WZ BS “a3, EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCHL DASI IMTO LUMIWERSITA DI PISA Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the 19" annual meeting Rencontres Sabéennes will be held at the University of Pisa from Thursday 18 June to Saturday 20 June 2015. The topic of Rencontres Sabéennes 19 is identity. In line with this, submissions dealing with aspects related to the homogeneity and diversity of the languages and cultures of pre-Islamic South Arabia and its neighbouring civilizations are very welcomed. We also encourage the submission of joint papers, to foster the exploration of the topics from different perspectives (historical, epigraphic, archaeological etc.). Besides, this year too Rencontres Sabéennes offers a venue for the presentation of the latest academic researches and the fieldwork projects that are currently underway. We will also make every effort to prepare the publication of the conference proceedings. Please submit the abstract (preferably in English and not exceeding 300 words) via EasyChair system [https://easychair.org/conferences/ ?conf=rs19] by March 23" 2015. In order to establis program on time, we are sorry but we will not be able to consider late submissions. the Feel also free to extend the invitation for poster submis students. jon to your team’s younger researchers and Rencontres Sabéennes 19 will be hosted at the Aula Magna of the department of “Filologia, Letteratura e Linguistica” of the University of Pisa, piazza Torricelli 2. Registration is already open. Please register at Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.it/e/rencontres- sabeennes-19-registration-15943597730] if you wish to attend the conference as an auditor. We look forward to hearing from you, Alessia Prioletta, Alexia Pavan Conveners Annamaria de Santis Meeting planning and communication