2022
LACIM 2022 International Conference
The European research network on linguistics and languages of the Anatolia-Caucasus-Iran-Mesopotamia area (LACIM), which has been set up in 2020, organized its 1st International Conference on 16-18 September 2022 at INALCO / Labex EFL, Paris. Website: lacim.net
International workshop: "Post-predicate elements across the languages of Western Asia"
The Department for General Linguistics hosted the International workshop on Post-predicate elements across the languages of Western Asia: Theoretical and empirical approaches on 22-23 September 2022.
For more information see here.
2020
Workshop: "Corpus-based typology: spoken language from a cross-linguistic perspective" (Hamburg, 4-5.03.2020)
Convenors: Geoffrey Haig & Stefan Schnell (Institut für Orientalistik, Universit?t Bamberg)
The workshop brings together researchers who have been advancing corpus-based research into questions of broader typological and theoretical relevance, in particular the role of different kinds of data (uncontrolled, indigenous genres vs experimentally elicited texts), methods of corpus annotation, and general issues of cross-linguistic comparability.
Find a short outline of the workshop and slides from workshop presentations on the workshop website.
2019
Workshop: "Post-predicate elements in Iranian and neighbouring languages" (6-7.09.2019)
In Zusammenarbeit mit Professor Mohammad Rasekh-Mahand von dem Department of Linguistics at the Bu-Ali-Sina University of Hamedan, Iran, richten wir ein Workshop zum Thema:
"Post-predicate elements in Iranian and neighbouring languages" (6-7.09.2019).
An dem Workshop nehmen eingeladene G?ste aus dem In- und Ausland teil. Der Workshop ist für die interessierte ?ffentlichkeit offen.
Gef?rdert wird der Workshop mit Mitteln des Elitestudienganges Cultural Studies of the Middle East (Link); weitere Finanzierung ist ebenfalls beantragt.
Ein Position Paper mit Hintergrund zum Thema finden Sie hier(251.3 KB, 13 pages).
Fourth International Conference on Kurdish Linguistics, Universit?t Rouen
After three conferences in Bamberg (2013), Mardin (2014) and Amsterdam (2016), the 4th International Conference on Kurdish Linguistics (ICKL-4) will take place at the University of Rouen (Université de Rouen) on September 2-3, 2019. The event is organized by the Research Laboratory 7474 DYLIS (Dynamique du Langage in Situ) at the University of Rouen.
2017
Workshop: Refining the questionnaire for the Atlas of the Languages of Iran
Organizing Committee
Erik Anonby, Carleton University and University of Bamberg
Geoffrey Haig, University of Bamberg
Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, Shahrekord University
Conference Homepage: Link
Kurdish Language Autumn School (KLAS2017)
University of Bamberg
September 4–15, 2017
Background
Set in the heart of the beautifully-preserved medieval city of Bamberg, this two-week Autumn School offers intensive language courses in the main varieties of Kurdish, plus a mix of workshops and seminars by leading experts in the field of Kurdish linguistics. KLAS2017 is hosted by the Institute for Oriental Studies at the University of Bamberg.
Sorani and Kurmanji will be offered at two levels for the full duration of the course, while shorter courses in Hawrami and Zazaki will also be available. Additionally, participants may choose from a variety of afternoon workshops, for example close reading of literary and academic Kurmanji, selected topics in sociolinguistics, or comparative Kurdish morphosyntax. Participants in the language courses will be eligible for earning European Credit Transfer points.
Organizing Committee
<link aspra mitarbeiter prof-dr-geoffrey-haig>Geoffrey Haig, University of Bamberg
Ergin ?pengin, Bo?azi?i University, Istanbul
Jaffer Sheyholislami, Carleton University, Ottawa