(AINA) -- The Assyrian Studies Association (ASA), in partnership with Stanford University's Humanities Center, is organizing the 2023 ASA Symposium from August 11-13, 2023. This year's theme is Formative History, Challenges, and New Directions. The program includes:

• Status of Assyrian Studies as a Discipline
• Artistic Approaches to History and Cultural Production
• Assyria Ethnographic Methodologies: Folklore, Modern Culture, and Expressions
• Inclusivity and Acknowledgement: History and Policy
• Assyrian Struggle: Grievances, Genocidal Impact, and Marginalization
• Assyrian Diaspora: Exploring Historical Expulsions, Resettlements and Contemporary Perspectives
• Social and Political Movements
• Assyrian Identity in the Genomic Era: Lessons From History & Contemporary

The presenters are:

• Abdulmesih BarAbraham, Mor Afrem Foundation
• Alexandra Lazar, University of California, Davis
• Arbella Bet-Shlimon, University of Washington
• Daniel Tower, University of Sydney
• Efrem Yildiz - Nineveh Chair, University of Salamanca
• Esther Elia, University of New Mexico
• Eve Sada, CSWR, Harvard University
• Joseph Hermiz, University of Chicago
• Julye Bidmead, Chapman University
• Lawrence Nader Makho, University of Zakho
• Mark Tomass, Harvard University
• Mary Isaac, University of California, Irvine
• Michel Shamoon-Pour, Binghamton University
• Mikhael Benjamin, Nineveh Center for Minority Rights
• Nahrain Bet Younadam, The University of Arizona
• Nashie Shamoon, Te Herenga Waka--Victoria University of Wellington
• Noor Matti, Shlama Foundation
• Ruth Kambar, New York University
• Sargon Donabed, Roger Williams University

Registration is open at ASA's website.