Origins of Early Writing Systems
October 5 to 7, 2007 | Peking University, Beijing

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The Institute of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Peking University was established in 2005 to foster research related to Western Asia among scholars at Peking University. It is the research home of leading Chinese scholars in Assyriology, Egyptology, Hittitology, Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies and Persian Studies.


The CAENO Foundation, New York, is a non-profit organization established in 2000. It supports historical and physical research pertaining to the chronology of events, epochs and civilizations.

Participants (as of September 21st)

ParticipantsInstitution
Borbone Pier GiorgioU di Pisa
Bottero FrancoiseCNRS Paris
Cancik-Kirschbaum EvaFreie U Berlin
Chambon Gregory Freie U Berlin
Chen Yiyi Peking U
Cooper Jerrold Johns Hopkins
Dahl JacobBerlin
Duan Qing Peking U
Englund Robert UCLA
Glassner Jean-Jaques CNRS Paris
Gong Yushu Peking U
Huang DekuanChina
Ikeda Jun Tsukuba U Japan
Klock-Fontanille Isabelle U de Limoges
Krispijn Th. J. H. Leiden
Lai GuolongU of Florida
Lin FanU of PLA Beijing
Mair Victor H. Univ of Pennsylvania
Marzahn Joachim Berlin Museum
Neuman LewUSA
Owen David I. Cornell
Seal Theodora U of Geneva
Selz Gebhard Vienna
Singer-Avitz LilyTel Aviv
Spar Ira Met Mus NYC
Steele John Durham UK
Studevent-Hickman Benjamin OI Chicago
Tang JohnPeking U
Ussishkin DavidTel Aviv U
Whittaker Gordon U of Goettingen
Wilson Mark CCSG London
Wriotherley GraceUK
Yinghui GePeking U
Zemel Henry CAENO NYC
Zhang Director China
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