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13. The Seventh Congress for Coptic Studies: It is scheduled to start on August 27 and continue until September 2, 2000. This being the premier event in Coptic Studies, we encourage all of our members to attend and participate if possible. Less than a year is left, so we all need to prepare to be able to contribute positively to the proceedings of this most prestigious event. Those interested in presenting papers there, are encouraged to contact the Society for coordination of topics and resources. Information and a preliminary registration form is available through the following internet address: http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/tcno/coptic_congress.htm 14. The Electronic Edition of the Coptic Encyclopedia : Work is progressing slowly on this project because of other commitments. So far all of the contents of the ASCII files received from the publisher has been reviewed and scanning of the illustrations has began is about 75% complete. Other appropriate illustrations may also be included in the electronic version. According to Dr. Fawzy Estafanous, the organization's founder, this edition will be an electronic version of the original printed edition, with the exception of including short annotations on articles that are being disputed by Coptic Church authorities and corrections of obvious errors. These extra items will be included in a separate volume and electronically link to the articles they pertain to. Each annotation will include the name of the presenter. In other words, the original text will not be altered unless authorized by Macmillan. Hany N. Takla, the Society's president, will be in charge of this project, in his capacity as member of the Foundation's Executive Board. Currently Mr. Joseph Fahim of our Orange County Regional Center is assisting with the illustration scanning. Projected completion date is late July, 2000, God's willing. 15. Modern Coptic Iconography on the Internet: We have been informed by Mr. Ehab Roufail of London, UK, that a new site for Modern Coptic iconography has been developed by him on behalf of

our long-time friend Ms. Monica Rene. The site address is as follow: http://www.firstimageicons.com Ms. Rene is the wife of Dr. Stephane Rene, the renowned Coptic iconographer in London, whose work has been exhibited in Los Angeles twice in the past few years. His work in Southern California is found mainly at Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church in Orange County, where the Society has its regional center. His works are also found in other churches in the Greater Los Angeles Area. 16. Symposium Syriacum VIII (June 26-30, 2000) & VI International Conference on Christian Arabic Studies (July 2-5, 2000) in Sydney Australia: We have recently received communication from the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, of the convening of these two important conferences in succession. The conference organizer is the renowned Christian Arabic and Syriac Scholar, Prof. Rifaat Y. Ebied. The two conferences contain a total of seven full days of papers (4 for Syriac and 3 for Christian Arabic), with an afternoon Registration and Reception at the beginning of each conference and a common Sydney harbor excursion on July 1, 2000. The papers for both conferences are scheduled for a maximum time of 45 minutes including at least 10 minutes of discussion. For more details on these important conference, please contact Prof. Ebied as follows: Prof. R. Y. Ebied Conference Organizer Department of Semitic Studies. The University of Sydney SYDNEY NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA

Tel: 61 2 9352 3530 Fax: 61 2 9351 6684 E-mail: Eifaat.Ebied@semitic.usyd.edu.au

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