The Society publishes an annual Bulletin in the Spring giving information on research, publications, field work, conferences and events in the Arabian peninsula in fields ranging from archaeology and history to natural history and the environment. It also carries feature articles and book reviews.
The contents of the current issue are listed at the bottom of this page.

The Bulletin is sent free to all members of the Society. Current and back issues can also be purchased at the Arabian Seminar in July each year or from the Editor. Printed copies of the Bulletin are £5.00 each. The current and recent issues may also be downloaded free of charge in pdf format by clicking on the cover images below.

In the 2008 Bulletin we mistakenly stated that the 2007 field season of the joint Saudi-German project at Tayma had been cancelled. The downloadable version below contains a correction, with further information on the project’s field seasons in 2007 and 2008.

Contributions

The Editor would be very happy to hear from those with information on research, publications, conferences, seminars and exhibitions which have taken place or are planned for the following year. Subjects covered include surveys and research on archaeology, history, ethnography, languages, numismatics, museums, art, culture, customs, geography, geology, the environment and natural history of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen. The Editor would also be happy to discuss ideas for feature articles. Contributions can be sent, preferably on disk accompanied by a hard copy (identifying disk format) to the Editor at the address below, or by email to Robert Carter at racbahr@hotmail.com

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The Society for Arabian Studies,
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School of Oriental and African Studies,
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Current issue number 13, 2008
Contents:

• Society news and grant reports
• Society lecture reports 2007
• Arabian news and research
• Grants and prizes
• Societies and Associations
• Information Online
• Conferences and Seminars 2008
• Exhibitions and Events 2008
• Book reviews of:

Shelagh Weir, A Tribal Order: Politics and Law in the Mountains of Yemen
Salma Samar Damluji, The Architecture of Yemen: from Yafi‘ to Hadramut
Paul Yule, Himyar: Spätantike im Jemen / Late Antique Yemen
David Peacock and David Williams (eds), Food for the Gods: New Light on the Ancient Incense Trade
Sultan Ghalib Al-Qu‘aiti, The Holy Cities, the Pilgrimage and the World of Islam: A History from the Earliest Traditions till 1925 (1344 H)
Abdellah Hammoudi, tr. from French by Pascale Ghazaleh, A Season in Mecca: Narrative of a Pilgrimage
Ilja Trojanow, tr. from German by Rebecca Morison, Mumbai to Mecca
Anne Coles and Peter Jackson, Windtower
Kamil A. Mahdi, Anna Wurth and Helen Lackner (eds), Yemen into the Twenty-first Century: Continuity and Change
Donald Hawley, The Emirates: Witness to a Metamorphosis
Terence Clark, Underground to Overseas: The Story of Petroleum Development Oman