Events (2009) – University of Copenhagen

Archive of the announced events of the research project Roots of Europe - Language, Culture, and Migrations of the year 2009.

25 Nov. - 27 Nov. 2009

Middle Breton

A block seminar by Anders Richardt Jørgensen, University of Copenhagen.

This event will take place on 25-27 November 2009 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 22.5.26. It will be held in Danish (English only if requested in advance).

Attention: The block seminar has been cancelled due to illness and will probably be postponed to the spring term 2010!

Organizer: Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

9 Oct. 2009, 14:15-17:30

Indo-European matters

Four papers on comparative linguistics, etymology, and mythology.

This event will take place on 9 October 2009 at 2:15-5:30 PM at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 23.0.49. It will be held in English.

Organizer: Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

22 Sept. - 25 Sept. 2009

Nominal Composition

A block seminar by Benedicte Nielsen, University of Copenhagen.

This event will take place on 22-25 September 2009 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 22.5.26 and/or 22.5.04. First class will be Tuesday 22 September at 13-15 in room 22.5.04.

The language will be Danish (English only if requested in advance).

Organizer: Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

16 Sept. - 18 Sept. 2009

The roots of epic and tragedy - the oriental component in literary genres of antiquity

A block seminar of three days and a guest lecture by Prof. Mary Bachvarova, Willamette University.

These events will take place on 16-18 September 2009 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA) and will be held in English.

Organizer: Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

14 July 2009, 13:15

Dates and dialects in the divergence of Indo-European

Guest lecture by Dr. Paul Heggarty, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.

Dr. Heggarty's lecture will take place on 14 July 2009 at 13:15 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 27.0.09, and will be held in English.

Organizer: Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

18 June 2009, 13:15

Lexical and structural etymology of Proto-Germanic: the Semitic component

Guest lecture by Professor Theo Vennemann, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

Professor Vennemann's lecture will take place on 18 June 2009 at 13:15 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 23.4.39, and will be held in English.

Organizer: Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

17 June 2009, 13:15

Vasconic features in West Indo-European: structure and lexicon

Guest lecture by Professor Theo Vennemann, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

Professor Vennemann's lecture will take place on 17 June 2009 at 13:15 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 23.4.39, and will be held in English.

Organizer: Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

14 May 2009, 16:15

Indo-European before the Indo-Europeans? - new evidence from Mesopotamia

Guest lecture by Professor Gordon Whittaker, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

Professor Whittaker's lecture will take place on 14 May 2009 at 16:15 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 23.4.39, and will be held in English. It is organized by Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

30 Apr. 2009, 13:15

Why Indo-Europeanists should know more about North-East Caucasian

Guest lecture by Professor Peter Schrijver, Departement Moderne Talen, Keltisch, Universiteit Utrecht.

Professor Schrijver's lecture will take place on 30 April 2009 at 13:15 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 27.0.17, and will be held in English. It is organized by Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

29 Apr. 2009, 15:15

Why Indo-Europeanists should know more about Hattic

Guest lecture by Professor Peter Schrijver, Departement Moderne Talen, Keltisch, Universiteit Utrecht.

Professor Schrijver's lecture will take place on 29 April 2009 at 15:15 at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 23.0.49, and will be held in English. It is organized by Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

16 Apr. - 19 Apr. 2009

The sound of Indo-European - phonetics, phonemics, and morphophonemics

An international conference in comparative linguisitics, to take place at the University of Copenhagen, 16-19 April 2009.

Organizer: Roots of Europe

26 Mar. 2009, 13:15

Molecular anthropology

Guest lecture by Peter K.A. Jensen, clinical associate professor at the Institute of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus.

The lecture, which is held in Danish, will take place at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), on 26 March 2009 at 1.15, room 23.0.50.

Everybody is welcome.

6 Mar. 2009, 16:15

'Hunnic' modified skulls: physical appearance, identity and the transformative nature of migrations

Guest lecture to be given by Susanne Hakenbeck, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research/Newnham College, Cambridge.

Dr. Hakenbeck's lecture will take place on 6 March 2009 at 4:15 PM at the University of Copenhagen at Amager (KUA), room 23.4.39, and will be held in English. It will be arranged by The Danish Society for Central Asia and Roots of Europe.

Everybody is welcome.

25 Feb. - 27 Feb. 2009