Schedule

Day 1: Friday, October 23, 2026

9:00–9:15 AM

Opening remarks (Dieter Gunkel)

Panel I, chaired by Aidan Ackerman

  • 9:15–9:45 AM

    Jared S. Klein

    University of Georgia

    Autem in the Latin Vulgate Gospels

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 9:45–10:15 AM

    Zander Lynch

    Cornell University

    Is is ocus? Two Old Irish Coordinators

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 10:15–10:45 AM

    Joseph F. Eska

    Virginia Tech

    Grounding absolute vs. conjunct

    Abstract

    Handout

10:45–11:00 AM

Break

Panel II, chaired by Nick Guymon

  • 11:00–11:30 AM

    Jesse Lundquist

    Princeton University

    Does βωτιάνειρα = Ved. dā́tivāra-? PIE *-téy-Stems in Ancient Greek

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 11:30 AM–12:00 PM

    Althea Sovani

    University of Oxford

    A tale of gain and loss: The later history of Vedic —ti-stem nouns

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 12:00–12:30 PM

    Samopriya Basu

    Atlas of the Languages of Iran, Carleton University

    Once more on the position of Nuristani within Indo-Iranian

    Abstract

    Presentation

12:30–2:30 PM

Lunch

Featured speaker

  • 2:30–3:30 PM

    Paul Kiparsky

    Stanford University

    Theories of sound change at the sesquicentennial of the annus mirabilis: What the Greek evidence tells us

3:30–3:45 PM

Break

Panel III, chaired by Sabrina Hart

  • 3:45–4:15 PM

    Michele Bianconi

    Uppsala Universitet & University of Oxford

    Lydiaka: interpretative problems in LW 10 and a new possible sound change

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 4:15–4:45 PM

    Zsolt Simon

    Universitat de Barcelona

    PIE *h₂⸝₃ > Lydian k / #_?

    Abstract

    Presentation

4:45–5:00 PM

Break

Panel IV, chaired by Aidan Holmgren

  • 5:00–5:30 PM

    Melvin Pötzsch

    Philipps-Universität Marburg

    Of Gods, Nymphs and Nasals. The Lycian Common Gender n-Stems and Their Diachronic Evolution

    Abstract

    Presentation

  • 5:30–6:00 PM

    Anthony D. Yates

    University of California, Los Angeles

    The prosody of the Hittite instrumental and its Indo-European ramifications

    Abstract

    Presentation

Day 2: Saturday, October 24, 2026

Panel V, chaired by Lindsay Hoekstra

  • 9:00–9:30 AM

    Jimmy (Zongrun) Li

    Cornell University

    Nominativus cum Infinitivo: Case Transmission in Ancient Greek Controlled Infinitives

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 9:30–10:00 AM

    Ian Hollenbaugh

    Washington University, St. Louis

    On Poetic (Un)grammaticality

    Abstract

    Presentation

  • 10:00–10:30 AM

    Chris Golston

    California State University, Fresno

    Generalized hyperbaton in Ancient Greek

    Abstract

    Presentation

10:30–10:45 AM

Break

Panel VI, chaired by Leonardo Marino

  • 10:45–11:15 AM

    Andrew Merritt

    Georgetown University

    Following Latin Pulcher from Goodness to Beauty

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 11:15–11:45 AM

    Isabel Tolman-Bronski

    Cornell University

    On the Analogical Origin of the Fifth Declension Deverbal Abstracts in –iēs and the Deadjectival Abstracts in –itiēs

    Abstract

    Handout

  • 11:45 AM–12:15 PM

    Axel Palmér and Oscar Billing

    Uppsala University

    Form and Function of Reduplicated Presents in Proto-Indo-European

    Abstract

    Presentation

12:15–1:45 PM

Lunch

Featured Speaker

  • 1:45–2:45 PM

    Riccardo Ginevra

    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano

    Hesiod’s “Wounded Sun”: Kronos, Kumarbi, and Indo-European Myth

    Presentation

    Handout

2:45–3:00 PM

Break

Panel VII, chaired by Zoë Tavares Bennett

  • 3:00–3:30 PM

    Ronald I. Kim

    Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

    Behind the Codex: identifying linguistic innovations in the Gothic manuscripts

    Abstract

    Presentation

  • 3:30–4:00 PM

    Aurelijus Vijūnas

    National Kaohsiung Normal University

    An alternative etymology of ON saurr ‘feces, impurities’ or ‘wetland’

    Abstract

    Handout

4:00–4:15 PM

Break

Panel VIII, chaired by Arjun Srirangarajan

  • 4:15–4:45 PM

    John McDonald

    University of Missouri

    Dances with goats: aetiological myths for the performing arts in Greece, India, and Iceland

    Abstract

  • 4:45–5:15 PM

    John Clayton

    University of California, Los Angeles

    *dóru ‘oak’ & *h₁rewdʰ- ‘red’: The Caland System & the Kortlandt Effect

    Abstract

    Presentation

5:15–5:30 PM

Closing remarks (Dieter Gunkel)