Chair.

103.

Benjamin Foster, Yale University

Ancient Near East

104.

Stephen Wadley, Portland State University

East Asia

105.

Elliot Sperling, Indiana University

Inner Asia

106.

Wadad al-Qadi, University of Chicago

Islamic Near East

107.

Edwin Gerow

South and Southeast Asia

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Special Session: Discussion of Proposed AOS Ethics Guidelines. Martha T. Roth, Chair.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Business Meeting

1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday Afternoon Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East IX: First Millennium History and Culture. Peter B. Machinist, Chair. 2:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

108.

Michael C. Astour, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Marduk in Assyria and the Chronology of the Late Kassite Kings

109.

Tammi J. Schneider, The Claremont Graduate School

Ninth Century Political Geography

(Break )

110.

Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Yale University

The Descendants of Sin-leqi-unninni

111.

Matthew W. Stolper, University of Chicago

Inscribed in Egyptian

B. Ancient Near East X: Art and Archaeology. K. Aslihan Yener, Chair. 4:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.

112.

Marie-Henriette Gates, Bilkent University, Ankara

Kinet Höyük Excavations 1992-1995: A Bronze and Iron Age Harbor in the Turkish Hatay

113.

Margaret Cool Root, University of Michigan

Modes of Seal Application on the Persepolis Fortification Tablets: Protocol and Prediliction in Re-Creative Image-Making

114.

Judy Bjorkman, Syracuse University

Mesopotamian Hoarding Practices in the Third Millennium BC

(Break )

115.

Jeanny Vorys Canby, University of Pennsylvania

Iconographical Problems on the `Ur-Nammu' Stela

116.

William W. Hallo, Yale University

Remarks on Ur-Nammu and His Stela

C. East Asia III: Chinese Texts and Literature, Panel A. Richard G. Wang, Chair

117.

Constance A. Cook, Lehigh University

Poking Holes in the Patriarchy: Examining the Accuracy of Reconstructing a Zongfa System for Ancient China

118.

Paul W. Kroll, University of Colorado

Li Po's `Inscription for the Great Bell of the Hua-ch`eng Monastery'

(Break )

119.

Victoria Cass, University of Colorado

Female Healers of the Ming

120.

Richard G. Wang, University of Chicago

Hsi-yu chi: A Complete Process of Taoist Internal Alchemy

D. Inner Asia III: Culture and Technology. Michael R. Drompp, Chair.

121.

Michael Walter, Indiana University

Spiritual Ecology and Elements of Early Tibetan Religion

122.

David A. Utz, La Salle University

A Sogdian Word for `Musk'

(Break )

123.

Karen S. Rubinson, Archaeological Institute of America

Birth of the Nomadic Toolkit: Eastern Elements

124.

Ruth I. Meserve, Indiana University

Henry Walter Bellew's Medical Observations on the Kalmyks of Kashgar

E. Islam VI: Law II. Aron Zysow, Chair. 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

125.

Zouhair Ghazzal, Loyola University Chicago

Judicial Writing and Property Transfers in Nineteenth-Century Mount Lebanon

126.

Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

The Moroccan and Saudi Consitutions of 1992

127.

Vardit Rispler-Chaim, Lehigh University/University of Haifa

Khunutha in Islamic Law: A Real Disability Or a Fiction?

F. Islam VII: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. James Bellamy, Chair. 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

128.

Jacob Lassner, Northwestern Univeristy

The Legend of Bahira in Jewish Tradition

129.

Sidney Griffith, Catholic University

The Christian Bahira Legend: Apologetical Perspectives

130.

Vera B. Moreen, Swarthmore College

The Judeo-Persian Epic Tradition: Reflections on Sh¯ah¯n's Ardash¯r-N¯amah [`The Book of Ardash¯r'] (14th c.)

131.

Dimitri Gutas, Yale University

Fact and Fiction about the Bayt al-Hikma and Its Significance for Arabic Science and Philosophy

G. South and Southeast Asia IV: Law and Religion. Joel P. Brereton, Chair.

132.

Ludo Rocher, University of Pennsylvania

Variant Readings in the Smrti Texts and the Fragmentation of Colonial Hindu Law

133.

Arvind Sharma, McGill University

How to read the Manusmrti ?

134.

Vidyut Aklujkar, University of British Columbia

Queer Guests and Gracious Hosts

135.

Jerome H. Bauer, University of Pennsylvania

¯A\'scarya and Miracles in the \'Svet¯ambara Jaina Tradition

(Break )

136.

