Indo-European and Historical Linguistics          

Faculty advisors: Jay Jasanoff, Oktor Skjaervo, and Jeremy Rau

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October 12, 4:30pm Boylston 103

Jay Jasanoff, Harvard University, "Mysteries of the Optative"

October 26, 4:00pm Boylston 103

Andrew Garrett, University of California, Berkeley, "The evolution of Italic and Latin reduplicative vocalism: Uniformity and analogy"

November 16, 4:00pm Boylston 103

Sasha Nikolaev, Harvard University, "Homeric aaatos: etymology and poetics"

November 30, 4:00pm Boylston 103

Hannes Fellner, Harvard University, "A small issue"

December 7, 4 p.m Boylston 103
Sverre Johnsen, Harvard University, "'Perceptual and articulatory notes on the origin of Germanic geminates"

December 14, 4 p.m Boylston 103
Michael Weiss, Cornell University

March 7, 4 p.m Boylston 103

Nathan Hill, Harvard University, "A letter in the Hphags-pa script and glottal phenomena in Middle Mongolian and Chinese"

March 14, 4 p.m Boylston 103

Tim Barnes, Harvard University, "iphthimos:  etymology of an adjective and a Mesopotamian Lehnübersetzung in Homer"

April 14, 4:00pm Boylston 104

Dr. Paul Russell, University of Cambridge, "On the nature of Old Irish"

April 18, 4:00pm Boylston 103

Keith Plaster, Harvard University, "A New Look at Old Irish Rhyme"

April 25, 4:00pm Boylston 103

Brent Vine, University of California, Los Angeles, "My alias"

Remaining 2007-08 schedule TBA