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The present volume collects eighteen essays exploring the history of ancient Near Eastern studies. Combining diverse approaches—synthetic and analytic, diachronic and transnational—this collection offers critical reflections on the who, why, and how of this cluster of fields. How have political contexts determined the conduct of research? How do academic agendas reflect larger social, economic, and cultural interests? How have schools of thought and intellectual traditions configured, and sometimes predetermined, the study of the ancient Near East? Contributions treating research during the Nazi and fascist periods examine the interpenetration of academic work with politics, while contributions dealing with specific national contexts disclose fresh perspectives on individual scholars as well as the conditions and institutions in which they worked. Particular attention is given to scholarship in countries such as Turkey, Portugal, Iran, China, and Spain, which have hitherto been marginal to historiographic accounts of ancient Near Eastern studies.

Middle East --- Study and teaching --- History. --- Historiography. --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Assyriology --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Assyro-Babylonian studies

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In July, 2009, the International Association for Assyriology met in Paris, France, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “La famille dans le Proche-Orient.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 53 of the papers read at the 55th annual Rencontre, including primarily papers directly connected with the theme and some on areas of related interest. The papers covered every period of Mesopotamian history, from the third millennium through the end of the first millennium B.C.E. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the Collège de France.

Families -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses. --- Middle East -- Antiquities -- Congresses. --- Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 -- Congresses. --- Middle East -- Social life and customs -- Congresses. --- Social archaeology -- Middle East -- Congresses. --- Families --- Social archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- History --- Antiquities. --- Civilization. --- Families. --- Manners and customs. --- Social archaeology. --- To 1500. --- Middle East. --- Antiquities --- Civilization --- Social life and customs --- Famille --- Droit antique --- Archaeology --- Family --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Methodology --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Droit antique. --- Sozialarchäologie --- Familie --- Conference proceedings. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Archaeological specimens --- Artefacts (Antiquities) --- Artifacts (Antiquities) --- Specimens, Archaeological --- Material culture --- Barbarism --- Civilisation --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Culture --- World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997 --- Ceremonies --- Customs, Social --- Folkways --- Social customs --- Traditions --- Usages --- Ethnology --- Etiquette --- Rites and ceremonies --- Convention proceedings --- Meeting proceedings --- Proceedings of conferences --- Congresses and conventions --- Popular Culture. --- Anthropology --- Cultural. --- Public Policy --- Cultural Policy. --- Naher Osten --- Familien --- Ehe --- Lineage --- Archäologie --- Eastern Mediterranean Region --- South West --- Asia --- Naher Orient --- Vorderasien --- Vorderer Orient --- Südwestasien --- Asien --- Nahost --- Moyen-Orient --- Westasien --- Levante --- Alter Orient --- Südwestasien --- Archäologie