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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 22th August 2023, our dear colleague Prof. Dr. Elisabeth de Boer sadly died at the age of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">57, cutting short a promising career in Japanese Historical Linguistics. Now, almost two years after this sad event, we would like to
cordially invite you to a</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> workshop</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in Elisabeth’s memory.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In this workshop, several colleagues including
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Robert Ramsey, Marshall James Unger, Anna Bugaeva, Riikka Länsisalmi,
<span style="color:black">Tomomi Sato, Thomas Pellard, Bjarke Frellesvig, Sven Osterkamp, Martine Robbeets and Mark Hudson
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">will take a moment to reflect on Elisabeth as a scientist and a person.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We warmly welcome you to attend this event. Participation is free. For registration, please contact Martine Robbeets (robbeets@gea.mpg.de)
including your name, affiliation and Email address.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In case you wish to present, please send an abstract of ca. 250 words
<b>by 30 June 2025</b>. Ideally each presentation should include a personal account of the relation with Elisabeth, in addition to scientific content building on her
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">research and teaching in Japanese historical linguistics.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the attachment, I added a description of the workshop in addition to an overview of Elisabeth’s most important publications.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With Elisabeth in our thoughts,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Martine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:20.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Prof. Dr. habil Martine Robbeets</span></b><span style="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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Language and the Anthropocene</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Research Group</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
<span lang="EN-US">Leader</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Max Planck Institute </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">of</span><span style="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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-number-form:lining;mso-number-spacing:proportional;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Honorary Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Typology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.eurasia3angle.com" title="https://www.eurasia3angle.com/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.eurasia3angle.com</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.shh.mpg.de/100886/eurasia3angle_group?seite=1" title="http://www.shh.mpg.de/100886/eurasia3angle_group?seite=1"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.gea.mpg.de/100886/eurasia3angle_group?seite=1 </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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