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Friday 11 September | |
14:00 | Registration |
15:00 – 19:00 | Opportunity for internal CRP meetings |
19.30 | Reception |
20:00 | Welcome dinner |
Saturday 12 September | |
Introducing the EUROCORES Programme EuroBABEL | |
9.00 – 10.00 | Chair: Prof. Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm (University of Stockholm, EuroBABEL Review Panel) Welcome by Prof. Carmen Picallo Soler, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities) Opening words by Prof. Robert van Valin, University of Buffalo and Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (EuroBABEL Review Panel)
An introduction to the EUROCORES Programme EuroBABEL Dr. Eva Hoogland, ESF (EuroBABEL programme coordinator) |
Presentation and discussion of EuroBABEL projects | |
10.00 – 11.00 | The Kalahari Basin area: a ‘Sprachbund’ on the verge of extinction Prof. Tom Güldemann, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany |
11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee Break |
11.30 – 12.30 | Referential Hierarchies in Morphosyntax: description, typology, diachrony Dr. Katharina Haude, Universität zu Köln, Germany |
12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch |
14.00 – 15.00 | Chair: Prof. Mauro Tosco (Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”, EuroBABEL Review Panel) Alor-Pantar languages: origins and theoretical impact Dr. Marian Klamer, Leiden University, Netherlands Univers |
15:00 – 16:00 | Prof. Elena Skribnik, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Germany |
16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee Break |
16.30 – 17.30 | Chair: Prof. Niko Besnier, (University of Amsterdam, EuroBABEL Review Panel) Endangered sign languages in village communities Prof. Ulrike Zeshan, University of Central Lancashire, UK |
17.30-18.00 | Plenary discussion: Common questions – complementary approaches? |
20.00 | Dinner |
Sunday 13 September | |
Introducing other initiatives in the field of Endangered Languages | |
9.00 – 11.00 | Chair: Dr. Alexander King (University of Aberdeen, EuroBABEL Review Panel) The Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project at SOAS Prof. Peter Austin, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London The Documentation of Endangered Languages Programme (DOBES) by the VolkswagenFoundation Dr. Angela Terril, Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen Sign Linguistics Corpora Network Dr. Onno Crasborn, Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen D-SPIN, a CLARIN (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure) project Dr. Ralf Gehrke, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main Documenting Endangered Languages Programme at NSF/NEH Dr. Joan Maling, NSF (Linguistics Program Director) Questions and discussion |
11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee Break |
EuroBABEL: the road ahead | |
11.30 - 12.30 | Chair: Prof. Robert van Valin (University of Buffalo and Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, EuroBABEL Review Panel) Experiences from the EUROCORES programme “The Origin of Man Language and Languages (OMLL)” Prof. Jean-Marie Hombert, Université Lyon 2 (theme-proposer OMLL programme) The vision behind the EuroBABEL programme Prof. Maarten Mous, Leiden University (theme-proposer EuroBABEL programme) Opportunites at the EuroBABEL programme Dr. Eva Hoogland, ESF (EuroBABEL programme coordinator) |
12:30 – 13:00 | Plenary discussion: Collaboration & Joint activities |
13.00 – 13.15 | Closure of meeting |
13.15 - 14.30 | Farewell lunch |
End of regular programme | |
15.00 – 17.30 | Meeting EuroBABEL Scientific Committee (members only) |
20.00 | Dinner (with members Scientific Committee) |
