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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">We will organise the closing symposium of the
multidisciplinary KINURA project (Evolution of kinship in Uralic speaking
populations / Sukulaisuussuhteiden evoluutio ja kontaktit uralilaisissa
puhujapopulaatioissa <a href="https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/organisations/kinura/" target="_blank" title="https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/organisations/kinura/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline">https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/organisations/kinura/</a>,
funded by Kone Foundation) on the 7th of October 2026 at the University of
Helsinki and on Zoom. <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The plenary speaker is Professor of Anthropology, Fiona M.
Jordan (University of Bristol, UK) who was the PI in the ERC-funded project
VARIKIN: Cultural Evolution of Kinship Diversity (2015-2021). We will also
present the new “Kin terms and their origins in Uralic languages” database and
research done in KINURA. <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In addition, we invite abstracts for 15–20 minute
presentations on the themes of kinship, family and contacts from different
fields, such as linguistics, genetics and archaeology. Our focus is on the
Uralic languages and the area in which they are and have been spoken, but other
close-by areas may also be covered. Potential topics include, but are not
limited to, contact influences in social terminology in certain Uralic
languages, contact influences in archaeological material from the focus area
and what genetics can tell us about the social structures of a population. <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please send the abstracts (max. 300 words) to <a href="mailto:terhi.honkola@helsinki.fi" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline">terhi.honkola@helsinki.fi</a> by the
23rd of August 2026. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by the 6th of
September. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to ask. <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">With best wishes, on behalf of the KINURA project,<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Terhi Honkola<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">PI of the KINURA-project <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><span lang="FI">University of
Helsinki</span><span></span></p>





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