The European Research Council has announced the winners of its latest Consolidator Grant competition. Among them is Justyna Olko from the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” of the University of Warsaw who has received funding for implementing the MULTILING-HIST project (“Multilingual worlds – neglected histories. Uncovering their emergence, continuity and loss in past and present societies”). The project addresses the complex, multi-level dimensions of historical and contemporary multilingualism, focusing on its emergence, continuity, reduction and loss.