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Summary	The contributions collected in this volume are based on a section entitled “Towards a History of Assyriology” held in July 2018 as part of the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (RAI) in Innsbruck. While the history of the comparatively young discipline of Ancient Near Eastern Studies did not receive too much attention in the past, recent years have seen an increased interest in the history of the discipline. Research into the Ancient Near East has been an international endeavor from the very beginning, as many of the contributions presented here demonstrate. This international cooperation has to be considered by any comprehensive history of ancient Near Eastern Studies. However, a prerequisite for such an international history of Ancient Near Eastern studies is the reappraisal of the national histories of ancient Near Eastern studies and its international networks, which are based on the study of archives of different sizes and languages. While at the beginning of ancient Near Eastern Studies in the 19th century, Denmark, England, France, and the German states, later the German Empire, played a central role, scholars in other countries soon began to dedicate themselves to ancient Near Eastern studies. Some of the contributions in this volume are devoted to such national academic histories. Other contributions are dedicated to well-known and lesser-known research personalities in the history of the discipline. Further articles discuss research-historical and ideological issues that influenced the subject of Ancient Near Eastern Studies / Assyriology and its development.
Table of Contents	Sebastian Fink /Hans Neumann: Towards a History of Assyriology – an Introduction Silvia Alaura / Marco Bonechi: Dreaming of an International Discipline. Archibald H. Sayce, Cosmopolitanism and Assyriology at Oxford Netanel Anor: Jaacov Peremen and the Notarikon: A Case of Anti-Sumerist Revival in Mid-Twentieth Century Palestine Sanna Aro: Impassioned Cuneiformists: Finish Assyriologists in search of clay tablets and networking with the international community of scholars (from Eneberg to Parpola) Nicole Brisch: The Earliest History of Assyriology in Denmark: Friedrich Münter, Freemason, Illuminati, and Proto-Assyriologist Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum: Das Konzept des „Despotismus“ und die Erforschung altorientalischer Gesellschaften im 20. Jh. n. Chr. Vladimir Emilianov: Woldemar Georg Schileico: His Life and Contribution to Knowledge Stefania Ermidoro: The Origin of a Discipline: Layard and the First Assyriologists Peeter Espak / Vladimir Sazonov: The Origin of Estonian Ancient Near Eastern Studies from the 19th Century and its Developments until the Present Day Agnès Garcia Ventura / Jordi Vidal: Strengthening Ties: Assessing the Presence of Spanish Scholars at International Conferences devoted to Ancient Near Eastern Studies (1948-1983) Thomas L. Gertzen: Babel and Bible – Assyriology and Anti-Semitism Sven Günther / Michela Piccin / Guangsheng Wang: Alternative Perspectives from the Far East: Ancient Near Eastern Studies (including Egypt) in China Ludger Hiepel: The Institutionalization of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Münster. The Nomination of Hubert Grimme, the Foundation of the Oriental Seminar and the Differentiation into Independent Seminars and Institutes Bernhard Hurch – Angelika Kellner: Der Kaukasus als Berührungspunkt der Sprachwissenschaft mit der Assyriologie. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Hugo Schuchardt und Carl Friedrich Lehmann-Haupt Magdalena Kapełuś: Ignacy Radinski (1843–1920) – un assyriologue polonais Reiko Maeshima: The Establishment of the Babylonian Society and the “Transplantation” of the Sumerology in Japan in the Early Years in the Twentieth Century: The Influence of Panbabylonism and “Sumerian Problem” to Asia Hans Neumann: Die institutionellen und wissenschaftspolitischen Rahmenbedingungen der Altorientalistik in der DDR im Spannungsfeld von Kontinuität und Wandel Luděk Vacín / Jitka Sýkorová: The Beginnings of Czech Assyriology: A Reassessment Abraham Winitzer: Toward Leo Oppenheim’s Dead Civilization and Stream of Tradition

