Forthcoming Series: Arabian Heritage

Edited by Jérémie Schiettecatte, CNRS, UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée, Paris, Irene Rossi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale (CNR-ISPC), Naples, and Abdullah Alzaharani, Heritage Commission, KSA

The new book series Arabian Heritage (AHE) focuses on the study of the heritage of the Arabian Peninsula over a long period of time, from the prehistory to the end of the Ottoman period. It includes the study of material culture and intangible heritage in a broader sense. To reflect the current rapidly expanding research activities and collection building in the region, the series at present mainly covers archaeology, history, epigraphy, philology, art history, ethnography, (ancient) crafts and techniques, anthropology, and the study of manuscripts and collections. Interdisciplinary studies on relevant topics are very welcome, as well as relevant research in the field of museum and heritage studies.

The series is open to monographs, edited volumes, conference proceedings, and text editions. Books will be published simultaneously in full colour, in print and in electronic format. The series is open to co-publications and publications in Open Access.

English is encouraged, as well as bilingual monographs Eng/Ar. Arabic manuscripts must be accompanied by translations. French and German are also accepted.

An inclusive, international advisory board of scholars will be established asap.

The first volume in Arabian Heritage is to be expected in 2025.

ISSN: 3050-7421

Call for Manuscripts

Authors and Editors are cordially invited to submit proposals and/or full manuscripts by e-mail to Acquisitions Editor Teddi Dols.

Readership

Scholars, curators, and other professionals in the fields of Archaeology, (Art) History, Material and Visual Culture, Heritage, including Intangible Heritage, Ethnography, Anthropology, Epigraphy, Museum Studies & Heritage Education. Scholars and students of Philology, Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Ottoman Studies, the Ancient Near and Middle East, East Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf.

Editorial Board

Jérémie Schiettecatte, CNRS, UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée, Paris, is a research fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris. He holds a PhD in Near-Eastern archaeology from the Sorbonne University (Paris). His interests lay in the archaeology, the history of populations and the evolution of the settlement pattern in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa from the Bronze Age to the beginning of Islam, with particular interest in the political and cultural mapping of ancient Arabia. Since 2000, he has been working in Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. He directed the Saudi-French Archaeological Mission in al-Kharj (Saudi Arabia) from 2011 to 2016. Since 2020, he is co-heading the French Archaeological Mission in Eastern Tigray (Ethiopia). He directed several research programs: “EmOAD – Emergence des oasis de l’Arabie déserte” (Sorbonne University) (2014-16) and “MAPARABIA — Mapping Ancient Arabia for enhancing knowledge and shifting paradigms” (National Research Agency, 2018-23).

Irene Rossi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale (CNR-ISPC), Naples, is a Semitic philologist, specialized in the epigraphy of pre-Islamic Arabia. Her research focuses on the Ancient South Arabian civilization, covering aspects such as linguistics, history, and religion. Alongside the practice of Digital Epigraphy, she has been investigating methodological and theoretical issues of the IT approaches to the study of ancient sources.

Abdullah Alzaharani, Heritage Commission, KSA, is a member of the Majlis al-Shura (Consultative Council), KSA, and Editor-in-Chief of Atlal, a Saudi journal on archaeology published by the Heritage Commission. He was the General Manager for Archaeology at the Heritage Commission, and currently serves as a senior advisor. As an archaeologist he has led and conducted numerous missions.