On October 19–20, 2017, the 3rd Saami Linguistics Symposium will take place at the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Germany.

The Symposium is the continuation of a series of international symposia previously held in Tromsø in 2006 and 2009. The purpose of the symposium is to give researchers the opportunity to present current research to their peers, participate in formal and informal discussions on relevant topics, and explore potential opportunities for future collaborative work. We especially encourage younger researchers at the Master's and Ph.D. levels to present their work. 

Papers related to Saami languages and linguistics including the sociology of language, language teaching, and language revitalization are welcome. The keynote speech will be given by Matthew Baerman (Surrey Morphology Group) and address the topic of inflectional morphology in a cross-linguistic perspective. With this in mind, we are particularly looking forward to papers dealing with Saami inflectional morphology. 

The symposium is being organized by Michael Rießler (FRIAS and Freiburg Research Group in Saami Studies), Joshua Wilbur (Freiburg Research Group in Saami Studies), Tim Feist (Surrey Morphology Group), and Flore Picard (Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV), and in collaboration with the Freiburg Research Group in Saami Studies and the Foundation for Endangered Languages Regional Interest Group «Northern Eurasia». Financial and organizational support come from FRIAS, the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Freiburg, and the Hermann Paul Centre for Linguistics.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit an anonymous, one-page abstract in English or Saami via this link to EasyChair by 15 June 2017 (this requires you to have an EasyChair-account). On that page, you must submit your abstract as plain text in the field 'Abstract'. If your abstract contains images or special formatting, you can also upload your abstract as a pdf file in the 'Uploads' section. If you choose to upload a pdf, you are responsible for ensuring that your name does not appear anywhere in the pdf (to ensure it is anonymous).

Letters of acceptance will be sent in late July.

List of Topics

• Saami languages and linguistics

Committees

Program Committee

• Matthew Baerman – University of Surrey
• Rogier Blokland – Uppsala University
• Eino Koponen – University of Oulu
• Jurij Kusmenko – Humboldt University of Berlin
• Martin Kümmel – University of Jena
• Matti Miestamo – University of Helsinki
• Marja-Liisa Olthuis – University of Oulu
• Hanna Outakoski – Umeå University
• Jack Rueter – University of Helsinki
• Janne Saarikivi – University of Helsinki
• Mikael Svonni – University of Tromsø
• Ida Toivonen – Carleton University
• Trond Trosterud – University of Tromsø
• Jussi Ylikoski – University of Tromsø

Organizing committee

• Michael Rießler – University of Freiburg
• Joshua Wilbur – University of Freiburg
• Tim Feist – University of Surrey
• Flore Picard – Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV

Invited Speakers

• Matthew Baerman – University of Surrey

Venue

The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to michael.riessler@frias.uni-freiburg.de.

Sponsors

Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studied (FRIAS), the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Freiburg, and the Hermann Paul Centre for Linguistic (HPCL)