The Cluster of Excellence Cross-Cultural Philology has just been launched at the LMU in Munich. The research cluster takes a cross-cultural approach to the study of philological practices and cultural dynamics over a 5,000-year period. They are now advertising a…
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CHSTM History of Language Sciences autumn program 2025
CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online, September 2025–May 2026 The CHSTM working group on the history of the language sciences holds online seminars every month on topics related to the history of linguistics and neighbouring fields.…
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Call: CHSTM History of Language Sciences 2025–26
CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online, September 2025–May 2026 Archives scaffold research in both history and the sciences. Far from passive repositories, they assert order and give shape to the world. In the midst of what…
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The Neogrammarians as a Scientific School?
Beijia ChenFreie Universität Berlin My dissertation, titled Die Junggrammatiker als wissenschaftliche Schule? – eine wissenschaftssoziologische Untersuchung anhand linguistischer Zeitschriftenzitationen aus einer Netzwerkperspektive (submitted in February 2025, Freie Universität Berlin), was recently discussed in episode 45 of the History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences podcast. However, the…
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CHSTM History of the Language Sciences upcoming online meetings
The CHSTM working group History of the Language Sciences has two upcoming meetings, in April and May. All meeting are held online. For further information and meeting link, see the working group website. The working group will resume in September…
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Book presentation: Otto Zwartjes “Missionary Grammars and dictionaries of Chinese”, 20 Sept 2024
Otto Zwartjes presents his new book on Mandarin Chinese studies by Spanish Dominicans, the oldest known sources to date.
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Making of the Humanities XI, Lund, 9–11 Oct 2024
In 2024, the eleventh conference on the history of the humanities will be hosted by the Lund Center for the History of Knowledge (LUCK), Lund University between 9 and 11 October 2024.The call for papers and panels is now open: https://www.historyofhumanities.org/upcoming-meetings/the-making-of-the-humanities-xi-lund-2024/…
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ICHoLS 16 Thematic Workshops
The deadline for abstract submission to ICHoLS 16 is March 1, 2024. The submission web page for ICHoLS 16 is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ichols16 Here is information about the open thematic workshops (see below). Please see the attachments and send your abstract to the organizers…
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Intentionality in phenomenology and speech act theory
Els Elffers 1. Introduction Phenomenology covers a large area, and the same is true of speech act theory. Here I will focus on one point of contact between them, namely intentionality. Intentionality is a key concept in phenomenology and it…
Invitation to CHSTM online working group History of the Language Sciences
Online working group: History of the Language SciencesConveners: Judith Kaplan (CHSTM), Floris Solleveld (University of Bristol) Hosted by the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Monthly meetings: Tuesday 12 Sep, 10 Oct, 14 Nov, 12 Dec, 9 Jan, 13…
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History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences 