The University of Basel\, its Department of Ancient Civilizat ions\, and the Lectureship in Comparative-Historical Linguistics\, togethe r with the Institute for Slavic and Eastern European Studies of the Univer sity of Zurich\, invite you to Tracing Albanian in Time\, Space\, and Text s\, an international conference on Albanian historical linguistics and phi lology\, which will take place in Basel\, Switzerland\, from \;June 8th \;to 10th\, 2026. We bring to gether scholars and students studying the history of the Albanian language and its texts. Topics include:
\n❖ Old Albanian texts\, their ana lysis\, and their background
\n❖ Old Albanian linguistics
\n❖ The reconstruction of Proto-Albanian and its pre-stages
\n❖ An cient\, medieval\, and modern language contact between Albanian and other languages
\n❖ (The history of) dialect variation within Albanian\n
❖ Albanian etymologies
\nFor more details\, please visit th e conference website
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260610T153000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1353@daw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260519T114639 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260611 SUMMARY:Intersectionality in Ancient and Pre-Modern Contexts. Considering A spects of Privilege and Marginalisation DESCRIPTION:While intersectional approaches are well established in the soc ial sciences\, their application to ancient and pre-modern contexts remain s mostly unexplored. Questions of identity and the marginalisation of spec ific groups are gaining increasing importance in ancient and pre-modern st udies as well. The conference aims to bring together scholars who apply co ncepts of intersectionality to ancient and pre-modern contexts or wish to explore its potential within these often fragmentary and elite-focused sou rces.\\r\\nRegistration: If you plan to have lunch at the conference\, ple ase contact gwenda.bolliger@unibas.ch [mailto:gwenda.bolliger@unibas.ch] u ntil 7.6.2026 (otherwise the Caterer will not be able to provide enough fo od). Otherwise\, spontaneous guests are very welcome: The conference is op en to the public. X-ALT-DESC:While intersectional approaches are well est ablished in the social sciences\, their application to ancient and pre-mod ern contexts remains mostly unexplored. Questions of identity and the marginalisation of specific groups are gaini ng increasing importance in ancient and pre-modern studies as well. The co nference aims to bring together scholars who apply concepts of int ersectionality to ancient and pre-modern contexts or wish to expl ore its potential within these often fragmentary and elite-focused sources .
\nRegistration: If you plan to have lunch at the conference\, please contact gwe nda.bolliger@unibas.ch until 7.6.2026 (otherwise the Caterer will not be able to provide enough food). Otherwise\, spontaneous guests are very w elcome: The conference is open to the public.
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260612 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1587@daw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260505T132145 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261026T090000 SUMMARY:The Socio-Cultural Dimension of Roman Rural Economies: Empire vs. M icro- Environments DESCRIPTION:Die Sozialarchäologin A. v. Oyen (Radboud Universität Nijmege n) bietet einen Workshop mit dem Titel “The Socio-Cultural Dimension of Roman Rural Economies: Empire vs. Micro- Environments” an\, der Raum fü r intensive Diskussionen öffnet. \\r\\nEine Anmeldung zur Workshop-Teiln ahme bis 15.10.2026 an swiss-tag@outlook.com [https://daw.philhist.unibas. ch/en/news-events/events/details/bring-your-own-theory-20/] wird aus organ isatorischen Gründen (Platz und Verpflegung) gewünscht\, aber kurzentsch lossene Gäste sind auch willkommen. X-ALT-DESC:Die Sozialarchäologin A. v. Oyen (Radboud Universität Nijme gen) bietet einen Workshop mit dem Titel “The Socio-Cultural Dimension o f Roman Rural Economies: Empire vs. Micro- Environments” an\, der Raum f ür intensive Diskussionen öffnet. \;
\nEine Anmeldung zur Work shop-Teilnahme bis 15.10.2026 an swi ss-tag@outlook.com wird aus organisatorischen Gründen (Platz und Verp flegung) gewünscht\, aber kurzentschlossene Gäste sind auch willkommen.< /p> DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261026T163000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1588@daw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260505T132029 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261026T181500 SUMMARY:Roman Rural Archaeology: Society\, Economy and Culture DESCRIPTION:Vortrag und Buchvorstellung von A. v. Oyen (Radboud Universitä t Nijmegen) X-ALT-DESC:Vortrag und Buchvorstellung von A. v. Oyen (Radboud Universität Nijmegen) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR