Tracing Albanian in Time, Space, and Texts

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200

Public event, Congress / Conference / Symposium, Guest lecture / Talk
08.06.2026 09:00 - 10.06.2026 15:30, Fachbereich Historisch-vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, Hörsäle 116 und 117 & Vesalianum, Vesalgasse, Grosser Hörsaal (EO.16)
International conference, June 8th–June 10th, 2026
Tags: SNF-Projekt The Albanian Language in Antiquity

The University of Basel, its Department of Ancient Civilizations, and the Lectureship in Comparative-Historical Linguistics, together with the Institute for Slavic and Eastern European Studies of the University of Zurich, invite you to Tracing Albanian in Time, Space, and Texts, an international conference on Albanian historical linguistics and philology, which will take place in Basel, Switzerland, from June 8th to 10th, 2026. We bring together scholars and students studying the history of the Albanian language and its texts. Topics include:

❖ Old Albanian texts, their analysis, and their background

❖ Old Albanian linguistics

❖ The reconstruction of Proto-Albanian and its pre-stages

❖ Ancient, medieval, and modern language contact between Albanian and other languages

❖ (The history of) dialect variation within Albanian

❖ Albanian etymologies

For more details, please visit the conference website