Work Groups:

WG 1 - Nomadism in sedentary context:
A3 A7 B5 D8
WG 2 - Patterns of Interaction:
A3 A4 B1 B4.I B4.II B4.III B5 D5 D6 D8
WG 3 - Representation of nomadic lifestyles:
A3 D3 E4 E5 E6 F2

Projects according to Work Group

Work Group 1: Nomadism in sedentary context

A3     Land Use in the Syrian Steppes – Practice and Argument · PD Dr. A. Nippa, Leipzig

A7    Mobile life-strategies in dependence on ecological resources in the northwestern coastal zone of Egypt from antiquity to early islamic times · Prof. Dr. G. Brands, Dr. Thomas Vetter, Dr. M. Zierdt, Halle

B5    Roman Rule in the Maghreb between Sedentariness and Nomadism · Prof. Dr. Ch. Schubert, Dr. A. Weiß, Leipzig

D8    Nomads on the Territory of the Late Roman and Byzantine Empire from 3rd to 14th Century · Prof. Dr. A. Mehl, Dr. O. Schmitt, Halle


Work GRoup 2: Patterns of Interaction

A3    Land Use in the Syrian Steppes – Practice and Argument · PD Dr. A. Nippa, Leipzig

A4    Nomads without pastures? Globalization, Regionalization and Livelihood Security · Prof. Dr. J. Gertel, Leipzig

B1    Bedouin Groups in Syria and Egypt: Interplays between Nomads and the Aiyûbid and Mamlûk State Systems · Prof. Dr. St. Leder

B4    Nomads and State – Changing balances of power in Mesopotamia:
Subject 1: Aramaic tribes and the Syro-Mesopotamian homeland 12th–9th century B.C. · Prof. Dr. F. Blocher, Halle
Subject 2: Between Pasture, Town and Palace: Nomads and Settled Population in the Mari Kingdom (19./18. C. B.C.) · Prof. Dr. M. Streck, Leipzig
Subject 3: State control of the open range – nomadic control of the state: constant factors in the history of the Ancient Near East? · Prof. Dr. Cl. Wilcke, Leipzig

B5    Roman Rule in the Maghreb between Sedentariness and Nomadism · Prof. Dr. Ch. Schubert, Dr. A. Weiß, Leipzig

D5    Between loss of power and market integration: Central Asian nomads in Colonial times · Prof. Dr. J. Paul

D6    Mountainous and piedmont zones of Central Asia as areas of interaction between nomads and sedentaries. Case studies in the archaeology and history of the area between Zerafshan and Shakhristansay (Tadzhikistan) · Prof. Dr. M. Mode, Halle

D8    Nomads on the Territory of the Late Roman and Byzantine Empire from 3rd to 14th Century · Prof. Dr. A. Mehl, Dr. O. Schmitt, Halle


Work Group 3: Representation of nomadic lifestyles

A3    Land Use in the Syrian Steppes – Practice and Argument · PD Dr. A. Nippa, Leipzig

D3   Transfers of arms and armour from nomadic to sedentary peoples and vice versa in the Parthian and Sasanian periods · Prof. Dr. M. Mode, Prof. Dr. J. Tubach, Halle

E4    The image of the nomad in the Syriac literature (4th – 13th century) · Prof. Dr. J. Tubach, Dr. Ute Pietruschka

E5    Russian Perceptions of the Nomads of the Czarist Empire · Prof. Dr. J. Paul, Prof. Dr. M. G. Müller

E6    Interaction of language and social norms: a sociolinguistic investigation into the conflict and integration of nomadic and sedentary lifestyles among Kazak speakers living in Kazakstan and Mongolia · Dr. I. Bellér-Hann

F2    The Arabic dialects of the Beni Guil (North-Eastern Morocco). Way of life, language and identity · Dr. S. Gralla