Date: 17-18 January 2009

Place: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (Germany)

Organised by:

• Søren Wichmann (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology & Leiden University)
• Anthony Grant (Edge Hill University)
  
  

Local organizer:

• Claudia Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

Short description:

This conference, which celebrates the 100th year birthday of Morris Swadesh, is intended primarily to bring together scholars working on cutting-edge methods in historical linguistics and, secondarily, to assess the work and influence of Swadesh.

Conference fee: 25 EUR (to be paid in cash upon arrival)

Invited speakers:

• Mark Pagel (University of Reading)
• Tandy Warnow (The University of Texas at Austin)
• Eric W. Holman (University of California, Los Angeles)
  
  

Call for papers:

Deadline for abstract submission is September 30, 2008.