The Hurrian Workshop

03/06/2014

Workshop "Towards a grammar of Hurrian" am Lehrstuhl für Altorientalistik 6-8 March 2014 Supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Datum:	6 to 8 March 2014
Veranstalter:	Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg: Lehrstuhl für Altorientalistik

With the kind support of the the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and Würzburg University, the Lehrstuhl für Altorientalistik is hosting a workshop on the Hurrian language and culture (Lehrstuhl für Altorientalistik, Residenz, Südflügel, III. Stock; 6–8 March 2014). Guests are welcome to attend.

The workshop will focus on the study of the Hurrian language, especially with regard to syntax. Moreover, new sources for the study of the Hurrian language and culture will be presented and discussed.

Programme

All sessions will be chaired by Gernot Wilhelm (Würzburg)

	Thursday, 6 March 2014
14.00 - 14.15	Salutations and welcome
14.15 - 15.15	A. Süel (Ankara): Ortaköy-Šapinuwa as a centre of Hurrian culture and as a Hittite royal residence
15.45 - 16.30	S. de Martino (Torino) (with L. Murat & A. Süel): The Third tablet of the itkalzi ritual from Šapinuwa
16.30 - 17.15	M. Giorgieri (Pavia) (with L. Murat & A. Süel): The Hurrian ritual fragment Or. 90-449 from Ortaköy
17.30 - 18.15	D. Campbell (San Francisco): On the Ummaya ritual

	Friday, 7 March 2014
10.00 - 10.15	welcome
10.15 - 11.00	M. Salvini (Roma): Hattusili I. und die Hurriter. Einige Erwägungen
11.00 - 11.45	H. Hettrich (Würzburg): In Kontrast zum Hurritischen: Das Kasussystem des vedischen Sanskrit
14.00 - 14.45	S. Fischer (Berlin): Problems concerning the Hurrian 'Wurzelerweiterungen'
14.45 - 15.30	A. Sideltsev (Moscow): Syntax of the Hurrian and the Hittite verb
16.30 - 17.15	A. Rizza (Würzburg): Linguistic and metalinguistic problems in the study of the Hurrian syntax. Clitic pronouns, relative sentences, participles
17.15 - 18.30	M. Khachikyan (Yerevan): On the origin of the ergative construction in Hurrian
	Saturday, 8 March 2014
10.00 - 12.30	Communications and open discussion on recent publications and further projects (including the development of the web site and blog (www.hurrianworkshop.org)