SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

& ST. SHENOUDA COPTIC NEWSLETTER

SUBSCRIBER'S EDITION Quarterly Newsletter Published by the St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies

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April, 2004

Volume 10(N.S. 7), No. 3

In This Issue: The Sixth St. Shenouda Coptic Conference (1) ........................................................1 Monasticism in al-Fayoum Symposium ....................................................................2 News ...........................................................................................................................18 The Sixth St. Shenouda Conference of Coptic Studies –St. Shenouda the Archimandrite, His Life and Times (August 13-14, 2004 - Los Angeles California) (1) (by Hany N. Takla)

Joseph Fahim (SSACS) Deacon Severus (Maged) S. Mikhail (SSACS) Mark R. Moussa (SSACS)

Introduction: This year the Society is planning the continuation of its annual two-day general conference on Coptic Studies. The conference is designed to further promote and encourage Coptic Studies among Copts and others in the United States. This year, our 25 th year of operation, the conference will be exclusively dealing with the Life and Times of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite . Time and Location: The event is scheduled for Friday and Saturday August 13-14. The specific time schedule will be announced later. The place is also set at UCLA Royce Hall Room 314. Organizing Committee: This conference is a cooperative effort of the Collegiate Coptic Orthodox Christian Club of University of California, Los Angeles (CCC-UCLA), Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures of UCLA (DMELC-UCLA), and other members of the Society (SSACS). The following individuals have been designated as members of the Organizing Committee:

Dr. Saad Michael Saad (SSACS) Monica Soliman (CCC-UCLA) Monee A. Takla (CCC-UCLA) Hany N. Takla (SSACS)

Participants: The final list of participants will be posted on our website as it becomes available. Currently, the following is a list of participants that have committed firmly or tentatively to present papers at the conference: Dr. Monica Bontty, California Prof. (Fr.) David Johnson, California Deacon Severus (Maged) S. Mikhail, California

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter Mr. Mark R. Moussa, California Dr. Mark Swanson, Minnesota Hany N. Takla, California Dr. Janet Timbie, Maryland

Rev. Dr. Tim Vivian, California Prof. Dwight W. Young, Chicago Dr. Youhanna N. Youssef, Australia

Scope: As indicated above, the theme of the papers to be presented will deal exclusively with

Dr. Nabil Elgabalawi (SSACS)

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