Thomas Olander: talks
 
Talks
5 October 2023
(with Simon Poulsen) Crying over old spilled milk on new bottles: Stratifying the Core Indo-European technical vocabulary (Tools, Trade and Technology: Exploring Prehistory through Archaeolinguistics, SCAS, Uppsala)
30 June 2023
(with Marc Canby, Anders Richardt Jørgensen, Simon Poulsen & Matthew Scarborough) Inferring relative chronologies from phylogenetic data (Relative Chronology in Historical Linguistics, UCPH)
29 June 2023
(with Florian Wandl) Relative chronology in historical linguistics: opening remarks (Relative Chronology in Historical Linguistics, UCPH)
7 September 2022
(with Simon Poulsen) Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic (The Secondary Homelands of the Indo-European Languages: Arbeitstagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Leiden University)
12 August 2022
The position of Slavic in the Indo-European language family (22nd Meeting of Nordic Slavists, Oslo University)
2 June 2022
West, east, home is best? The phylogenetic relationship between Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian (New Shoots from the Roots: Ancient Indo-European Languages in Context, UCPH)
31 March 2022
(with Simon Poulsen) Phylogenetic analysis of Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (Phylogenetic Workshop, University of Pennsylvania)
9 March 2022
Italienske personlige pronomener [Italian personal pronouns] (research forum “Norm, Variation, Language Change”, Engerom, University of Copenhagen)
19 October 2021
The linguistic component (LAMP research week, SCAS, Uppsala)
16 September 2021
(with Simon Poulsen) Intriguing trees: Indo-European linguistic subgrouping (CIELC Opening Seminar, SCAS, Uppsala)
15 July 2021
A phylogenetic approach to Indo-European accentuation (Oxford Workshop on Indo-European Accentuation)
12 October 2020
Linguistic phylogenetics (LAMP seminar, Uppsala)
15 May 2020
Laryngalfarvning i indoeuropæisk [Laryngeal colouring in Indo-European] (Festlig Faglig Fredag, Roots of Europe, University of Copenhagen) · poster · trailer
1 August 2019
Det danske lydsystem [The Danish sound system] (Årsmøde for danske lektorer i udlandet, Sorø)
22 June 2019
PIE * b in a cladistic perspective (38th East Coast Indo-European Conference, University of Pennsylvania)
30 November 2018
Implications of a binary-branching model of the Indo-European language family (informal Indo-European salon, Uppsala)
7 August 2018
The Indo-European languages (Languages and Migrations in Prehistoric Europe: Roots of Europe Summer Seminar, National Museum of Denmark and University of Copenhagen)
29 June 2018
From the root to the leaves: Climbing the Indo-European family tree (Roots of Europe 10th Anniversary, University of Copenhagen)
3 May 2018
The early disintegration of Indo-European (When Archaeology Meets Linguistics And Genetics, University of Gothenburg)
27 April 2018
What went wrong? The historical background of Balto-Slavic prosody (UCLA Program in Indo-European Studies)
25 April 2018
Where in the world do our languages come from? The Indo-European homeland problem (UCLA Program in Indo-European Studies)
4 November 2017
Connecting the dots: The Indo-European family tree as a heuristic device (29th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference)
15 February 2017
The Indo-European family tree (The Indo-European Family Tree, University of Copenhagen)
23 November 2016
The early Indo-Europeans: Language and archaeology (University of Gothenburg)
10 November 2016
Where do the Indo-European languages come from? (University of Gothenburg)
23 September 2016
Monosyllabic circumflexion: PhD thesis by Yoko Yamazaki (PhD defence, Stockholm University)
3 September 2016
Key concepts in the Indo-European homeland debate (22nd Annual Meeting of the EAA, Vilnius)
18 August 2016
The Slavic ě tertium (20th Meeting of Nordic Slavists, Stockholm University)
2 March 2016
Slavic from within (workshop “Indo-European from within”, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) · Abstract
29 May 2015
The Indo-European homeland (Det språkhistoriska seminariet, Stockholm University)
29 May 2015
Indo-European and Balto-Slavic prosody (Institutionen för slaviska och baltiska språk, finska, nederländska och tyska, Stockholm University)
