From Eleanor Home <eduba.london@gmail.com>:linebreak===================linebreaklinebreakThe UCL Ancient Near Eastern Seminar Series kindly invites you to attend the first seminar of our autumn term programme on Tuesday 29th September, 17:00-18:00 (GMT +0).linebreaklinebreakThe seminar is organised by the Eduba London project and is hosted as a hybrid event at University College London. The theme of our programme this year is 'Authority and Gender in the ANE'. The UCL ANE seminar series provides a platform for students and early-career researchers to present their work on the Ancient Near East, fostering dialogue across institutions and disciplines. All are welcome to attend.linebreaklinebreakThe upcoming talk will feature:linebreakMaitreyi Sanadhya (UCL)linebreak'Less than a Woman: Disputation and the Construction of Gender Ex Negativo in Two Women B'linebreaklinebreakThe talk examines how the Sumerian literary disputation text Two Women B constructs ideal womanhood through an ex negativo argument structure, defining women by their shortcomings. This paper will argue that the 'disputation' form is central to how Two Women B articulates gender, and that through accusations regarding domestic competence, sexual conduct, and appropriate rhetoric, womanhood emerges as a social status that must be both demonstrated and defended.linebreaklinebreakPlease join us on Tuesday 29th September, 17:00-18:00 (GMT +0) in person at Gordon House, Room G08 or online on Zoom with the following link: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/94151168653linebreaklinebreakFor the full programme, please visit: https://edubalondon.wixsite.com/eduba-london, and consider subscribing to the mailing list to stay up to date.linebreak