The International Association for Assyriology
Organisation for study of Assyrian history
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The International Association for Assyriology (IAA) is a non-profit, non-political organization founded in July 2003, and seated in Leiden that "the fields of Cuneiform Studies, ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology on an international basis and to act as a representative body for these fields in relationship to national, international and private institutions, as well as the general public".[1][2]
- Leiden, Netherlands
- British Institute for the Study of Iraq
- American Oriental Society
- Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft
- The Israel Society for Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
- Société pour l’étude du Proche-Orient ancien
| Formation | July 2003 |
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| Founded at | London, England |
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| Website | iaassyriology |
According to the Union of International Associations, this organization was founded in "July 2003, London (UK), during International Congress of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology (RAI)".[3][4]
Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
The IAA holds an annual congress, the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale that assembles scholars from all the world at centres of Near Eastern research.[1] Associations and societies are affiliated like The American Oriental Society, British Institute for the Study of Iraq, Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, The Israel Society for Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Société pour l’étude du Proche-Orient ancien.[5]
List of presidents
- 2003–2005 — Wilfred van Soldt
- 2005–2010 — Jack M. Sasson
- 2010–2014 — Piotr Michalowski
- 2014–2018 — Cécile Michel[6]
- 2019–present — Walther Sallaberger
Honorary Council
- C. Wilcke (2012)
- J. Sasson (2014)
- D. Owen (2014)
- S. Zawadzki (2015)
- Hermann Hunger (2015)
- J.S. Cooper (2016)
- D. Collon (2016)
- I. Winter (2017)
- J. Klein (2017)
- Michael Roaf (2018)
- A.K. Mohammed (2021)
- P. Michalowski (2021)
- N.M. al-Mutawalli (2021)
- M. Stol (2023)