We are pleased to announce that the 6th Salzburg International Conference on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan in June, 2019. The conference will be organized by the University of Salzburg / Center for the Study of the Christian East (ZECO) in cooperation with the Archaeological Institute of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences / Department of Nestorian Studies. This conference will feature renowned experts from top academic institutions worldwide including Oxford University, Cambridge University, the University of Salzburg, Harvard University and numerous other institutions.

I am writing to invite you to attend the official opening program which will be on Friday, June 21 at the Grand Hotel “Tien Shan”, located at 115 Bogenbay Batyr Street, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The opening program will be at 14:00 – 15:30 and is free and open to the public. This will feature various introductions and a keynote presentation by Dr. Li Tang, who serves as a postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge University.