Thursday, 19th October*

09.15–9.30*Welcome

9.30–10.05 The rise and expansion of Slavic in the light of Zimmerʼs model of Indo-EuropeanizationVít Boček

10.05–10.40Relative Chronology of Slavic Language ContactĽubomír Novák

Coffee Break

10.55–11.30On the formation of the Common Slavic koinéHenning Andersen

11.30–12.05 Linguistic comments to Curta's making of the SlavsJiří Rejzek

12.05–12.40 How the early Slavs existed: A short essay on ontology and methodologyJouko Lindstedt

Lunch

14.00–14.35Albanians, Romanians, Slavs – ethnicity, change and politics in the 2nd half of the first millennium C.E.Sorin Paliga

14.35–15.10 Slavic ethnogenesis: continuity and contactJadranka Gvozdanović

Coffee Break

15.25–16.00 Celto-Slavic Lexical ParallelsJadranka Gvozdanović – Václav Blažek

16.00–16.35New methods in etymologizing the oldest layers of river names in Central EuropeHarald Bichlmeier

Coffee Break

16.45-freeRemarks and discussion

*The main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, room no. 18, Jana Palacha Square 2, Prague 1

Friday, 20th October**

09.25–10.00 Transformation vs. Migration: Archaeological Perspectives on the Early Slavic Settlement in Eastern German TerritoryFelix Biermann

10.00–10.35 Beginnings of Slavs in Central Europe as cultural change: Viewpoint of archaeology Ivo Štefan

Coffee Break

10.50–11.25Language, Ethnicity and Material Culture: North-Eastern Bavaria in the Early Middle AgesTomáš Klír

11.25–12.00The Church “Roofing” and Finno-Ugric Supremacy: on the Grammaticalization of the Periphrastic Perfect in SlavicAndriy Danylenko

12.00–12.35 Language, Elites, and Identity in Early Rus Alexandra Vukovich

Lunch

14.00–14.35 From Byzantine Philosopher to Apostle of the Slavs: St Constantine Cyril in the 9–12th centuries BalkansMirela Ivanova

14.35–15.10The religion with no voice: Literary construction of Slavic PaganismJiří Dynda

Coffee Break

15.25–free Final remarks and discussion

Main conference closes

http://hrc.ff.cuni.cz/novinky/language-contact-and-the-early-slavs/

**Sweerts-Špork's Palace, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Attic (room no. 303), Hybernská 3, Prague 1

Language Contact and the Early Slavs

Prague, 19th–20th October 2017

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