Glenn Wallis, Harvard University

The Mañju\'sr¯m¯ulakalpa and the Hazy Notion

137.

James F. Hartzell, Columbia University

Tantra, Yoga, and Ayurveda

138.

Jensine Andresen, Harvard University

The Eight Ritual Actions in the K¯alacakra Tantra

139.

K. G. Vasantamadhava, Pavanje, Haleyangadi, India

Sime Devasthana (Regional Temples): Its role in cultural History of Tulunadu A.D. 1400-1800. (To be read by title)

3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Book Sale.

6:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Social Hour (Cash Bar)

7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Annual Subscription Dinner.

Presidential Address (Near the Conclusion of the Dinner, at approximately 9:30 p.m.) by Richard M. Frank, Catholic University of America

9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Book Sale Continues

9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Wednesday Morning Sectional Meetings

A. Ancient Near East XI: Religion and Science. Matthew W. Stolper, Chair

140.

Joel H. Hunt, Azusa Pacific University

Enlilbanda, King of Wisdom

141.

Francesca Rochberg, University of California Riverside

The Rising Times of the Zodiac and Length of Daylight in Babylonian Astronomy

142.

Leo Depuydt, Brown University

How Many Calendars Were There in Ancient Egypt?

143.

James Evans, Stamford, Connecticut

Homer, Herodotus, and Amen Acrostic In Dead Sea Scrolls

(Break )

144.

Brian B. Schmidt, University of Michigan

`Looking Down at the Gods': Observations on a List of Ugaritic Deities (KTU 1.118)

145.

Wayne T. Pitard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Digitizing the Ugaritic Tablets

146.

Julia Aher-Greve, Harvard University

(title to be announced)

147.

Miguel Civil, University of Chicago

Monosyllabism and Loanwords in Sumerian

B. East Asia Chinese Texts and Literature, Panel B. Madeline Spring, Chair

148.

Zu-yan Chen, Binghamton University

Ordering Inspiration: Yao Ho's (781-ca. 859) Poems as Accounts of Poetic Creation

149.

Pauline Chen, University of Minnesota

Mythic Past in Lyric Present: The Creation of Myth in Li Shangyin

(Break )

150.

Sujane Wu, Swarthmore College

Naturalness: The `Significant Other' of Li Yun's (262-303) Literary Concept of Qing Sheng

151.

Ping-Leung Chan, Lingnan College

Search for Extra-textual Meaning: A Reading Exercise

C. Islam VIII: History. R. Stephen Humphreys, Chair.

152.

Michael Bonner, University of Michigan

God's Camel: Competitive Feasting and Gift-Giving in Ancient Arabia and Early Islam

153.

Parvaneh Pourshariati, Fordham University

Local Histories of Khur¯as¯an and Arab Settlement

154.

Paul E. Walker, Chicago

Aristotle and the Revolution: Qayrawan in 909 (296-97 A.H.)

155.

Maya Shatzmiller, University of Western Ontario/Davis Center, Princeton University

Towards a New History of Muslim Women and Property: Property Rights, Business and Investment

(Break )

156.

Jane Hathaway, Ohio State University

The Grand Vizier and the False Messiah: The Sabbatai Sevi Controversy and Ottoman Reform in Egypt

157.

Mine An Ener, University of Michigan

State Initiatives of Poor Relief in Nineteenth-Century Cairo

158.

Paul Sullivan, American University in Cairo

The Idea of Economic Leadership in Egypt since Mohammed Ali.

D. South and Southeast Asia V: Traditional learning: Grammar, Poetics, Medicine. Rosane Rocher, Chair

159.

Alex Wayman, Columbia University

On the term páti

160.

J. E. M. Houben, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden

The theoretical position of Bhartrhari and the respectable grammarian

161.

Timothy C. Cahill, University of Pennsylvania

Bhatta Lollata on the loci of Rasa: Is anyone out there?

(Break )

162.

Anna Maria Ranero, Harvard University

¯Anandavardhana's Dhvany¯aloka and the unity of the Mah¯abh¯arata

163.

Rew¯a Pras¯ada Dwivedi, Banaras Hindu University

New concepts in Indian (Sanskrit) Poetics

164.

Rahul Peter Das, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg

The heart in ancient Indian medical literature

165.

Pallan R. Ichaporia, University of Mainz

Understanding the Young Avesta in Context of the History and Culture of Zoroastrian Iran from Achemenian to Sassanian Periods (To be read by title)