We have started ad hoc mini-seminars in our new headquarters,Villa Lugnet.
The mini-seminars are by invitation only to enable in-depth discussions and exchange of knowledge across the relevant research areas.
The first mini-seminar took place 25th Sept.
Speaker: Axel Palmér, Junior Fellow, Human Past Fellowship Program (SCAS & CHP fellowships 2024-25)
Title: “Archaeolinguistic perspectives on the Proto-Indo-Iranian homeland”
Uppsala University Future Institutes (UUniFI), CIRCUS (Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society) has decided to support our work on the development of an interdisciplinary research project titled “Mechanisms of Human Migration: Causes, Processes & Consequences“. The UUniFI Circus will provide both financial and administrative support and host a seminar series in which project…
A professor of linguistics with a Master’s in computer science and a PhD in computational linguistics, Harald goes an extra mile to document the languages that head towards extinction. “Throughout time, smaller languages have always been swallowed up by larger ones. But now, with globalisation, this is happening at an incredibly accelerated pace.” Language has…
Carina Schlebusch is combining archaeology, genetics and biochemistry with the aim of discovering how human genes have adapted to changing lifestyles over thousands of years. Prehistoric DNA from skeletal remains in Africa can provide answers to questions about diet, disease and survival, and perhaps even offer clues about humanity’s future health. The goal now is…