About the centre
Canon and Identity Formation in the Earliest Literate Societies is a centre under the University of Copenhagen Programme of Excellence, connected to the fields of Egyptology and Assyriology.
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CIF conferences
May 10-11, 2012: Cultural Encounters in Near Eastern History – An Interdisciplinary Conference
May 20-21, 2011: Literature and Identity Formation – An Interdisciplinary Symposium
May 26-28, 2010: Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
November 20-21, 2009: The Earliest Libraries Symposium
Research
The primary research objective of the center is to gain a deeper understanding of the accumulation, categorization, and use of knowledge in the earliest literate societies.
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