Events

To what extent can we use a high-resolution comparative linguistics approach to open a window into human history when we lack tangible historical information? The Guaporé-Mamoré region, overlapping significant territory in the Bolivian and Brazilian lowlands, is one of the most linguistically and culturally diverse regions in the continent. In spite of that, we know extremely little about the history of a vast majority of the languages, and the indigenous nations who speak them, before the 20th century. In this talk I will discuss my ongoing research examining grammatical properties in order to triangulate historical information about the nations inhabiting of this area.

Jointly organised with BantUGent. To join the meeting online via MS teams, please contact Nina van der Vlugt.

Dr. Louis Champion (Goethe Universität Frankfurt): "Domestication of Pearl Millet in Africa: Potential Origins and Diffusion".

On November 21 we have the honour to welcome Dr. Louis Champion (Goethe Universität Frankfurt) with a talk on the "Domestication of Pearl Millet in Africa: Potential Origins and Diffusion". His talk will be followed by a BantuFirst research pitch on "Bananas in Early Bantu Speech Communities: Reconsidering Linguistic Evidence" by Sifra Van Acker. More info can be found here.