4th International Enno Littmann-Conference 2012 in Tübingen

Dear colleagues,
the next Enno Littmann-Conference will be held from October 9-12 2012 in Tübingen.
It is organised by Tübingen University in collaboration with the German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) and ORBIS AETHIOPICUS, Society for the Preservation and Promotion of Ethiopian Culture. The great scholar Enno Littmann was professor for Oriental Languages for 30 years (1921 – 1951) at Tübingen.

The main focus of the Conference will be Ethiopia in different aspects.

The preliminary programme is:
Monday, October 8: 13.00 – 18.00 h Registration
Tuesday, October 9 – Friday, October 12: 9.00 – 19.00 h

4 Topics are forseen:
1. Linguistics;
2. Archaeology;
3. History;
4. Relations of Egypt, Sudan, Yemen to the Horn of Africa.
Duration of each lecture: 25 – 30 minutes, followed by discussion.

Please send your registration by e-mail to christian.leitz@uni-tuebingen.de, indicating a preliminary title of your paper and the choosen topic (see above) until January 31, 2012.

Registration fees: 50,- € (students and accompanying persons 25,- €) to be transfered to the following account:
IBAN: DE13 6415 0020 0000 0130 04, BIC SOLADES1TUB; Subject: Littmann-Conference.

The fees of colleagues coming from Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and similar could be waved in some cases based on an application to be submitted to the Organising Committee.

The proceedings of the conference will be published in Meroitica.

For your hotel reservations please try any link like "hotel Tübingen" (in Google or elsewhere).
The following hotels offer a special discount (please mention the Enno-Littmann-Conference)
Hotel Domizil (www.hotel-domizil.de): 20 single rooms 91,- € per day including breakfast from october 8-13 (offer valid until June 28 2012)
Hotel Kupferhammer (www.hotel-kupferhammer.de): single room: 66,- €, double room 86,- € including breakfast from october 8-13
Hotel Katharina (www.hotel-katharina-garni.de): single room: 77,- €, double room 113,- € - 10% including breakfast from october 8-13

A second circular with further informations will be issued in February-March 2012.

Organising committee:
Dr. Asfa Wossen-Asserate, Frankfort/M;
Prof. Dr. Walter Raunig, Munich;
Prof. Dr. Wolbert G.C. Smidt, Mekelle, Ethiopia;
Prof. Dr. Rainer-Maria Voigt, Berlin;
Prof. Dr. Steffen Wenig, Berlin;
Prof. Dr. Christian Leitz, Tübingen.

Enno Littmann in Tigre 1906 and workers from Aksum on the Great Stela Field
(photos: DAE Nr. 226 and 935; Courtesy Deutsche Staatsbibliothek Berlin)