Upcoming Indo-European Conferences and Summer Schools

Full conference lists on linguistics are maintained at the following sites:

• LSA: <http://www.lsadc.org/> (click on the button for latest LSA Bulletin, then click on “Future Conferences,” or from the homepage, click on “Calendar”)
• LinguistList: <http://linguistlist.org/> (click on “Calls and Conferences”; conferences are listed chronologically by the date of their appearance on the LinguistList; further search features have been added)
• TITUS: <http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/> (click on Events / Ereignisse / Colloques, Conférences / Conferencias, Congresos)
• BAAL Conference Diary: <http://www.baal.org.uk/conf_diary.htm>
• <http://www.royfc.com/confer.html>
• <http://www.solki.jyu.fi/yhteinen/kongress/start.htm>

2005

September 30–October 2. Studies in the History of the English Language, 4th (SHEL-4). Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. A special section will be held on language and meter, organized by Donca Minkova (UCLA). Contact: Susan Fitzmaurice, c/o SHEL-4, College of Arts and Letters, P.O. Box 5064, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5064; e-mail: <susan(dot)fitzmaurice(at)nau(dot)edu>; WWW: <http://www4.nau.edu/shel4/>.

September 29–October 1. The World of Achaemenid Persia. British Museum, London. This meeting, organized by the British Museum and the Iran Heritage Foundation, is intended to coincide with the “Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia” exhibition at the British Museum. Contact: Iran Heritage Foundation, 5 Stanhope Gate, London W1K 1AH, U.K.; phone: 44 20 75846949; fax: 44 20 75846709; e-mail: <farhad(at)iranheritage(dot)org>; WWW: <http://www.iranheritage.org/achaemenidconference>.

October 12–14. Three-day symposium: Anglo-Saxon/Irish Relations before the Vikings. British Academy, 10, Carlton House Terrace, London. Convenor: Prof. James Graham-Campbell. Contact: e-mail: <events(at)britac(dot)ac(dot)uk>; phone: 020 7969 5246; WWW: <http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2005/index.html> (listing of events organized by the British Academy).

October 15–17. Iran and its Environment: View from the 21st Century. Russian State University, Moscow. This conference will include participants from various fields of Iranology, with sessions planned on linguistics, and history and archaeology. One goal is to improve dialog between researchers in the various fields of Iranian studies as well as between Russian and foreign scholars of Iranian studies. Contact: e-mail: <pbasharin(at)yandex(dot)ru> or <basharin(at)front(dot)ru>; phone: 973-40-81 (Office of Iranology Studies of RGGU, Moscow), 250-66-77 and 973-40-44 (Chair of Eastern Languages of RGGU), 376-92-12 (Pavel Basharin).

October 27–28. Lesser Used Languages and Computer Linguistics. EURAC research, European Academy Bozen/Bolano, Italy. The program includes a paper on “The Relevance of Lesser Used Languages for Theoretical Linguistics: The case of Cimbrian and the support of the TITUS corpus” and presentations on Welsh National Online Database and the online Welsh/Irish Dictionary. Contact: EURAC research-Viale Druso/Drususallee 1-39100, Bolzano/Bozen-Italy; e-mail: <language(dot)law(at)eurac(dot)edu>; phone: +39 0471 055 100; fax: +39 0471 055 199; WWW: <http://www.eurac.edu/Org/LanguageLaw/Multilingualism/Projects/Conference2005.htm>.

October 28–29. UCLA Indo-European Conference, 17th. UCLA. Topics will cover various aspects of Indo-European studies. Invited speakers include: Michael Janda (Münster) and Ktheryn Linduff (Pittsburgh) Contact: Indo-European Conference Committee, UCLA Program in Indo-European Studies, 100 Dodd Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417; phone: 1 (310) 825-4171 (weekdays, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. US Pacific Time); fax: 1 (310) 206-1903; e-mail: <jamison(at)humnet(dot)ucla(dot)edu>; WWW: <http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/pies/IEC.html>.

October 29–31. Österreichische Linguistiktagung, 33rd. Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Graz, Austria. There will be a section on “Historische Sprachwissenschaft/Indogermanistik” (for further information, contact: <christian(dot)zinko(at)uni-graz(dot)at>). Contact: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Merangasse 70 (3. Stock), A-8010 Graz, Austria; e-mail: <sprachwiss(at)uni-graz(dot)at>; phone: ++43-316-380-2415; fax: ++43-316-380-9780; WWW: <www-gewi.uni-graz.at/ling/oeling2005/>.

November 3–6. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), 37th. Salt Lake City, UT. Contact: Wendy Walker, Conv. Coord., AAASS, 8 Story St, Cambridge, MA 02138; e-mail: <walker(at)fas(dot)harvard(dot)edu>; phone: 617-495-0678; fax: 617-495-0680; WWW (for AAASS): <http://www.aaass.org>.

November 4–6. Bulgarian “Islands” on the Linguistic Map of the Balkans. Sofia, Bulgaria. This conference is part of the closing initiative of the project “Balkan Traditions: Co-existence of cultures, religions and languages,” with topics including Balkan linguistics and language contacts. Contact: Yovka Tisheva, e-mail: <balkans(at)slav(dot)uni-sofia(dot)bg>; WWW: <http://www.slav.uni-sofia.bg/Pages/conf.html>.

