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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are pleased to announce our workshop
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Linguistic prehistory and ecology in the Northern Pacific Rim”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> on
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">8 and</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
2</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">9
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">August 2024
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">at the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology in Jena</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. The workshop is organized
by our newly founded </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Language and the Anthropocene Independent Research Group</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. However, due
to the renovation works, the event will take place at the Volkshaus in Jena.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can download the
<b>program</b> at the following link<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We greatly appreciate your in-person attendance. Since we want to arrange catering for lunch and coffee breaks, it would be very helpful if you could
register before Friday 9 August at knapen@gea.mpg.de <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration is free. For registration of online participation, please use the following link<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We hope you find room in your busy agendas to attend. You are very welcome.</span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Martine and Martijn</span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:20.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Prof. Dr. habil Martine Robbeets</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Language and the Anthropocene</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Research Group</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
Leader</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Max Planck Institute </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">of</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Geoanthropology<br>
Kahlaische Strasse 10<br>
07745 Jena, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of Linguistic Typology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Gutenberg University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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