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The contributions collected in this volume are based on a section entitled “Towards a History of Assyriology” held in July 2018 as part of the 64th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (RAI) in Innsbruck. While the history of the comparatively young discipline of Ancient Near Eastern Studies did not receive too much attention in the past, recent years have seen an increased interest in the history of the discipline. Research into the Ancient Near East has been an international endeavor from the very beginning, as many of the contributions presented here demonstrate. This international cooperation has to be considered by any comprehensive history of ancient Near Eastern Studies. However, a prerequisite for such an international history of Ancient Near Eastern studies is the reappraisal of the national histories of ancient Near Eastern studies and its international networks, which are based on the study of archives of different sizes and languages. While at the beginning of ancient Near Eastern Studies in the 19th century, Denmark, England, France, and the German states, later the German Empire, played a central role, scholars in other countries soon began to dedicate themselves to ancient Near Eastern studies. Some of the contributions in this volume are devoted to such national academic histories. Other contributions are dedicated to well-known and lesser-known research personalities in the history of the discipline. Further articles discuss research-historical and ideological issues that influenced the subject of Ancient Near Eastern Studies / Assyriology and its development.

Table of Contents

Sebastian Fink /Hans Neumann: Towards a History of Assyriology – an Introduction

Silvia Alaura / Marco Bonechi: Dreaming of an International Discipline. Archibald H. Sayce, Cosmopolitanism and Assyriology at Oxford

Netanel Anor: Jaacov Peremen and the Notarikon: A Case of Anti-Sumerist Revival in Mid-Twentieth Century Palestine

Sanna Aro: Impassioned Cuneiformists: Finish Assyriologists in search of clay tablets and networking with the international community of scholars (from Eneberg to Parpola)

Nicole Brisch: The Earliest History of Assyriology in Denmark: Friedrich Münter, Freemason, Illuminati, and Proto-Assyriologist

Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum: Das Konzept des „Despotismus“ und die Erforschung altorientalischer Gesellschaften im 20. Jh. n. Chr.

Vladimir Emilianov: Woldemar Georg Schileico: His Life and Contribution to Knowledge

Stefania Ermidoro: The Origin of a Discipline: Layard and the First Assyriologists

Peeter Espak / Vladimir Sazonov: The Origin of Estonian Ancient Near Eastern Studies from the 19th Century and its Developments until the Present Day

Agnès Garcia Ventura / Jordi Vidal: Strengthening Ties: Assessing the Presence of Spanish Scholars at International Conferences devoted to Ancient Near Eastern Studies (1948-1983)

Thomas L. Gertzen: Babel and Bible – Assyriology and Anti-Semitism

Sven Günther / Michela Piccin / Guangsheng Wang: Alternative Perspectives from the Far East: Ancient Near Eastern Studies (including Egypt) in China

Ludger Hiepel: The Institutionalization of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Münster. The Nomination of Hubert Grimme, the Foundation of the Oriental Seminar and the Differentiation into Independent Seminars and Institutes

Bernhard Hurch – Angelika Kellner: Der Kaukasus als Berührungspunkt der Sprachwissenschaft mit der Assyriologie. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Hugo Schuchardt und Carl Friedrich Lehmann-Haupt

Magdalena Kapełuś: Ignacy Radinski (1843–1920) – un assyriologue polonais

Reiko Maeshima: The Establishment of the Babylonian Society and the “Transplantation” of the Sumerology in Japan in the Early Years in the Twentieth Century: The Influence of Panbabylonism and “Sumerian Problem” to Asia

Hans Neumann: Die institutionellen und wissenschaftspolitischen Rahmenbedingungen der Altorientalistik in der DDR im Spannungsfeld von Kontinuität und Wandel

Luděk Vacín / Jitka Sýkorová: The Beginnings of Czech Assyriology: A Reassessment

Abraham Winitzer: Toward Leo Oppenheim’s Dead Civilization and Stream of Tradition

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