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<div dir="ltr">Please find below the call for papers for the
conference “<a
href="https://sites.google.com/view/upld2025/home"
moz-do-not-send="true">Uncovering past with linguistic data:
methodological, typological and area-specific studies</a>”, to
be held on <b>March 14–15, 2025</b> in Riga, Latvia.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Invited
speakers:</span><b
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </b><a
href="https://mguzmann89.gitlab.io/" moz-do-not-send="true"><b>Matías
Guzmán Naranjo</b></a> (University of Freiburg), <a
href="https://www.su.se/english/profiles/pva-1.184927"
moz-do-not-send="true"><b>Pēteris Vanags</b></a> (University
of Latvia, University of Stockholm), <a
href="https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/petkalli/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><b>Petri Kallio</b></a> (University of
Helsinki)<span
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This conference aims at combining specific studies that are
devoted to the reconstruction of the prehistorical past on the
basis of linguistic data with the focus on methodology and
area-specific studies. <span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">We
encourage submissions addressing (but not limited to) the
following questions: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font
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<li style="margin-left:15px">methods and data to explore
prehistorical past of particular areas including
research on migrations, ethnic or social composition of
past societies </li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">how to combine linguistic
evidence with the archeological and/or genetic evidence
in order to produce reliable conclusions </li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">how to combine the
traditional toponymic research with quantitative
approaches</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">specific case studies on
particular areas and locations</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">research on human past along
the Daugava river<br>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Anonymized abstracts
in PDF format should be submitted to the conference
email at </span><a href="mailto:ling.archeo@gmail.com"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">ling.archeo@gmail.com</a><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> by </span><b
style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#ff0000">December
1, 2024.</font></b></div>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Abstracts must be written in
English and should not exceed one page (using 11pt font),
excluding references and figures. One person may submit up to
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Organizers: Ilja Seržant
(University of Potsdam), Jens Schneeweiß (University of
Gottingen), Dmitri Sitchinava (University of Potsdam).</font>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">URL: <a
href="https://sites.google.com/view/lcu2025/home?authuser=0"
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Prof. Ilja A. Seržant, dr., habil.
Chair Slavic linguistics
Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Potsdam
Am Neuen Palais 10, Haus 01, D-14469 Potsdam
Tel. + 49 331 977 4152; Room 1.1.2.06
URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/team/serzant"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/team/serzant</a>
Potsdam Slavic Variation Lab: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/slavic-variation-lab"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/slavic-variation-lab</a>
PoSla Typology Lab: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/posla-typology-lab"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/slavische-linguistik/posla-typology-lab</a></pre>
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