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17.07.-21.07. Meeting "Kalahari Basin Area Languages and Cultures"
13.07. Afrikakolloquium: ADAMS BODOMO (UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA): THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE IN AFRICA - CHINA-EUROPE RELATIONS
12.7. Colloquium on African linguistics: Africans in Europe - diaspora linguistics and socio-cultural development (Bodomo)
“Africans in Europe: diaspora linguistics and socio-cultural development in the context of 21st Century Africa–Europe relations” - Talk by Adams Bodomo (Universität Wien) given within the colloquium of African linguistics and languages
05.07. Colloquium on African linguistics:*ki, *ka, und *ku im Proto-Tula-Waja (Elstermann)
„*ki, *ka, und *ku im Proto-Tula-Waja” - Talk by Julius Elstermann (HU Berlin) given within the colloquium of African linguistics and languages
28.06. Colloquium on African linguistics: The verb k'ab- in Oromo (Wakweya Olani)
“The verb k’ab- in Oromo” - Talk by Wakweya Olani Gobena (University of Potsdam, Ph.D. project) given within the colloquium of African linguistics and languages
21.06. Colloquium on African linguistics: Adverbs in Limassa (Winkhart)
“Adverbs in Limassa - an overview” - Talk by Benedikt Winkhart (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the colloquium of African linguistics and languages
07.06. Colloquium on African linguistics: Fossilized class affixes in the Mel languages (Schulze)
“Fossilized class affixes in the Mel languages” - Talk by Michael Schulze (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
31.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: Grammatical relations in Khoekhoegowab (Job)
“Aspects of Grammatical relations in Khoekhoegowab: From Argument-marking to Word Order” - Talk by Sylvanus Job (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
24.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: Attributive temporal clauses (Olguín Martínez)
“‘At the time....’: Attributive temporal clauses in African languages and beyond” - Talk by Jesús Olguín Martínez (University of California, Santa Barbara) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
17.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: Shona surnames (Mamvura)
“The semantic and morpho-syntactic aspects of Shona surnames” - Talk by Zvinashe Mamvura (HU Berlin & University of Zimbabwe, Harare) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
18.05. AFRICA COLLOQUIUM: Discussion on our visit to the Humboldt Forum
Exchange and discussion between staff and students on our visit to the Humboldt Forum on 04 May
10.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: The Replacement pattern in tripartite number systems (Junglas)
“The R(eplacement) pattern within Northeastern Africa's tripartite number systems” - Talk by Jan Junglas (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
03.05. Colloquium on African linguistics: Erratic velars in West-Coastal Bantu: Explaining irregular sound change (Bostoen)
“Erratic velars in West-Coastal Bantu: Explaining irregular sound change in Central Africa” - Talk by Koen Bostoen (Univerity of Ghent) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
04.05. AFRICA COLLOQUIUM: Visit to the Humboldt Forum
Joint visit of the departments relevant for us in the Humboldt Forum
26.04. Colloquium on African linguistics: Katlaic number marking systems (Nüsslein)
“Emergence or loss in Katlaic number marking systems?” - Talk by Ulrike Nüsslein (HU Berlin) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
15.02. Colloquium on African linguistics: Number systems in Katlaic (Nüsslein)
“A comparison of number systems in the Katlaic family” - Talk by Ulrike Nüsslein (HU Berlin) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
18.02.: 35th HIP Workshop
08.02. Colloquium on African linguistics: Phonotactics and word formation in Limassa (Winkhart)
“Phonotactics and word formation in Limassa (Ubangi, Niger-Congo)” - Talk by Benedikt Winkhart (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
01.02. Colloquium on African linguistics: Khoekhoe dependent clauses (Job)
“The structure of Khoekhoe (Khoe-Kwadi) dependent clauses” - Talk by Sylvanus Job (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
25.01. Colloquium on African linguistics: Tripartite number marking in NE Africa (Junglas)
“Diachronic considerations on tripartite number marking in Northeastern Africa” - Talk by Jan Junglas (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
Student contribution: "The Zine of Global Knowledges"
18.01. Colloquium on African linguistics: Agreement class assignment in Mel, Limba and Gola (Schulze)
“Agreement class assignment in Mel, Limba and Gola” - Talk by Michael Schulze (HU Berlin, Ph.D. project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
11.01. Colloquium on African linguistics: The prefix system of Tula (Adamawa, NC) (Elstermann)
“The prefix system of Tula (Adamawa, Niger-Congo)” - Talk by Julius Elstermann (HU Berlin, Master project) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
04.01. Colloquium on African linguistics: Santandrea's Aja corpus (Schünke, MA defense)
“Santandreaʼs Aja corpus and a description of the nominal morphosyntax” - Talk by Anja Schünke (HU Berlin, Master's thesis defense) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
14.12. Colloquium on African linguistics: Rethinking dependency reversal (Rong Chen)
“Rethinking dependency reversal in noun-attributive constructions” - Talk by Rong Chen (HU Berlin) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
07.12. Colloquium on African linguistics: A grammatical sketch of ǂHuan (Taa, Tuu) (Auer)
“A grammatical sketch of ǂHuan (Taa, Tuu)” - Talk by Daniel Auer (HU Berlin, Master's thesis defense) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
23.11. Colloquium on African linguistics: Multi-verb constructions in Kam (Lesage)
“Multi-verb constructions in Kam (Niger-Congo, Nigeria)” - Talk by Jakob Lesage (HU Berlin, ELDP) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
26.11.2021: 34th HIP-Workshop
16.11. Colloquium on African linguistics: Verb serialisation in Juǀ'hoan and ǃXun (Kx'a) (Pratchett)
“When verbs come (and) clash together: some origins of verb serialisation in Juǀ’hoan and ǃXun (Kx’a)” - Talk by Lee Pratchett (CIBIO Porto) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages
09.11. Colloquium on African linguistics: Traces des morphèmes d’extensions verbales en ngbaka-mīnāgendē, une langue ubangienne de la RD Congo (Jean-Pierre Donzo)
“Traces des morphèmes d’extensions verbales en ngbaka-mīnāgendē, une langue ubangienne de la RD Congo” - Talk by Jean-Pierre Donzo (Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de la Gombe/ Kinshasa) given within the digital colloquium of African linguistics and languages