[Ura-list] Reminder: KINURAs closing symposium: Call for abstracts

[Terhi Honkola]

Dear all,



We will organise the closing symposium of the multidisciplinary KINURA
project (Evolution of kinship in Uralic speaking populations /
Sukulaisuussuhteiden evoluutio ja kontaktit uralilaisissa
puhujapopulaatioissa
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/organisations/kinura/, funded by Kone
Foundation) on the 7th of October 2026 at the University of Helsinki and on
Zoom.



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.



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.



Please send the abstracts (max. 300 words) to terhi.honkola at helsinki.fi 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.



With best wishes, on behalf of the KINURA project,

Terhi Honkola



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PI of the KINURA-project

https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/fi/organisations/kinura/

Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies

University of Helsinki
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