Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Linguistic Field(s): History of Linguistics

Call Deadline: 20-Jun-2019 

Meeting Description:

After the two successful conferences in 2015 and 2017, we are pleased to invite scholars interested in the history of linguistic ideas developed alongside with different ideologies in different times once more to Georgia. 

200 years ago, in 1819, Rasmus Rask after his well-known work “Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language” (1818), traveled to St. Petersburg and Tbilisi (1819). 
During this travel he wrote a paper in German on the Languages and Literatures of Norway, Iceland Sweden and Finland (1819). After that Rasmus Rask travelled in Persia, India and Ceylon. He wrote very important works on the authenticity of the Zend language and on the method of expressing the sounds of the Indian Languages in European characters. These works of Rasmus Rask created the strong basis for the historical-comparative linguistics. Due to this reason our conference is dedicated to Rasmus Rask and 200 years history of comparative and areal linguistics. 

Conference Organizers: 

Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the History of Linguistics 
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University 
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 
St. Petersburg State University 

The conference will be held on 12-14 September, 2019 at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia).

Call for Papers: 

Papers relating to any aspect of the history of linguistic ideas developed alongside with ideologies are invited, focusing on diverse topic areas from individual case studies to methodological considerations. Especially the papers on the history of comparative and areal linguistics are very welcome. 

Keynote speakers: 

Hans Basbøll (University of Southern Denmark) 
Frans Gregersen (University of Copenhagen) 
Leonid S. Chekin (AIRO-XXI Research Centre, Moscow) 


Proposals for papers should be submitted in the form of abstracts of 400 words as Word.doc, accompanied by the affiliation, email address and short bio of the participant and mailed to: gashol.ge@gmail.com 

The official languages of the conference are Georgian and English. 

The deadline for submission of abstracts is June 20, 2019. The conference editorial board will select the papers to be presented at the conference. Final selection will be made by June 30, 2019; notification of acceptance will be sent before July 5, 2019. 

For further information please contact the local members of the executive board by using gashol.gegmail.com 

Editorial Board of the Conference: 

George Sharvashidze (Rector of Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University) 
Thomas Gamkrelidze (Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, 
Georgian National Academy of Sciences) 
Hans Basbøll (University of Southern Denmark) 
Frans Gregersen (University of Copenhagen) 
Camiel Hamans (Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poland) 
Ivane Lezhava (Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University) 
Nana Machavariani (Arn. Chikobava Institue of Linguistics; Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University) 
Yuri Kleiner (St. Petersburg State University) 
Aleksey Andronov (St. Petersburg State University) 
Elena Krasnova (St. Petersburg State University) 
Tinatin Bolkvadze (Head of the conference, Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the History of Linguistics, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) 

Executive Board of the Conference: 
Ekaterine Navrozashvili (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University)
Maka Tetradze (Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the History of Linguistics, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) 
Nino Abesadze (Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the History of Linguistics, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) 

Important Dates: 

Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: June 20, 2019 
Notification of Acceptance: July 5, 2019 
Program Announcement: July 10, 2019 

Conference Fee: € 130 

The Organizing Committee cannot financially support the conference participants. All fees and expenses must be met by the participants and/or their organizations.

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