[Ura-list] REMODUS Livonian e-learning course

[Jeremy Bradley]

*REMODUS Livonian e-learning course*

https://remodus.univie.ac.at/teaching-events/e-learning-livonian/

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.

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.

The registration deadline for the course is20 March and in order to 
register the participants are required to contact Mikke Mayer 
(marie-christin.mayer at univie.ac.at) or Jeremy Bradley 
(jeremy.moss.bradley at univie.ac.at) via email. The Zoom link will be sent 
shortly before the beginning of the course.

The preliminary schedule can be found on the course website: 
https://remodus.univie.ac.at/teaching-events/e-learning-livonian/

-- 
Jeremy Bradley, Ph.D.
University of Vienna

http://www.mari-language.com
jeremy.moss.bradley at univie.ac.at

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
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