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THE 12th ANNUAL UCLA INDO-EUROPEAN CONFERENCE

Regular Sessions:
Friday, 26 May 2000, UCLA Faculty Center, Downstairs Lounge

  • 8:30–9:00
    coffee and pastries
  • 9:00–9:15
    opening remarks (Brent Vine, UCLA)
  • 9:15–10:45
    Panel I (chaired by Natalie Operstein, UCLA)
    9:15–9:45
    A. S. Kassian (Moscow University)
    & I. S. Yakubovich (University of California, Berkeley)
    “The Reflexes of IE Initial Clusters in Hittite”
    9:45–10:15
    Kazuhiko Yoshida (Kyoto University)
    “The Original Ablaut of Hittite siwatt-”
    10:15–10:45
    Vyacheslav V. Ivanov (UCLA)
    “I-E *bhuH- in Luwian and the Prehistory of Past and Perfect”
  • 10:45–11:00
    break
  • 11:00–12:30
    Panel II (chaired by Christopher Stevens, UCLA)
    11:00–11:30
    Jay Friedman (UCLA)
    “Hittite 1st. sg. Preterite -ḫḫun”
    11:30–12:00
    Birgit Anette Olsen (University of Copenhagen)
    “Root Nouns, Compounds and Their Underlying Indo-European Syntax”
    12:00–12:30
    Silvia Luraghi (Università di Pavia)
    “The Development of Local Particles and Adverbs in Anatolian as an Example of Grammaticalization Cycle”
  • 12:30–2:00
    lunch break
  • 2:00–3:15
    Featured Speaker (introduced by Brent Vine, UCLA)
    George E. Dunkel (Indogermanisches Seminar der Universität Zürich)
    “The Particles Strike Back”
  • 3:15–3:30
    break
  • 3:30–5:00
    Panel III (chaired by Heidi Waltz, University of California, Riverside)
    3:30–4:00
    Jenny Larsson (University of Copenhagen)
    “The Continuants of the Proto-Indo-European Root Nouns in the Baltic Languages”
    4:00–4:30
    Joseph F. Eska (Virginia Tech)
    “Symptoms of Nasal Effacement in Hispano-Celtic”
    4:30–5:00
    Jens Elmegård Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen)
    “Against an Indo-European ‘*kwetuóres-Rule’”
  • 7:00
    conference dinner

Saturday, 27 May 2001, Public Policy Building, Room 1234 (first floor)

  • 8:45–9:15
    coffee and pastries
  • 9:15–10:45
    Panel IV (chaired by Christopher Wilhelm, UCLA)
    9:15–9:45
    Deborah Anderson (University of California, Berkeley)
    “The Internet and Research in Indo-European Studies: Present State and Future Prospects”
    9:45–10:15
    Jeannine Davis-Kimball (Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads)
    “First Millennium BC Indo-Europeans in the Tien Shan Mountains, China”
    10:15–10:45
    Bryan Hanks (University of Cambridge)
    “Towards an Understanding of the Indo-European Origin Problem: Theoretical and Methodological Interfaces”
  • 10:45–11:00
    break
  • 11:00–12:30
    Featured Speaker (introduced by Richard Jones, UCLA)
    Jared M. Diamond (UCLA)
    “Language Expansions for the Last 13,000 Years”
  • 12:30–2:00
    lunch break
  • 2:00–3:30
    Panel V (chaired by Jay Friedman, UCLA)
    2:00–2:30
    Anatoly Liberman (University of Minnesota)
    “Hemlock and After, Or The Names of Some Poisonous Plants in Indo-European”
    2:30–3:00
    Arwen Lee Hogan (University of Pittsburgh)
    “Arete, Queen of the Cedis”
    3:00–3:30
    Paul-Louis van Berg (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
    “Hermes and Agni: A Fire-God in Greece”
  • 3:30–3:45
    break
  • 3:45–4:45
    Panel VI (chaired by Martin Huld, California State University, Los Angeles)
    3:45–4:15
    Giovanna Rocca (Università IULM, Milan)
    “The Flask of Poggia Sommavilla: A New Interpretation”
    4:15–4:45
    Edwin D. Floyd (University of Pittsburgh)
    “The Persistence of ‘Man-Slaying’ as an Indo-European Formula in Gregory of Nazianzus”

Special Session:
“The Legacies of Marija Gimbutas and Georges Dumézil”
Sunday, 28 May 2001, Public Policy Building, Room 1234 (first floor)

  • 9:00–9:30
    coffee and pastries
  • 9:30–10:30
    Panel VII (chaired by Karlene Jones-Bley, UCLA)
    9:30–10:00
    Mary Lynn Wilson (San José State University)
    “The Bird Goddess in Germanic Europe”
    10:00–10:30
    Marc Vander Linden (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
    “Perpetuating Traditions, Changing Ideologies: The Bell Beaker Culture in the British Isles and its Implications for the Indo-European Problem”
  • 10:30–10:45
    break
  • 10:45–12:15
    Panel VIII (chaired by Victoria Simmons, UCLA)
    10:45–11:15
    Thomas Walsh (Occidental College)
    “Dumézil and the Unity of Iliad 9”
    11:15–11:45
    David Atkins (UCLA)
    & Doug Atkins (Los Angeles)
    “From Kingdoms to Kindreds: A New Research Programme Replacing Functions as the Key to Finding Early Indo-Europeans”
    11:45–12:15
    Dean Miller (Chicago)
    & C. Scott Littleton (Occidental College)
    “Dumézil 2000: An Outline and a Prospect”
  • 12:15–12:30
    closing remarks (Brent Vine, UCLA)

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