November 16–19. American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Academic sections include (amongst others): Ancient Inscriptions (presentations on new readings or new epigraphic discoveries from Anatolia and other areas of the NE), Archaeology of Anatolia, Workshop on ETANA (Electronic Tools and ANE Archives), and Prehistoric Archaeology. WWW: <http://www.asor.org/AM/am.htm>.

December 17–20. International Conference on Religions and Cultures in the Indic Civilization, 2nd. India Habitat Center, New Delhi. Eight themes have been proposed for this conference. Contact: Madhu Purnima Kishwar, Chair, Programme Comm., The Second Int’l. Conf. on Religions and Cultures in the Indic Civilisation, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, 29, Rajpur Road, Delhi-110054, India; e-mail: <madhupurnima(at)indicstudies(dot)org> or <madhuk(at)csds(dot)org>; phone: +91-11-23978851 / 55288133; fax: +91-11-23916437; WWW: <http://www.indicstudies.org>.

December 27–30. Modern Language Association (MLA), Annual Convention. Washington, D.C. This conference will also host a session of the Germanic Philology Discussion Group (contact: K. Aaron Smith, e-mail: <kasmit3(at)ilstu(dot)edu>). Contact for MLA: Eugenia Casielles, e-mail: <e(dot)casielles(at)wayne(dot)edu>; WWW: <http://www.mla.org/convention>.

2006

January 5–8. Linguistic Society of America (LSA), 80th. Albuquerque, NM. Contact: LSA, 1325 18 St, NW, Ste. 211, Washington, D.C. 20036-6501; e-mail: <lsa(at)lsadc(dot)org>; WWW (for LSA): <http://www.lsadc.org>.

January 5–8. American Philological Association (APA), 137th. Montreal, Canada. Note: The Society for the Study of Greek and Latin Languages and Linguistics organized by Joshua Katz, Princeton Univ., and Michael L. Weiss, Cornell Univ., will hold a session on “Greek, Latin, and Indo-European Linguistics” at the APA. WWW (for APA): <http://www.apaclassics.org/>.

January 5–8. Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), 107th. Montreal, Canada. (Held in conjunction with APA meeting.) Note: Papers on Myceanean Greek often are presented at the AIA. WWW: <http://www.archaeological.org/> (click on “Annual Meeting”).

January 31–February 3. International Conference on Comparative-Historical Linguistics, 5th. Moscow State University. Topic: Comparative Linguistics in Cultural and Historical Aspect, with papers on language as a mirror of culture as seen from different language families. Papers on poetics from the viewpoint of comparative-historical linguistics will also be considered. Contact: 119992 GSP - 2, Moscow, Leninskiye gory, Moscow State University Building N. 1 of Humanitarian faculties, Philological faculty, room 977 (dean’s office); e-mail: <compconf(at)philol(dot)msu(dot)ru>; phone: (7095)9391633 (Department of the General and Comparative-Historical Linguistics of the philological faculty of the Moscow State University); fax: (7095)9395596.

February 10–12. Berkeley Linguistics Society (BLS), 32nd. Abstract deadline: November 4. Contact: BLS 32, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Linguistics, 1203 Dwinelle Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2650 e-mail: <bls(at)berkeley(dot)edu>; WWW: <http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/>.

February 22–24. Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft, 28th. Universität Bielefeld. WWW: <http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/dgfs2006/>

March 16–19. California Celtic Studies Conference, 28th. UCLA. Details will be forthcoming. Contact: Joseph Nagy, e-mail: <jfnagy(at)humnet(dot)ucla(dot)edu>.

March 17–20. American Oriental Society (AOS), 216th. Red Lion Hotel, 1415 5th Ave., Seattle, Washington. Abstract deadline: before October 15, 2005. Call for papers: <http://www.umich.edu/~aos/2006>. Contact: Office of the Secretary, American Oriental Society, Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1205; e-mail: <jrodgers(at)umich(dot)edu>; phone: 734-647-4760; WWW: <http://www.umich.edu/~aos/>.

March 31–April 1. Transanatolia: Bridging the Gap Between East and West in the Archaeology of Ancient Anatolia. British Museum, London. Papers are invited on the following topics: geography and trade routes across Anatolia; recent research and excavations in Central Anatolia; inter-regional relationships and exchange patterns; cultural and theoretical divides between East and West Anatolia. Interested participants or attendees should contact: Dr. Alan M. Greaves, e-mail: <greaves(at)liv(dot)ac(dot)uk>, or Dr. Alexandra Fletcher, e-mail: <airving(at)thebritishmuseum(dot)ac(dot)uk>.

