Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics

📣The programme for the 4th AMC Symposium on Contact and Language Change is now online!
📅2-4 December, The University of Edinburgh
Registration is now open!

Fourth AMC Symposium (2024) – Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics The fourth AMC Symposium will take place on 2-4 December 2024. It will be held in-person in Edinburgh. Registration is now open. The theme of the Symposium is Contact and language change Background Contact between languages and between dialects has long been known to lead to change. The extent to...

📢 Second CfP
Fourth AMC Symposium: "Contact and language change"
Abstracts: 30 April
Symposium: 2-4 December 2024
https://www.amc.lel.ed.ac.uk/amc-symposium/fourth-amc-symposium/call-for-papers/
Just two weeks left to submit your abstracts and come and spend a few days talking historical linguistics with us at Edinburgh!

📢The call for papers for the Fourth AMC Symposium is now open!
This Symposium's theme is "Contact and language change"
Our six invited speakers have been asked to address the theme in their plenaries. While we particularly encourage abstracts for regular talks and posters that engage with the key symposium questions, we also welcome abstracts on any topic in historical linguistics, including all language specialisms and sub-disciplines.
📆Key dates:
Abstract deadline: 30 April
Notification: 15 June
Conference: 2-4 December
We hope to see many of you in Edinburgh!
https://www.amc.lel.ed.ac.uk/amc-symposium/fourth-amc-symposium/call-for-papers/

Amazing use of Transkribus and stylistics!

Artificial intelligence uncovers lost work by titan of Spain’s ‘Golden Age’ Discovery of Lope de Vega play could lead to other important finds, researchers say

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Scottish History Through Handwriting - Online Course - FutureLearn Travel back in time through Scottish history by examining early modern Scottish handwriting with this online palaeography course from University of Glasgow.

For those who would like to contribute in memory of Meg.

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In Memory of Meg Laing Help The Laing Family raise money to support Theirworld

“Cut Out and Stuck In: Fragments of Medieval Manuscripts in Nineteenth-Century Albums”

Hybrid event, 19 January 18:00-19:00 GMT

https://www.socantscot.org/event/january-lecture-cut-out-and-stuck-in-fragments-of-medieval-manuscripts-in-nineteenth-century-albums/?fbclid=IwAR2Uys-5fmHK1x0hCx6sHbgdqLeipMsPWK7gCXTcigzpdN07db8b9n0hMiw

Upcoming Events | January Lecture: “‘Cut Out and Stuck In: Fragments of Medieval Manuscripts in Nineteenth-Century Albums” | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland This will be a hybrid event hosted by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland which will take place both in Augustine United Church and online. Immediately after the lecture there will be a drinks reception.

We’re reaching out to convey some very sad news. We have heard today that our dear friend, colleague and AMC Honorary Member, Meg Laing, passed away suddenly due to a stroke. While she had recently spent several months in hospital following an infection, she was well enough to go home mid December, and spent Christmas with her family. The subsequent stroke was completely unexpected.

Meg was a research fellow at Edinburgh for her entire academic career until her retirement in 2013. She was a prolific and groundbreaking scholar. To those of us who knew her, however, she was also a singularly warm, enthusiastic and generous human being who will be sorely missed.

“The deciphering of the markings pushes back the date for the earliest known proto-writing by 14,000 years to at least 20,000 years ago.”

Mystery of ancient dots and stripes on Europe's caves is solved — The Telegraph Archaeologists believe wave of discoveries set to tumble forth as code cracked by work of pioneering amateur

Hand of Irulegi: ancient Spanish artefact could help trace origins of Basque language The Vascones, an iron age tribe from whose language modern Basque is thought to descend, previously viewed as largely illiterate

📣Registration is now open for the Third AMC Symposium on the theme of "Change in syntax and phonology: the same or different?"
5-7 December – Edinburgh University

Third AMC Symposium (2022) – Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics The third AMC Symposium will take place on 5-7 December 2022. It will be held in-person (with no hybrid option) in Edinburgh (if COVID restrictions return, we will switch to online). The theme of the Symposium is Change in syntax and phonology: the same or different? What is the locus of linguistic....

The programme for the *Third AMC Symposium* is now online. Come join us in Edinburg from 5-7 December and help us answer the question: "Change in syntax and phonology: the same or different?"

