But perhaps they will help to open it up for what we anticipate will be a fruitful and stimulating conference. The program of the RAI will begin with a plenary session of invited papers intended to lay out some of the broader issues, perhaps echoing those just described, in the study of historiography in the cuneiform world. Planned are four papers by colleagues working in various combinations of philology, archaeology, and history, with a response by a fifth. This session is to coincide with the exhibit on Nuzi and the Hurrians which will be mounted for the occasion of the RAI by the Semitic Museum of Harvard University. Further, we expect to have sessions devoted to archaeological reports.
Posters are welcome on all subjects.
Our hosts there will be Prof. Tzvi Abusch and Brandeis' Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. Bus transportation will be provided. Opportunity will also be provided for visits to the local museum collections. Details will be given in the next circular. The principal part of the RAI will be followed by an additional day of activities in New Haven, CT , on the campus of Yale University.