15 Nov. 2011, 16:00-18:00

Text transmissions and language history: hidden treasures and pitfalls

Guest lecture by associate professor and Ph.D. George Hinge on the transmission of text and oral traditions in Greek.

13 Oct. 2011, 13:00-17:30

Indo-European Matters Even More

On Thursday, 13 October, Roots of Europe will be both host to and main actor in a one-day seminar entitled Indo-European Matters Even More.

28 Sept. - 5 Oct. 2011

Nominal derivation: a three-day block seminar

Associate professor Birgit Anette Rasmussen will be giving a three-day block seminar on nominal derivation for all interested.

More information available within; please note that the block seminar will be given in Danish.

21 Sept. - 23 Sept. 2011

Problems of Indo-European Phonology

Please note schedule change!

The phonology of Proto-Indo-European and its daughter languages is in large part well-attested and agreed-upon. However, there are still some issues that remain controversial and problematic. These issues are the focus of this seminar.

24 Aug. 2011, 11:00-13:00

Evidence of the older Runes

The older Runic inscriptions are the oldest direct sources to Germanic languages, but they are few and problematic.

9 June 2011, 16:00-18:00

The path of cheese-making through European linguistic and cultural history

Milk and dairy products have played an important role in human nourishment since ancient times. Unfortunately, our knowledge about how these products developed historically and spread geography is quite sparse, and archaeology can only occasionally furnish us with information about the development from the ancient Middle East through Greece and the Roman Empire into mediaeval Europe.

10 May 2011, 16:15-18:00

Linguistic discoveries in Sicilian Coinage

On Tuesday, 10 May 2011, Oliver Simkin, postdoc at the Roots of Europe project, will be giving a talk for the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen on the linguistic clues and gems Sicilian coins from the Classical Era have to offer.

27 Apr. - 30 Apr. 2011

Anatolian Spring in Copenhagen

Wednesday 27 - Saturday 30 April:
Seminar on Anatolian comparative linguistics and related matters with invited speakers.

10 Feb. 2011, 14:00-16:00

On Greek words for 'garlic' and a possible substrate between Greek and Semitic

Ph.d. Guus Kroonen, who has just joined the projet as a postdoc fellow, will give a lecture:

"On ἄγλις and γέλγις 'garlic' and the possibility of a linguistic substrate between Greek and Semitic"