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<b>REMODUS Livonian e-learning course</b><br>
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href="https://remodus.univie.ac.at/teaching-events/e-learning-livonian/"
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<p><span lang="DE-AT">Livonian is a critically endangered Uralic
language spoken in Latvia. Currently the number of speakers is
estimated to be around 20 to 30. Regardless of its low number
of speakers Livonian is relatively well documented even though
still under-researched. During the recent years Livonian has
been getting increasing attention within the academic
community. On the one hand it can be attributed to active work
of the researchers and the activists, on the other hand it was
also fascilitated by the improved socioeconomic circumstances
and technological advancements, including data digitalisation
and the ever-growing accessibility to research online.</span></p>
<p>Researching the Livonian language, culture, heritage as well as
the historic circumstances of the Livonian community can give
insights in many areas. Firstly, since Livonian as well as the
recent history of the community has been relatively well
documented, including the period during which the language
proficiency declined and as a result the language became
critically endangered. This knowledge gives a unique opportunity
to "see the future" of the languages that are in somewhat
similar circumstances, that Livonian had been over the last
century. Secondly, Livonian in a way is the "missing link" in
the Baltic Sea area, as it is not that well researched,
especially compared to its closest contact languages. Further
research of Livonian helps to improve our understanding of the
development of Finnic languages as well as language contacts,
their timeline and results of the contacts in the Baltic Sea
area. The online course of Livonian consists of 15 Zoom
lectures, 5 of them are dedicated to the Livonian culture and
heritage and 10 lectures dedicated to the Livonian language. The
lectures will be provided by scholars from the University of
Latvia and University of Tartu. The participants will have two
lectures daily on working days on 11th through 20th of April,
which will begin at 10:00 in the morning (time zone: GMT+2) and
will end by ~13:15. Participants will be awarded 3 ECTS points.</p>
<p><span lang="DE-AT"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The
registration deadline</span> for the course is<span
style="font-weight: bold;"> 20 March</span> and in order to
register the participants are required to contact Mikke Mayer
(<a class="mail" moz-do-not-send="true">marie-christin.mayer<span>@</span>univie.ac.at</a>)
or Jeremy Bradley (<a class="mail" moz-do-not-send="true">jeremy.moss.bradley<span>@</span>univie.ac.at</a>)
via email. The Zoom link will be sent shortly before the
beginning of the course.</span></p>
<p><span lang="DE-AT">The preliminary schedule can be found on the
course website: </span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://remodus.univie.ac.at/teaching-events/e-learning-livonian/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://remodus.univie.ac.at/teaching-events/e-learning-livonian/</a><span
lang="DE-AT"></span></p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Jeremy Bradley, Ph.D.
University of Vienna
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mari-language.com" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.mari-language.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:jeremy.moss.bradley@univie.ac.at" moz-do-not-send="true">jeremy.moss.bradley@univie.ac.at</a>
Office address:
Institut EVSL
Abteilung Finno-Ugristik
Universität Wien
Campus AAKH, Hof 7-2
Spitalgasse 2-4
1090 Wien
AUSTRIA
Mobile: +43-664-99-31-788
Skype: jeremy.moss.bradley </pre>
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