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The IACS was founded in occasion of the First International Congress
of Coptology in Cairo: Colloquium on the Future of Coptic Studies,
11-17 December 1976.
The Association is a non-profit organization designed to encourage
and contribute to the progress of all aspects of Coptic Studies.
It promotes international cooperation among individuals as well as
among organizations and institutions. It advances the dissemination
of information about work in progress, new discoveries and new results,
organize periodic Congresses on Coptic Studies, facilitate full
access to and the rapid publication of source materials, identify
priorities for research at a given time, bring to the attention of
younger scholars the whole range of Coptic Studies, etc.
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Honorary Presidents:
Mirrit Boutros Ghali (1976-1992),
Pierre du Bourguet (1976-1988),
Alla I. Elanskaya (1984-2005),
Labib Habashi (1976-1984),
Pahor Labib (1976-1994),
Gamal Mokhtar (1976-1998),
H.J. Polotsky (1976-1991),
Hans Quecke (1996-1998),
Torgny Säve-Söderbergh (1976-1998),
Rodolphe Kasser (2000-)
Martin Krause (2000-)
James M. Robinson (2000-)
Bishop Samuel (2000-2003)
Board 2008-2012:
President: Anne BOUD'HORS
President-Elect: Jacques VAN DER VLIET
Secretary: Stephen EMMEL
Webmaster: Tito ORLANDI
Director, Cairo Center: Peter GROSSMANN
Congress Secretary: Alberto CAMPLANI
Members at Large (2 terms): Heike BEHLMER
Andrew CRISLIP
(1 term): Elizabeth S. BOLMAN
Wolf B. OERTER
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