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“Languages That Shaped History.” 2nd AESC Symposium in Honor of Professor Federico Corriente Córdoba
September 24, 2026From 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
CÓRDOBA
Casa Árabe Headquarters (c/ Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
From 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
The Association for Comparative Semitic Studies (AESC) is organizing the 2nd AESC Symposium, to be held on September 24 at the Casa Árabe headquarters in Córdoba, under the title “Languages That Shaped History” and in honor of Professor Federico Corriente Córdoba.
The event will bring together specialists from various universities and research centers to address, from different perspectives, the study of Semitic languages and their linguistic, historical, and cultural relationships. The program includes presentations on linguistic contact in antiquity, the Phoenician, Aramaic, Ugaritic, Hebrew, and Assyrian languages, as well as the study of Biblical Hebrew and issues related to the language and culture of Caliphate-era Córdoba.
The symposium is organized under the auspices of the HUM-940 Oriens Research Group: Knowledge Transfer in the Near East and the Mediterranean Basin.
The event will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the opening of the symposium by the coordinator of Casa Árabe Córdoba, Javier Rosón, followed by a tribute to Professor Federico Corriente Córdoba.
Program (downloadable as a PDF)
The symposium is organized under the auspices of the HUM-940 Oriens Research Group: Knowledge Transfer in the Near East and the Mediterranean Basin.
The event will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the opening of the symposium by the coordinator of Casa Árabe Córdoba, Javier Rosón, followed by a tribute to Professor Federico Corriente Córdoba.
Program (downloadable as a PDF)
Image: Group HUM-940 Oriens
9:00 a.m. – Opening of the 2nd AESC Symposium.
Opening remarks by Javier Rosón, coordinator of Casa Árabe in Córdoba.
9:20–9:40 a.m. – Eulàlia Vernet i Pons (University of Barcelona)
Linguistic Contact at Samʾal during the Iron Age: The Aramaic Calques in the Phoenician Inscription from Kilamuwa.
9:40–10:00 a.m. – Carlos Santos Carretero (Israel Institute of Biblical Studies)
The Terrible Crown: Translation and Analysis of an Ascension Prayer in the Merkabah.
10:00–10:20 – José Martínez Delgado
Vowel Patterns of Biblical Hebrew in Caliphate-era Córdoba.
10:20–10:40 – Coffee break.
10:40–11:00 – Efrem Yildiz (University of Salamanca)
Linguistic and Religious Expressions Designating the Identity of the Assyrian People.
11:00–11:20 – Andrés Piquer Otero (Complutense University of Madrid)
Topic and Expression of the Predicative Complement in Ugaritic.
11:20–11:40 – Clara Carbonell Ortiz (Complutense University of Madrid)
The grammar of sex. Intransitivity and transitivity of sexual verbs in Biblical Hebrew (Tiberian and Samaritan).
11:40–12:00 – Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala (University of Córdoba)
On pṣʾl, the name of a Nabataean princess.
12:00–13:00 – Discussion.
13:00–14:00 – General Assembly.
Opening remarks by Javier Rosón, coordinator of Casa Árabe in Córdoba.
9:20–9:40 a.m. – Eulàlia Vernet i Pons (University of Barcelona)
Linguistic Contact at Samʾal during the Iron Age: The Aramaic Calques in the Phoenician Inscription from Kilamuwa.
9:40–10:00 a.m. – Carlos Santos Carretero (Israel Institute of Biblical Studies)
The Terrible Crown: Translation and Analysis of an Ascension Prayer in the Merkabah.
10:00–10:20 – José Martínez Delgado
Vowel Patterns of Biblical Hebrew in Caliphate-era Córdoba.
10:20–10:40 – Coffee break.
10:40–11:00 – Efrem Yildiz (University of Salamanca)
Linguistic and Religious Expressions Designating the Identity of the Assyrian People.
11:00–11:20 – Andrés Piquer Otero (Complutense University of Madrid)
Topic and Expression of the Predicative Complement in Ugaritic.
11:20–11:40 – Clara Carbonell Ortiz (Complutense University of Madrid)
The grammar of sex. Intransitivity and transitivity of sexual verbs in Biblical Hebrew (Tiberian and Samaritan).
11:40–12:00 – Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala (University of Córdoba)
On pṣʾl, the name of a Nabataean princess.
12:00–13:00 – Discussion.
13:00–14:00 – General Assembly.