SCOPE & PURPOSE

Current political and cultural transformation processes have a strong impact on the existence of the Assyrian nation. In the Middle East and in Diaspora the increasing dynamics and complexity of societies require new instruments for steering the National Movement. Our task is to raise intellectual level of our people. Positive experience of the first similar conference which was held in Moscow on May 10-11, 2002 entitled “Assyrians today: issues and perspectives” gives us grounds to prepare the 2^nd World Assyrian Conference in Moscow on June 27-29, 2003. It was decided to hold the conference under the motto “Assyrians today: historiography and linguistics”. The urgency of this topic has some forcible arguments (see: Press Release).

The Organizing Committee fixes the following important dates:

1. The 2^nd World Assyrian Conference will be held from June 27-29, 2003. An additional cultural program is on June 28, 2003.

2. The deadline for accepting applications for participation in the work of the Conference, payment and abstracts presentation is March 1, 2003.

3. Payment will be organized with a reduced charge before March 1, 2003 (see Registration Fees and Hotel Accommodation), and with a full charge – until the beginning of the conference.

Meetings of the Second World Assyrian Conference will be dedicated to the following issues:

- The role of the Syriac language in formation of a modern Assyrian.

- Ethno-confessional dialects in modern Assyrian language.

- The present status of the Assyrian historiography.

- Systematization and periodization of the Assyrian nation’s history.

- New concepts in the Assyrian historiography.

- The role of Churches in formation of the Assyrian history and modern Assyrian language.

Abstracts can be submitted in three ways (abstract text: max. 300 words):

1. via the Internet

2. by regular mail

3. by fax.

Due to the production method of the book of abstracts, submissions by electronic mail are preferable.

Please, tick desirable audio-visual requirements:

Overhead projector

Slide projector

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The meetings will take place in the conference-hall of the hotel “Rossiya” (6 Varvarka Str.).

Registration Fee includes welcome cocktail, coffee breaks, reception at Conference Hall, abstract book and simultaneous interpretation. Total amount (3 days): 60 US$.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

(All prices include breakfast)

Hotel “Rossiya” (about 100 meters from the Kremlin):

Single room - 75 US$ (per night)

Double room - 90 US$

Single room (with view on the Kremlin) - 90 US$

Double room (with view on the Kremlin - 98 US$

Single room (semi-suite) - 150 US$

Single room (semi-suite with view on the Kremlin) -185 US$

Hotel “Baltchug Kempinsky (*****)

Single room - 360 US$ (per night)

Single room (with view on the Kremlin) - 430 US$

Hotel “Metropol” (*****)

Single room - 280 US$ (per night)

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CULTURAL PROGRAM

Banquet with gala-concert (Classic, Gipsy and Assyrian folk groups) - 60 US$

Attendance of the Bolshoi Theatre - 50 US$

City tour + metro visit (duration 3 hours) - 15 US$

Moscow Kremlin (duration 3 hours) - 25 US$

Diamond Fund in Kremlin (duration 30 min) - 25 US$

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts with hall of Ancient Mesopotamia (duration 3 hours) - 25 US$

Convents/Churches (duration 3 hours) - 20 US$

All prices include a guide-interpreter, entrance tickets, and a car.

Please, underline what you need.

Total amount_______________________________________________________

Visa Support

For reception of visas, please, inform us of the following:

- Full name

- Date of birth

- Citizenship

- Sex

- Passport No. and expiration date

- Fax No. to which your invitation will be sent

Language

The official Conference languages are English, Russian and Assyrian.
Simultaneous interpretation of English and Russian will be provided.

Payment

All payments are to be made:

by bank transfer to: “Open Heart Society”, TCF Bank,
Account No: 5875763606; Routing number: 271-972-572
TCF Bank: 1050 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL 60640.
/www.TCFexpress.com/; Tel: (773) 271-8001

Please do not forget to indicate the participant’s name and the title of the conference.

please charge my Credit Card:

No.________________________ Expiration date_______________ Amount______________

Date____________________ Signature____________________________________________

The Organizing Committee

Address:     P.O.Box 18, Moscow, 127642, RUSSIA
                      Telefax:      7-095-208-2445; 7-095-935-0155.
                              E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Please, send your Registration Form and Abstracts to the Organizing Committee as soon as possible.

SCOPE & PURPOSE

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION (All prices include breakfast)

CULTURAL PROGRAM

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

(All prices include breakfast)