BLING

• 2009. ‘I want to buy it’ in the Albanian glossary of Arnold von Harff.  Transactions of the Philological Society. Volume 107: 2: 231-252.
• With Şerife Geniş.  Formation of a Diasporic Community: The History of Migration and Resettlement of Muslim Albanians in the Black Sea  Region of Turkey.  Middle Eastern Studies.  Volume 45: 4: 553-569.

Meanwhile, here is a photo from Kelly’s summer jaunts:

Kelly makes friends with a Swedish runestone

She explains: “The stone is two fragments of a 10^th century runestone fromSigtuna, Sweden that have been re-attached. According to a nearby plaque, translated into English it reads, ‘Sven had this stone set up in memory of his father and Frödis in memory of her husband Ulv. God help his soul.’ The script employed is the younger futhark, popular in Scandanvian stone carving between 800-1100. One way you can tell it’s the younger runes is by looking at the rune by the knuckles in my right hand near the crack. It is a vertical line with two horizontal lines going all the way across. This is the rune for [o].”

Fun stuff. Thanks, Kelly, for sharing!

BLING and the entire department would like to congratulate Kjersti Stensrud for her successful defense of her thesis “Aspects of Event Composition in Norwegian and English,” which happened on September 16.  Belated felicitations, Kjersti! Best of luck!

Our department BBQ will be held today, June 11, starting at 4 p.m. in the quad in front of the Social Science building. We’ll have burgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, and all the usual summer favorites. All you need to bring is your kids and significant others, your frisbee and maybe your croquet set. We especially encourage all graduating BAs to show up along with their families to celebrate the grand occasion. Come celebrate the end of another long and successful academic year!

A reminder to all that the deadline for submitting abstracts for CLS 45 is THIS Friday. All abstracts MUST be submitted by 11:59 p.m. CST by Friday, January 16, 2009.  Authors will be notified of acceptance decisions by late February 2009.

Remember, in order to submit, you must first register via the Chicago Linguistic Society website and follow all submission guidelines.

CLS 45 eagerly anticipates this year’s contributions for another outstanding conference, to be held April 16-18. Don’t delay!

After almost two years of work, the Undergraduate Programs Advisory Committee of the Linguistic Society of America is excited to announce the launch of the Linguistic Academic Depository, a new feature on the LSA website that allows linguistics faculty and instructional staff to exchange handouts, syllabi, and other course materials.

UPAC member and UChicago grad student Nassira Nicola encourages members of the department to both browse the materials currently offered and contribute their own fabulous ideas, at https://lsadc.org/e-learning/.  (Note: Access requires LSA membership.)

The year 2008 has been proclaimed International Year of Languages by the United Nations General Assembly. UNESCO, which has been entrusted with the task of coordinating activities for the Year, is determined to fulfill its role as lead agency.

The full text of a message from Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the celebration of 2008, International Year of Languages can be found here.