[Ura-list] Workshop: Variation and Change in Endangered Languages

[Maria Brykina]

Dear colleagues,


The Institute of Finno-Ugric/Uralic Studies (IFUU) at the University of
Hamburg is pleased to announce the workshop “*Variation and Change in
Endangered Languages*”, to be held in *Hamburg* on *1–2 October 2026*. Please
see the short call for papers below or the full version at
https://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/ifuu/forschung/tagungen/variation-and-change.html.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts!



Best regards,

Maria Brykina



*Workshop: Variation and Change in Endangered Languages
<https://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/ifuu/forschung/tagungen/variation-and-change.html>*



Date: 01-Oct-2026 - 02-Oct-2026

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Contact Email: vacel.slm at uni-hamburg.de

Submission Deadline: 28-Feb-2026

Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2026



The workshop aims to consider structural variation and change in endangered
languages depending on various linguistic and extralinguistic factors, such
as:

– Structural features of an endangered language

– Intensity of contact and duration of language shift

– Factors associated with language policies and language attitudes,
including language oppression, educational policy and revitalization

– Factors related to a speech community, such as its size, dialectal
diversity, geographical dispersity, mobility, accessibility of
communication between community members



Other relevant questions are:

– Simplification vs. complexification of language structure in language
shift.

– Structural change or individual variation.

– Outcomes of language contact vs. language shift.



Within the workshop, we hope to represent linguistic and sociolinguistic
diversity as much as possible. Case-studies in endangered languages of
various areas and families, as well as comparative studies are welcome.



*Abstract submission*

Abstracts should be anonymous. They should not exceed one page (excluding
examples, figures, and references).

Abstracts should be submitted to the conference email address
vacel.slm at uni-hamburg.de as PDF files. Please indicate the following
information in the body of your email: your name(s); title of your paper; your
affiliation(s); your email(s); if you need an invitation (e.g. for a visa).



Online participation and attendance (via Zoom) is possible, although
in-person participation is preferable.

There is no registration fee. If your abstract has been accepted, you do
not need to register in advance.



*Invited speaker*

Dr. Ekaterina Gruzdeva (University of Helsinki)



*Organizers*

Beáta Wagner-Nagy, Vlada Baranova, Natalia Stoynova
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