All workshop sessions will be held in Building 380 Room 380C on the Stanford Main Quad. Here is a map. |
DAY ONE, JULY 17: ARCHAEOLOGY/GEOGRAPHY |
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9:15-9:45 |
Coffee |
9:45-10:00 |
Welcoming
Remarks Philip Baldi |
10:00-11:30 |
"Typology,
linguistic geography, and deep genealogical relatedness" Johanna Nichols |
11:30-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-2:30 |
"On
the role of 'external evidence' in historical linguistic argumentation:
Questions from Uto-Aztecan prehistory" Jane Hill |
2:30-3:00 |
Break |
3:00-4:30 |
"Language
families and the history of human migration" Peter Bellwood |
DAY TWO, JULY 18: GENETICS |
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9:30-10:00 |
Coffee |
10:00-11:30 |
"The
Himalayan paradigm: Genetic mapping of a language border" Peter de Knijff |
11:30-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-2:30 |
"Disentangling
genes, geography, and language" Mark Stoneking |
2:30-3:00 |
Break |
3:00-4:30 |
"Languages
and genes: Vertical and horizontal transmission" Bernard Comrie |
DAY THREE, JULY 19: MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES |
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9:30-10:00 |
Coffee |
10:00-11:30 |
"Better
than chance? Randomization models for evaluating whether lexical
similarity implies historical connection" Brett Kessler |
11:30-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-2:30 |
"A simulation
study of phylogenetic methods in the presence of borrowing" Steve Evans |
2:30-3:00 |
Break |
3:00-4:30 |
"Computational
techniques for detecting borrowing between languages" Tandy Warnow |
4:30-5:00 |
Open Discussion |
5:00 |
Closing Remarks Philip Baldi |