{"id":478,"date":"2015-11-25T14:08:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T13:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/aramaic-ol\/?page_id=478"},"modified":"2020-05-27T08:21:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T06:21:42","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/events\/who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are we?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Surayt-Aramaic Online Project (2017-2020)<\/h3>\n<p>SAOP is co-funded by the European Union&#8217;s Erasmus+ programme for the duration of three years (2017-2020) and is managed by an interdisciplinary consortium.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>SAOP is managed by\u00a0 an interdisciplinary consortium:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de\/e\/semiarab\/semitistik\/forschung\/saop\/index.html\">Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (coordinator)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.su.se\/asia\/mena\/aktuell-information\/the-surayt-aramaic-online-project-1.401919\">Stockholms Universitet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/morephrem.com\/surayt-aramaic-online-project\/\">St Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Monastery (NL)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bethmardutho.org\/surayt\/\">Beth Mardutho Syriac Institute (USA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/midyatsuryanikulturdernegi.com\/sayfa-projeler-58.html\">Midyat S\u00fcryani Cultural Association (Turkey)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The project team<\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"63\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-576\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/files\/2015\/12\/fu_logo.gif\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Prof. Dr. Shabo Talay (<i>Scientific coordinator<\/i>)<br \/>\nSoner Barthoma (<i>Project coordinator<\/i>)<br \/>\nNicolas Atas (<i>Content developer, reviewer<\/i>)<br \/>\nBarbara Simona \u00dczel (<i>Content developer, reviewer<\/i>)<br \/>\nDr. Jean Yousef (<i>Reviewer and technical management<\/i>)<br \/>\nJonathan Smith (<i>Programmer<\/i>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.su.se\/polopoly_fs\/1.330326.1493279438!\/menu\/standard\/file\/SU%20LOGO%20ENG.jpg\" alt=\"SU\" width=\"100\" height=\"68\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Prof. Dr. Elie Wardini (<i>Principal investigator, reviewer<\/i>)<br \/>\nDr Naures Atto (<i>Content developer, reviewer <\/i>)<br \/>\nDr Broula Barnohro Oussi (<i>Reviewer, Swedish translation<\/i>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/morephrem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mainlogo2.1.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for st ephrem kloster logo\" width=\"220\" height=\"180\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Archbishop Polycarpus Dr. Augin Aydin (<i>Principal investigator, reviewer<\/i>)<br \/>\nMurat Can (<i>Content developer, reviewer<\/i>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/bethmardutho.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/cropped-BMlogo-6.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for beth mardutho logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"68\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Dr. George Kiraz<br \/>\n(<i>Principal investigator, content developer<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"130\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/midyatsuryanikulturdernegi.com\/upload\/manset\/logo1_3.jpg\" alt=\"Midyat\" width=\"100\" height=\"68\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Ayhan G\u00fcrkan (<i>Content developer<\/i>)<br \/>\nS\u00fckr\u00fc Aktas (<i>Content developer<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Noto Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\"><strong>Advisory board<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Noto Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">Prof. Otto Jast<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">row (University of Tallinn)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Prof. Geoffrey Khan (University of Cambridge) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Prof. Werner Arnold (University of Heidelberg)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Jan van Ginkel (FU Berlin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Associated partners<\/h5>\n<p>The consortium leans on its long experience and expertise in the topic, and has a broad network among scholars and teachers of Surayt, maintains strong links with the target group and its civic and religious organisations in Europe, essential to the realization of the project activities and to the dissemination of the results. The project is supported by<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stichting Inanna Foundation from the Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Kano Suryoyo Foundation from Germany<\/li>\n<li>ABF-S\u00f6dert\u00e4lje\/Nykvarn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Aramaic-Online Project (2014-2017)<\/h3>\n<p>The consortium who has developed and managed the previous Aramaic-Online Project (2014-2017) consists of a mix of academic institutions (University of Bergen, Free University of Berlin, Leipzig University and University of Cambridge) and a monastery (St Ephrem Syriac Orthodox Monastery in the Netherlands) which functions also as an educational centre for the youth.<\/p>\n<p>The consortium consists of partners with unique and specific skills. All partners involved in this project have long experience with Surayt, applied linguistics, on CALL methods and complement each other in their specialised fields.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The applicant organisation University of Bergen has taken this initiative for the revitalisation of this endangered language.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The project is coordinated by the staff members working at\u00a0Free University Berlin who have conducted research, published on various aspects of Surayt and have experience in teaching Syriac and Surayt. The scientific coordinator of the project Professor Shabo Talay is one of the leading experts on the Surayt language. He has conducted extensive research and published widely on Surayt and its dialects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Leipzig University has a long experience and expertise in using CALL methods. Staff members from Leipzig University have developed one of the most successful online courses in Modern Standard Arabic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; University of Cambridge, particularly FAMES has been an important academic centre for the study of endangered languages, including different dialects of Aramaic. FAMES will host the conference on Surayt and contribute to the project by providing its expertise, especially in the revitalisation work on Surayt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; St Ephrem Monastery is the most active Syriac monastery in the European diaspora, with experience in organising Syriac summer courses for an international audience of second and third generation Syriacs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surayt-Aramaic Online Project (2017-2020) SAOP is co-funded by the European Union&#8217;s Erasmus+ programme for the duration of three years (2017-2020) and is managed by an interdisciplinary consortium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":985,"parent":305,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-478","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1176,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions\/1176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/saop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}