SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

Antony from Coptic and Syriac. Thus making it an easily-read collection of primary sources that a student and lay readers can easily use to study the life of St. Anonty, history's greatest monastic father. The lack of the inclusion of the original texts is understandable for a variety of reasons. It certainly in this case does not diminish the great value that this publication has. However it is still lamentable that readers are not offered an affordable way of accessing the original texts 1. Eighth International Congress for Coptic Studies: The Society has committed to a $4,000 grant to the organizers of the 8th International Organization of Coptic Studies. The purpose of the grant is to aid in the invitation of Coptic scholars from Egypt who had their papers accepted for presentation at the Congress. The Society welcomes any other contributions by its members toward this goal. Such contributions will added to the amount pledged above. The funds will be transferred by early January, 2004, God's willing. The following is a text of the recently published second announcement for this Congress, sent by Drs. Anne Boud'hors and Marie-Hélène Rutschowscaya as follows: 1. Sites (reminder) The congress will be held at the Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie de l’Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, 3 rue Michelet, 75006 Paris [Monday through Thursday], and at the Institut Catholique de Paris, 21 rue d’Assas, 75006 Paris [Friday and Saturday]. 2. Program. Sunday, 27 June (afternoon and evening): registration of the participants and informal gatherings Monday, 28 June – Friday, 2 July: sessions of the congress Saturday, 3 July (morning): Business Meeting of the IACS (all IACS members in good standing are invited to participate). Plenary research reports, fifteen in all, will be presented during the first two hours of each morning. The list of reports is given below, at the end of the French version of this announcement. The reports will be followed each day by the papers (20 minutes plus 10 minutes of discussion), divided among three parallel sections. We have already received more than 110 proposals for papers. Information about the program will be available starting in September at the web sites of the Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes (http://www.irht.cnrs.fr/congres_copte2004.htm), the IACS

along with these fine translations. May be there could be an electronic solution to this problem. In summary, the book is highly recommended for content, format, and the lucid style of Dr. Vivian. It is also a bargain, considering having access to all the texts included in it. I sincerely hope that more of these translations of Coptic texts are forthcoming. Knowing Dr. Vivian passion for this work, make me confident that this hope is realizable. Hany N. Takla (http://rmcisadu.let.uniroma1.it/~iacs), and the Association francophone de Coptologie (http://www.afcopt.com). Two exhibitions will be arranged for the occasion of the congress: - “Pages d’une autre Égypte : les manuscrits des Coptes,” Bibliothèque nationale de France (58 rue de Richelieu, 75002 Paris), 28 June – 29 August 2004. - “Égypte, la trame de l’histoire,” Institut du Monde Arabe (1 rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris), June– October 2004. 3. Pre-registration: If you have already sent in a pre- registration form, your registration will become final as soon as we receive your abstract (résumé), which we must have by 30 September at the latest . If you have not yet pre-registered, you may still do so (by means of the downloadable pre-registration form [PDF format] at the web site of the Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, or via e-mail at the address of the congress, given below). If you want to give a paper, please adhere strictly to the 30 September deadline. We will not go much beyond the limit of 120 papers. 4. Housing: We ask you to make your own hotel reservations, and we recommend that you choose the following hotel:

News (by Hany N. Takla)

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter Hôtel Ibis Alésia 49 rue des Plantes F - 75014 Paris tel. +33 1 53 90 40 00 e-mail H0959@accor-hotels.com fax +33 1 53 90 40 15

This hotel has 264 rooms (N.B.: only four triples), which should be sufficient to accommodate all the participants in the congress. Anticipated price: EUR 80 (same price for a single room as for a double) + breakfast (EUR 6). Because the congress will take place during high tourist season, the hotel advises you to make your reservations just as soon as possible. The hotel is located in a district that is both quiet

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