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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nWednesday, May 08, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 p
 m \n BF 200B, Conference Room \n Bancroft Building (4 Bancroft Avenue, T
 oronto) \n\nSpeakers \nProfessor Amir Harrak, University of Toronto \n\nD
 escription: \nMetal and Wood Liturgical Objects in Greater MesopotamiaIn t
 his year's May Lecture, Professor Amir Harrak explores liturgical Christi
 an items used by diverse Eastern and Western Christian rites and churches 
 in the Greater Mesopotamian region in various time periods. Liturgical obj
 ects have long been and remain an intrinsic part of religious material cul
 ture in Christianity in general and in Mesopotamian and Near and Middle Ch
 ristianity in particular. Their production, symbolism, uses and signific
 ance are of a sacred order. Created from natural elements including and no
 t limited to wood, metal, stone, or combinations of materials, every l
 iturgical object and monument-- be it portable or a massive building-- is 
 intentionally made for specific purposes and uses within a sacred liturgic
 al time-space continuum. Professor Harrak's upcoming  lecture will feature
  the rich history and specificities of several of these liturgical objects
  and implements.Bio: Professor Amir Harrak is the Head of the Syriac and A
 ramaic Programme at the University of Toronto's Department of Near and Mid
 dle Eastern Civilizations (NMC), and the Founder and President of the Can
 adian Society for Syriac Studies (CSSS) and of its Journal (JCSSS). Having
  initially obtained respective diplomas in Classical Philosophy and Theolo
 gy from the Dominican Seminary in Iraq (1973), Professor Harrak pursued s
 tudies at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, where he obtaine
 d a BA in Semitic Philology and another BA in Archaeology and Art History 
 (1980). He then studied at the University of Toronto, where he obtained a
 n MA and a PhD in Assyriology and Aramaic Studies (1987). Publications: Hi
 s profuse publications, local, national and international presentations\
 , symposia, seminars, conferences and lectures, in English, French and
  Arabic pertain inter alia to Syriac chronography, history and historiogr
 aphy, Syriac art history, sacred arts, culture and heritage, legal lit
 erature, philology and history of Syriac Christianity, Syriac epigraphy 
 and paleography. Among his current projects are a Guide to the Aramaic of 
 Ezra and Daniel (forthcoming), art and architecture of churches of Iraq,
  and Syriac monuments and epigraphy of Iraq. Among his numerous publicatio
 ns are The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex 
 - Books XV to XXI from the Year 1050 to 1195 AD (2019), which was used by
  NASA to corroborate current astronomical discoveries, The Chronicle of Z
 uqnīn Parts I and II From the Creation to the Year 506/7 AD (2107), Catal
 aogue of Syriac and Garshuni Manuscripts: Manuscripts Owned by the Iraqi D
 epartment of Antiquities and Heritage (2011), Le monastère de Mar-Behnam 
 à la période atabeg - XIIIe s. (2018). Professor Harrak currently teaches 
 several courses including Biblical Aramaic, Aramaic Epigraphy, Syriac hi
 storical and Exegetical texts, in addition to Middle Eastern Christianity
 , Christians of the Middle East and Middle Eastern Christian literature a
 nd Syriac Texts in Translation.Courses: Courses include and are not limite
 d to: NML220Y1: Introductory Aramaic, NML421Y1: Classical Syriac, NMC270
 H1: Christians of the Middle EastAbout the CSSS Spring Lecture, Symposium
  and Journal (JCSSS) The Canadian Society for Syriac Studies (CSSS) is a n
 ot-for-profit non-political non-ideological non-discriminatory organizatio
 n, founded by Professor Amir Harrak in 1999 within the University of Toro
 nto's Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations' Syriac and Aram
 aic Programme. It is dedicated to study of, and educational activities re
 lated to Syriac and Aramaic culture and heritage. CSSS holds an annual Sym
 posium in November and a Spring lecture in May and issues a yearly academi
 c journal (JCSSS). Other CSSS activities include travel tours to Syriac/Ar
 amaic historical and archaeological sites and related multimedia events. M
 embership subscriptions and Donations can be made online. \n\nCategories 
 \n Lectures \n\nAudiences \n Alumni and FriendsCommunityFacultyGraduate St
 udentsStaffUndergraduate Students
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SUMMARY:CSSS Spring Lecture: Amir Harrak
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.nmc.utoronto.ca/events/csss-spring-lecture-amir-ha
 rrak
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