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<h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">***Apologies for cross-posting***</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;">5th Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages Symposium</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">1 September 2010</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">School</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> of Oriental
and African Studies, University
of London</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Keynote address</span></u></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br>
</span></u><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Word families in Burmese and
explaining their origin<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Professor Rudolf Yanson (St Petersburg State University)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Medieval
Tibeto-Burman Languages</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Now the majority of the
world’s languages are under imminent threat of extinction, thorough description
of the hundreds of living Tibeto-Burman languages is of great urgency. Along
with this task, research into the earlier stages of Tibeto-Burman languages
with a long written history is also vital. The older written Tibeto-Burman
languages, such as Bailang (1<sup>st </sup>cent), Tibetan (8<sup>th </sup>cent),
Newar (9<sup>th </sup>cent), Burmese (12<sup>th</sup> cent), Tangut (13<sup>th</sup>
cent) and Manipuri provide a diachronic depth to comparative, historical and
typological studies of contemporary languages, and are essential for solving
many of the puzzles which today’s tongues present.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">This has been well
understood in Indo-European linguistics for a long time, and Indo-Europeanists
are aware of the value of the classical languages such as Hittite, Tocharian,
Sanskrit and Greek in deciphering contemporary phenomena. In Tibeto-Burman
scholarship this method has been less commonly employed, and the older
languages of the Tibeto-Burman family have been unjustly neglected.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Medieval
Tibeto-Burman Languages Symposium</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">In 2000 Professor Christopher
Beckwith of Indiana
University initiated the
Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages Symposium with the aim of raising the
methodological rigour of Tibeto-Burman historical linguistics to that of other
language families such as Indo-European or Uralic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The first three Symposia
were organised as panels of the meetings of the International Association for
Tibetan Studies. The fourth symposium was organized as a panel of the 41st
International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics at the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS) in London
in September 2008.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The fifth Symposium will be
held as a panel of the 16th Himalayan Languages Symposium, on 1 September 2010
(also at SOAS).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The proceedings of the
first three conferences have been published by Brill, and the proceedings of
the fourth conference will be out in time for the fifth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">A major aim of this meeting
is to stimulate interaction among scholars working on different languages in
Tibeto-Burman and approaching them from different perspectives.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Papers of any kind dealing
with primary texts in the older Tibeto-Burman languages are welcome, whether
the focus be linguistic, philological, textual, historical or literary. Also
welcome are contributions on any Tibeto-Burman languages with a pre-modern
literary tradition. These include but are not limited to Bailang, Burmese,
Lepcha, Manipuri, Nam, Naxi, Tangut, Tibetan, Yi, and
Zhangzhung. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We would invite all
participants to attend both Symposia. The full schedule for both events will be
published in due course.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">For further information
about the Symposia, including payment and registration process, please see: <a href="http://www.soas.ac.uk/himalayan-languages-symposium/">http://www.soas.ac.uk/himalayan-languages-symposium/</a>
and <a href="http://www.soas.ac.uk/tibeto-burman-languages-symposium/">http://www.soas.ac.uk/tibeto-burman-languages-symposium/</a>.<span style=""> </span> </span></p>
<h6 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></h6>
<h6 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Symposium Fees</span></h6>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">This year, as the two Symposia are being held as one event,
the registration fee for the Himalayan Languages Symposium will also cover
entry to the Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages Symposium.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Full registration fees
for both Symposia (1-5 September):</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">£60 Standard<br>
£40 Concessions*<br>
£80 Late registration (Applications received after 31 August 2010) (no
concessions)<br style="">
<br style="">
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">*Concessions are available for students and participants
from lower-income countries.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Registration fee for
one day of either Symposium:</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">£20 day rate (no concessions)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The fees include access to all the Symposium sessions, as
well as snacks and light lunch. Unfortunately, the fees do not include the cost
for attending the Symposium dinner.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Please note that you can
register on the day but we cannot guarantee a place. Places are allocated on a
first come, first served basis.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Note: </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">It is our policy to maximise the
participation of scholars from lower-income countries. A limited number of <b style="">bursaries</b> may be available to help with
travel costs for those (especially students) wishing to attend from such
countries. If you think you might qualify for a bursary, please contact Nathan
Hill (email below).</span></p>
<h6><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Enquiries</span></h6>
<h6><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Enquires about the
Programme</span></h6>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Dr Nathan Hill, <a href="mailto:nh36@soas.ac.uk">nh36@soas.ac.uk</a></span></p>
<h6><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Enquiries about the
Registration</span></h6>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Centres & Programmes: <a href="mailto:centres@soas.ac.uk">centres@soas.ac.uk</a> or Tel 020 7898 4892/3</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Organised by</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">: Centre of Chinese Studies , Centres
and Programmes (REO) </span></p>