SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

selection as well as research material to facilitate their active participation in the Congress. More details will be provided in the future.

guidelines for establishing such scholarships. Our limitation of course will be a financial one!

9. Cataloging of Coptic Manuscripts at the Oxford Bodleian Library

6. St. Shenouda Coptic Symposium

In September '94, we made an informal proposal to Prof. Samir Khalil to come to the US in late August or early September of 1995 to participate in a conference of Coptic Studies that we are planning in preparation for the Coptic Congress. His answer was favorable. So barring any unforeseen delays we will, God's willing, go ahead with organizing it. It will be located in Los Angeles and will cover all branches of Coptic Studies, including Christian Arabic literature of the Copts. UCLA is currently offering an 8-unit course in Coptic (Sahidic). We were informed by the Instructor, Prof. Antonio Loprieno that all interested Copts are welcome. This is a great opportunity to get a taste of scholastic Coptic. The course will run from Jan. 95 through March 95. Moreover, he is ready to work with any Copt that decides that he/she wants to pursue Coptic Studies as a major or a minor by tailoring an appropriate curriculum. This would apply for Graduate as well as Undergraduate students. There are several Copts enrolled at UCLA that registered for the class, as well as other students in the Center that will be auditing it. Also, at least one perspective graduate student in History will hopefully be able to take up Prof. Loprieno's offer in the next school year. 7. Coptic Classes at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

In October '94, the Society submitted an application to the Oxford Bodleian Library for permission to catalog the Coptic manuscripts in their possessions. Such manuscripts are truly in need of a comprehensive catalog to facilitate their use by scholars and all who are interested in Coptic Studies. The request was made in the name of Hany N. Takla, the Society's president. Currently, the Library is reviewing our proposal which included the president's CV and samples of his publications in the field of Coptic Studies. The reply may take a few months, but we are hopeful of a favorable one. In your hands right now is the second issue of the St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter. We have committed ourselves to its quarterly appearance in October, January, April, and July. We are also working on resurrecting the Annual Bulletin, which came out ten years ago with a special issue on the Martyrs and Martyrdom of the Coptic Church. With the level of activities at the Center it became essential to publish the Bulletin again. We invite all those interested in Coptic Studies to contribute their work to us by July 1995, to allow for publication by October. A style guide for authors will be furnished upon request from the Society. The Coptic Bohairic Dictionary is finally in the late stage of preparation. All the Bohairic entries were recorded, subentries were cross- referenced, and the entries referenced to Crum's Dictionary . We still need to do some work on the Greek-Loan words, which no single published work has treated adequately so far. An abridged edition of it was prepared electronically by Dr. Maged S. Mikhail of Encino, CA. We hope this will be made available soon. Also during the span of this fiscal 10. Publications

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter 8. Coptic Scholarship Fund

With the growing interest in pursuing Coptic Studies academically, the Society is looking into establishing a scholarship fund to help in part as well as encourage such aspiration by our youth. The matter is being studied now to establish rules and

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