11 December 2014
Det indoeuropæiske urhjem [The Indo-European homeland] (Selskab for Nordisk Filologi)
5 November 2013
Historisk lingvistik: lydlove, analogi, rekonstruktion [Historical linguistics: Sound laws, analogy, reconstruction] (PhD course at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen)
6 November 2012
Hvad er et ursprog? [What is a proto-language?] (Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen) · Abstract
23 November 2011
Tusind års dansk sjusk [A millennium of Danish sloppiness] (SJUSK 2011, Copenhagen Business School) · Abstract
13 October 2011
Proto-Indo-European * -os in Slavic (Indo-European matters even more, University of Copenhagen) · Abstract · Slides · View talk
25 March 2010
Indo-European heritage in the Balto-Slavic accentuation system (Workshop on Indo-European accentology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) · presentation
29 July 2009
Undervisning i dansk udtale [Teaching Danish pronunciation] (Annual summer meeting for Danish lecturers abroad, Hindsgavl Slot) · presentation
11 September 2008
The Balto-Slavic mobile accent paradigms: new perspectives (14th International Congress of Slavists, Ohrid) · Abstract · Presentation
2 July 2008
The Balto-Slavic mobile accent paradigms: new perspectives (Fourth International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology, Scheibbs (Austria)) · Abstract · Presentation
15 May 2008
Morfologien i talt dansk [The morphology of spoken Danish] (Regional meeting for Danish lecturers abroad, University of Poznań) · Presentation
9 August 2007
The sound systems of Danish and Slavic (17th Meeting of Nordic Slavists, University of Copenhagen) · Abstract · Presentation
6 August 2007
The prosodic system of Proto-Slavic (17th Meeting of Nordic Slavists, University of Copenhagen) · Abstract · Presentation
27 July 2007
The prosodic system of Proto-Slavic (Third International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology, Leiden University) · Abstract · Presentation
18 May 2007
Det kasjubiske sprog [The Kashubian language] (Regional meeting for Danish lecturers abroad, University of Gdańsk) · Presentation
11 May 2007
За превода на Вили Сьоренсен, Рагнарьок, от Надежда Михайлова [On Nadezhda Mihaylova's translation of Villy Sørensen's Ragnarok ] (Sofia University)
2 September 2006
The accentuation of Old Prussian deiws ‘god’ (Second International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology, University of Copenhagen) · Handout
26 May 2006
Accentual mobility: the prehistory of the Balto-Slavic mobile accent paradigms (Ph.D. defence, University of Copenhagen) · Handout
4 November 2005
Sprog i diakront perspektiv [Languages in diachronic perspective] (University of Copenhagen) · Handout
30 September 2005
De baltoslaviske mobile accentparadigmer [The Balto-Slavic mobile accent paradigms] (Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen) · Abstract · Handout
8 July 2005
The accentuation of Greek monosyllabic words (Greek and Latin from an Indo-European Perspective, Cambridge University) · Abstract · Handout
1 July 2005
The Balto-Slavic mobile accent paradigms (First International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology, University of Zagreb) · Abstract · Handout
August 2004
Dybos lov og etymologien til slavisk * bělъ ‘hvid’ [Dybo’s law and the etymology of Slavic * bělъ ‘white’] (16th Meeting of Nordic Slavists, Uppsala) · Abstract · Handout
10 December 2003
Accentmobiliteten i baltisk og slavisk [Accentual mobility in Baltic and Slavic] (Department of East European Studies, University of Copenhagen) · Handout
20 November 2003
I de mørke kroge af den baltoslaviske sproghistorie [In the dark corners of the history of the Balto-Slavic languages] (Forskerskole Øst, University of Copenhagen) · Abstract · Handout
21 October 2003
The accentuation of the ending-stressed word-forms of the Baltic and Slavic mobile paradigms (Komparativ Sprogforskning på Vej, University of Copenhagen) · Handout
 
Knowledge transfer
4 & 5 December 2023
Participation in the programme “Go’ Morgen P3” on Danish National Radio (P3)
24–28 April 2023
