Dear colleagues,
The Department of Linguistics of the University of Vienna together with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Excellence Cluster “EurAsian Transformations”, is organizing the Conference “Language and Culture in the Borderlands of the Eastern Silk Road” in Vienna. The Conference will be held from Wednesday, September 4, to Friday, September 6, 2024, and it will take place in the main building of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. (After the Conference, an Early Career Researcher Workshop, organized by the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, will take place at the Austrian Academy of Sciences on Saturday, September 7, 2024.)
*The submission of abstracts will be possible until March 31, 2024.
*Following an international peer review, a notification of acceptance will be sent by April 30, 2024.
*A preliminary program will be announced by May 15, 2024.
The three keynote speakers are:
Carmen Meinert, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Georges-Jean Pinault, École Pratique des Hautes Études
Imre Galambos, 浙江大学 Zhejiang University/University of Cambridge
Furthermore, we are also organizing a Summer School dedicated to four languages (Bactrian, Tocharian, Tangut and Gāndhārī) of the Eastern Silk Road. The Summer School will be held from Monday, August 19, to Friday, August 30, 2024, and it will take place at the Hörsaal 1 of the Department of Linguistics of the University of Vienna, Sensengasse 3a, 1090 Vienna. The participation at the Summer School is free of charge. A successful attendance of the Summer School is equivalent to 10 ECTS points.
*The registration will be possible until March 31, 2024.
*Following an online interview, a notification of acceptance will be sent by April 30, 2024.
Best,
Hannes Fellner
for the Organizing Team
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Hannes A. Fellner
Department of Linguistics
University of Vienna
Sensengasse 3a, 1090 Wien
Division Digital Philology
Department of European and Comparative Literature and Language Studies
University of Vienna
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien