34.821, Summer Schools: Old Frisian : a Gem within the Old Germanic Languages / UK

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Subject: 34.821, Summer Schools: Old Frisian : a Gem within the Old Germanic Languages / UK

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From: Johanneke Sytsema [johanneke.sytsema at bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
Subject: Old Frisian : a Gem within the Old Germanic Languages / UK


Old Frisian : a Gem within the Old Germanic Languages.

Host Institution: University of Oxford, UK
Coordinating Institution: University of Oxford, UK
Website: https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/oldfrisian/

Dates: 09-Jul-2023 - 16-Jul-2023
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire

Focus: What is the OFSS about?
Students will learn about Old Frisian language, text corpus, culture
and history in the context of Old Germanic languages. Linguistic
comparisons will be drawn between Old Frisian and the other (West)
Germanic languages. Settlement history of Frisians in Britain, Old
Frisian Law and Literature and Old Frisian manuscripts will be
discussed in lectures. Library visits will focus on the Old Frisian
manuscripts in Oxford. The OFSS will close with a social day in
Oxford. The OFSS is about learning to read Old Frisian and to place
Old Frisian in a wider linguistic, literary and historical context.
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum

Description:
There will be two lectures in the mornings and a translation workshop
or library visit in the afternoons. The programme will cover the Old
Frisian grammar in lectures by experts in the field and in translation
workshops. Students will read Old Frisian texts in the afternoon
workshops with help of modern handbooks and learn about the Old
Frisian text corpus

By the end of the week, students should be able to translate a medium
level Old Frisian text with the help of handbooks and have gained a
good level of knowledge of the place and importance of Old Frisian
within the Old Germanic language family
A visit to the Bodleian Library will enable students to view the Old
Frisian manuscripts that are kept at Oxford.

Tuition: 350.0 GBP
Tuition Explanation: In person fees:    £350 (Early bird rate £300 if
booked by May 1st)
Hybrid fees:            £150.00

Fees for in person attendance will include
•       Tuition and workshops
•       Study materials
•       Coffee/tea
•       Daily 3-course lunch
•       Saturday social activities
•       Conference dinner

Hybrid fees will include access to all streamed lectures and
electronic access to the grammar and dictionary during the week.

Registration: 27-Feb-2023 to 31-May-2023

Contact Person: Johanneke Sytsema
                Phone: +441865278159
                Email: johanneke.sytsema at bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Registration Instructions:
Please apply online https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/oldfrisian/

Deadline for registration:
1st May for early birds – (in-person)
31st May for in-person participation
15th June for online attendance.



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