March 31–April 2. International Linguistic Association (ILA), 51st. York University, The Metropolitan Hotel, 108 Chestnut Street, Toronto, Canada. Theme: Words and their Histories. Papers on the theme or other subject in theoretical and applied linguistics are welcomed. Abstract deadline: January 6, 2006. Contact for local arrangements, conference chair, and conf. coordinator: Sheila Embleton, e-mail: <embleton(at)YorkU(dot)CA>; for registration: Johanna J. Woltjer, e-mail: <jwoltjer(at)earthlink(dot)net; WWW: <http://www.ilaword.org/ilacall2006prelim.html>.

April 1–3. British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) 2006. Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. WWW: <www.basees.org.uk>.

April 3–5. Arbeitstagung “Indogermanistik – Germanistik – Linguistik.” Jena. Note: A Kurztagung on “Methodendiskussion in der Indogermanistik” is planned for April 6. See the TITUS website for further details: <http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/> (Click on Events / Ereignisse / Colloques, Conférences / Conferencias, Congresos from the right-hand frame).

April 6–8. Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS), 42nd. University of Chicago. Three parasessions will be held. Further information will be available soon. Contact: Robert Peachey, Chicago Linguistic Society, 1010 E. 59th St., Chicago, IL 60637; e-mail: <cls(at)diderot(dot)uchicago(dot)edu; WWW: <http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/cls/>.

May 4–7. International Congress on Medieval Studies, 41st. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. The Call for Papers is located at: <http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/41cfp/>. Sponsored sessions include a number on the “digital medievalist,” Old and Middle English Philology, Fifty Years of Pictish Studies, Hiberno-Latin Texts and Manuscripts, and The Old Saxon Hêliand. Contact: e-mail: <mdvl_congres(at)wmich(dot)edu>; phone: 269-387-8745; fax: 269-387-8750; WWW: <http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/>.

June 19–22. Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics, 22nd. Center for Linguistics, Aalborg University. A session on historical linguistics is planned. Contact: AAU Center for Linguistics, Kroghstræde 3, DK-9220 AALBORG ØST, Denmark; e-mail: <cfl(at)hum(dot)aau(dot)dk>.

July 10–13. International Medieval Congress. Univ. of Leeds. Contact: Axel E. W. Müller, International Medieval Congress, Institute for Medieval Studies, Parkinson 1.03, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, U.K.; e-mail: <IMC(at)leeds(dot)ac(dot)uk; phone: +44 (113) 343-3614; fax: +44 (113) 343-3616; WWW: <http://www.leeds.ac.uk/imi/imc/imc.htm>.

July 10–14. World Sanskrit Conference, 13th. Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland. There will be sections on the Veda (chaired by Joel Brereton and Theodore Proferes) and Linguistics (chaired by Jared S. Klein and Elizabeth Tucker). Abstracts are due by end of December 2005. Contact: 13th World Sanskrit Conf., School of Asian Studies, 7-8 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, Scotland, U.K.; e-mail: <J(dot)L(dot)Brockington(at)ed(dot)ac(dot)uk> or <P(dot)Dundas(at)ed(dot)ac(dot)uk>; phone: +44 131 650 4174 (John Brockington) or +44 131 650 4175 (Paul Dundas); fax: +44 131 651 1258; WWW: <http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/sanskrit/13thWSC/>.

August 3–5. Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, 6th. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. This conference is organized by International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF), and the London Middle East Institute (LMEI). Abstracts on any topic from Iranian studies, especially new areas of investigation and/or novel approaches to traditional fields are invited. Abstract deadline: October 1, 2005. Send e-mail abstracts to: <isislondon(at)hotmail(dot)com> and a hardcopy to: Prof. H. E. Chehabi, Programme Comm. Chairman, Dept. of Int’l. Relations, Boston Univ., 152 Bay State Road, Boston MA 02215. Contact for inquiries on travel, visas, and accommodations: Iran Heritage Foundation, 5 Stanhope Gate, London W1K 1AH. 44 20, U.K.; e-mail: <info(at)iranheritage(dot)org>; phone: 74934766; fax: 44 20 74999293; WWW: <http://www.iranheritage.org/sixthbiennial>.

2007

July 23–27. International Congress of Celtic Studies, 13th. Universität Bonn. Theme: The Celts on the Rhine. About 350 papers will be presented in sections devoted to either archaeological or philological and historical topics (the latter including the comparative grammar of the Celtic languages, Continental Celtic, Gaelic Languages, British Celtic Languages, Languages in Contact, and other topics). The congress will coincide with a large archaeological exhibit at the Rheinischen LandesMuseum Bonn on “Celts, Romans, and Germans,” and various cultural activities taking place as part of the “Celtic summer” in Bonn. Abstract deadline: September 30, 2005. Attendees are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Contact regarding papers: <iccs-papers(at)uni-bonn(dot)de>; contact regarding board & lodging (special requirements): <iccs-hotel(at)uni-bonn(dot)de>; WWW: <http://www.celtic-congress-2007.com/>.

September 2–8. International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, 13th. Oxford. Epigraphy and the Historical Sciences. The conference will include sessions on Epigraphy and Language (chair: C. Brixhe) and Epigraphy and Information Technology. For further information, contact: <ciegl(at)classics(dot)ox(dot)ac(dot)uk>; WWW: <http://ciegl.classics.ox.ac.uk/>.