About J.-C. Haelewyck’s Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages

Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009Friday November 20th, 2009 by Michael Langlois

At the editor’s request, I wrote in Le Muséon a critical review of Jean-Claude Haelewyck’s Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages (Safran, 2006). The unusual length of this recensio... Read More

The Nomenclature of Clothes and Textiles in the Texts of Mari, by Jean-Marie Durand

Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009Wednesday January 4th, 2023 by Michael Langlois

Jean-Marie Durand, Professor at the College of France (Assyriology chair), has just published a volume on clothes and textiles in the akkadian texts of Mari. This work is part of the Paris Babylonian ... Read More

55th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale

Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009Saturday June 6th, 2009 by Michael Langlois

A month from today will begin the 55th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (RAI), which will take place at the Collège de France on July 6-9, 2009 with the following theme: “Family in the Ancie... Read More

The Young Hero: Conference at the College of France

Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009Monday March 9th, 2009 by Michael Langlois

The Young Hero. Research on the formation and diffusion of a literary theme in the Ancient Near East. April 6–7, 2009 This interdisciplinary conference, organized by the Chairs of Assyriology and Bi... Read More

CuneiType Unicode Converter 1.2 Mac

Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009Monday February 15th, 2021 by Michael Langlois

UPDATE: version 1.2b is available, do not download the version below unless you are using an old system (before MacOS X 10.10). ————— Here is version 1.2 (Mac) of my “CuneiType Unicode... Read More