Third AMC Symposium (2022) – Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics The third AMC Symposium will take place on 5-7 December 2022. It will be held in-person (with no hybrid option) in Edinburgh (if COVID restrictions return, we will switch to online). The theme of the Symposium is Change in syntax and phonology: the same or different? What is the locus of linguistic....

5th Angus McIntosh Lecture: Mapping the Methods of the Eneados Mapping the Methods of the Eneados: A Journey Through the Linguistic Imagination of Gavin Douglas

A week left to register for the 12th International Conference on Middle English, coming to Glasgow on 22-24 August - registration closes on 15 August. Contact the organisers at [email protected] if you want to drop in for a day. Check out the website for the programme including a visit to University of Glasgow’s Special Collections, abstracts, speaker bios and practical information.

ICOME - 12th International Conference on Middle English The 12th International Conference on Middle English, hosted by the English Language & Linguistics department at the University of Glasgow

Coming up in Glasgow! Historical Linguistics Masterclasses (Thursday 25 August), an exciting free event for postgraduate students: Jeremy J. Smith on assessing the evidence for Middle English, and Tino Oudesluijs (with Anita Auer) on data and methods in historical dialectology. For folk based outwith Glasgow, travel and accommodation provided by the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities! Not to be missed!

Historical Linguistics Masterclasses Historical Linguistics Masterclasses: a satellite event accompanying the 12th International Conference on Middle English (22-24.08.2022).

Senior Lecturer (2) in Medieval English, University of Lausanne

Career Opportunities: Senior Lecturer (2) in Medieval English (19647) UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

CALL FOR PAPERS!!
✨The AMC Symposium is back!✨
The Third iteration of this (long-postponed) event will take place on 5-7 December '22 in Edinburgh.
This year's topic is: "Change in syntax and phonology: the same or different?"
Abstracts are due on the 1st August '22
Check out the details, including our amazing lineup of invited speakers at: https://amc.lel.ed.ac.uk/amc-symposium/third-amc-symposium-2022/
We hope to see many of you this December!

The School of English, Trinity College Dublin, seeks to recruit a one-year postdoctoral research fellow with expertise in medieval literature, historical linguistics or philology to work on the Searobend project, led by Dr Mark Faulkner in collaboration with Prof. Declan O’Sullivan (Computer Science), which will develop linked metadata for English-language texts, 1000-1300. The position, which is based in Dublin, will start 1 September 2022, and comes with a salary of €40,023, plus other benefits including a laptop and travel fund.
Informal enquiries are welcome and may be made to Ruth Archbold, School Administrative Manager at [email protected].
Full details may be found in the linked job descriptionhttp://www.amc.lel.ed.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Searobend-English-Post-Doc-Advert.pdf

Making A Medieval Book By Hand - Part 1 - Folding Pages, Endpapers, Piercing & Sewing Hello everyone, and welcome to my bindery! In this new in-depth video series I'll be taking on the challenge of making a medieval-style book. Follow along w...

Lecturer at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf The Department for Medieval English at the Institute of English and American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is seeking to fill a permanent post as a

There is still time to apply for this 36-month Teaching Fellowship in Cognitive/Usage-based Linguistics here at Edinburgh. Applications close on 18 May!
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Teaching Fellow The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint a full time, fixed term Teaching Fellow to its department of Linguistics and English Language.

Looking forward to this fabulous event on Late Modern Scots varieties, featuring Christine Elsweiler, Jeremy Smith, Joanna Kopaczyk and Derek McClure. June 7-8th. Free and online, just make sure to register!
https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/people/aca/norado/upcoming-events/masterclass-varieties-of-scots-in-late-modern-time.html

Masterclass: Varieties of Scots in Late Modern Times - Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages Learn more about the masterclass’ topic and programme, register for free and find our contact details. Time and place: 7 and 8 June 2022, 9:15 AM - 12:00 AM, online.

Rare medieval manuscripts digitised for first time Documents including rules of the Knights Templar order, can now be viewed at the National Library of Scotland.

Extended deadline! Applications for the Lectureship in Early/Late Modern English or Scots are still open. 🗓The deadline has been extended to Monday 11 April.🗓

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in English Language The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint a full time, open-ended lecturer/senior lecturer in English Language to its Department of Linguistics and English Language.

Lecturer in Middle English Literature at University of Glasgow The School of Critical Studies seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Middle English Literature, based in the subject area of English Language & Linguistics, which provides expertise in pre-1600 language and literature across the School. The postholder will contribute to and expand the existing research str...