Det danske sprogs historie i 6000 år [The history of the Danish language through 6000 years] (Suså Rotaryklub (Suserup near Sorø), Turistførerforeningen (Amagerbro), videnskab.dk (Valby), a private event (Frederikssund), Mænds Mødested (Holbæk), Frederiksberg Lokalråd (Sorø), Svendborg Seniorakademi (Svendborg), KVUC (Copenhagen), Ørslev Landsbylaug (near Ringsted); “Book a Scientist” programme)
20 April 2023
Participation in the programme “Kulturen” on Danish National Radio (P1) · listen here (from around 19:45)
1 & 12 December 2022
Participation in the programme “Påstand mod påstand” on Danish National Radio (P3) · listen here (from around 45:10) and here (from around 01:07:45)
15 November 2022
Min forskning i sproghistorie [My research in language history] (annual festival of Einar Hansen’s Research Foundation)
26 & 29 April 2022
Det danske sprogs fjerne fortid [The remote past of the Danish language] (Speak: School of Danish (Hellerup), Ferslev Kirke (Ferslev); “Book a Scientist” programme)
29 April 2021
Participation in podcast: “The origin and spread of Indo-European languages: Historical linguistics and the phylogenetics of languages” (Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning)
11 November 2020
Det danske sprogs dunkle fortid [The dark past of the Danish language] (Cafe Globen, Copenhagen)
15–19 July 2019
Recording of videos on Old Church Slavonic for the Ancient Indo-European Languages in the 21st Century project (Georg-August University of Göttingen)
24 & 26 April 2019
Det danske sprogs dunkle fortid [The dark past of the Danish language] (Hemmingway Club (Solrød), Kultursalonen (Copenhagen); “Book a Scientist” programme)
11 October 2018
De indoeuropæiske sprog [The Indo-European languages] (Zahles Gymnasieskole)
17 July 2018
Sprogenes vandringer: Hvor kommer de indoeuropæiske sprog fra? [The migrations of languages: Where do the Indo-European languages come from?] (Jyderup Højskole)
14 March 2017
Sprog og sproghistorie [Language and language history] (Zahles Gymnasieskole)
24 October 2016
Sprog og sproghistorie [Language and language history] (Zahles Gymnasieskole)
3 October 2016
Sprog og sproghistorie [Language and language history] (Zahles Gymnasieskole)
4 April 2016
Hvor kommer vores sprog fra? [Where does our language come from] (Senioruniversitetet Værløse)
31 March 2016
Hvor kommer vores sprog fra? [Where does our language come from] (Senioruniversitetet Værløse)
21 November 2015
Sproghistorie [Language history] (Zahles Gymnasieskole)
18 November 2014
Sproghistorie [Language history] (Zahles Gymnasieskole)
28 August 2014
Participation in the programme “Sproglaboratoriet: Skriften er den største opfindelse!” on Danish National Radio
7 February 2013
Hvor kommer dansk fra? [Where does Danish come from?] (workshop for Danish teachers at HF-Centret Efterslægten, Copenhagen)
14 November 2012
Hvor kommer vores sprog fra? [Where does our language come from?] (The Philological-Historical Society, University of Copenhagen)
3 & 5 September 2012
Sprogudvikling [Language evolution] (Christianshavns Gymnasium)
7 & 12 September 2011
Sprogudvikling [Language evolution] (Christianshavns Gymnasium)
14 May 2011
Sprogslægtskab [Language relationships] (HF-Centret Efterslægten)
21 & 28 September 2010
Sprogudvikling [Language evolution] (Christianshavns Gymnasium)
29 October 2009
Sprogforandring [Language change] (Østre Borgerdydskole)
17 August & 1 September 2009
Sprogforandring [Language change] (Christianshavns Gymnasium)
3, 5 & 8 September 2008
Sprogforandring [Language change] (Christianshavns Gymnasium)
1 August 2008
Nyttige netressourcer [Useful internet resources] (Annual summer meeting for Danish lecturers abroad, Hindsgavl Slot) · Presentation
18 June 2008
Европа на собствен език: датски [Europe in its own language: Danish] (interview in Bulgarian National Radio)
5 & 6 September 2007
Sproghistorie [Language history] (Christianshavns Gymnasium)
23 & 26 August 2005
Sproghistorie [Language history] (Christianshavns Gymnasium)
7 January 2005
Sproghistorie [Language history] (Christianshavns Gymnasium)
18 November 2004
Middelhavsdag: Sprogslægtskab [Mediterranean Day: Linguistic relationship] (Østre Borgerdydskole)
19 January 2004
Sprogudvikling og sprogslægtskab [Development of language and linguistic relationship] (Østre Borgerdydskole)