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Language and Nature in Southern Arabia

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A series of online workshops organized by Janet C. E. Watson (Leeds) Kamela Russell (UC Berkeley) and Fabio Gasparini (FU – Berlin) Jerzy Wierzbicki - Eroding of traditions, eroding of presence Miranda Morris - Researching oral art in Soqotra: challenges, observations and choices made For further information about the programme and access to the Zoom...

The Australian Acoustic Observatory: A New Way to Explore and Understand Our World

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Speaker: Professor Paul Roe, QUT, Brisbane, Australia p.roe@qut.edu.au Abstract The Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) is a continental-scale acoustic sensor network, recording for a five-year period across multiple Australian ecosystems. The observatory comprises 360 continuously recording acoustic sensors and over its 5-year lifetime will collect over two Petabytes of data: two millennia of sound. It is...

Language and Nature in Southern Arabia - Phonetics and Phonology

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A series of online workshops organized by Janet C. E. Watson (Leeds) Kamela Russell (UC Berkeley) and Fabio Gasparini (FU - Berlin) Fabio Gasparini - Glottalisation from a comparative perspective Gisela Tomé Lourido, Janet Watson, Andrea Boom, Carlos Jair Martínez Albarracín - Vowels in Mehri Jarred Brewster - The phonemic status of long vowels in Sheret Barry Heselwood and...

The Sea's the Boss

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Centre for Endangered Languages, Cultures and Ecosystems We are delighted to announce that the poet and historian, Katrina Porteous, will be presenting to CELCE on 24th February at 4pm GMT through Zoom.  

CELCE Seminar: Socotra: Birds, Wildlife and Conservation

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Speaker: Richard Porter: https://friendsofsoqotra.org/pdfs/Socotra%20bird%20update-05-2020.pdf I will talk about the variety of wildlife that makes this World Heritage Site such a global hotspot of endemism. I will dwell particularly on birds that I have been studying since my first visit in 1993. I will also cover the wildlife conservation history and particularly the actions that have...

Language and/or Nature in South Arabia Workshop

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The last meeting of the Language and/or Nature in South Arabia Workshop in 2020 will take place on Tuesday 8th at 13:00 GMT.  We will be back in January. The programme is as follows: - Samuel Liebhaber (Middlebury College): Presentation on the Digital Exhibit:  When Melodies Gather: Oral Art of the Mahra - Anna Fancett (Sultan...

Workshop on Language and/or Nature in Southern Arabia Orthography and Poetry

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Programme: Leonid Kogan (National Research University, Moscow): Towards an Arabic-Based Soqotri Orthography: Consonants and Vowels Kamela al-Barami (University of Leeds): Women in Shehret / Jibbali poetry: Who are Tfool and Alkhiyar? Craig Cornelius (Google): Typing in my language? Get started with GBoard and other keyboards Abstract: Using a language on digital devices requires text support, including ways...

CELCE Distinguished Speaker event: Birds: Symbols of Disease, Icons of the Divine

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Speaker: Mark Cocker: https://markcocker.com/ Some of the largest, most impressive birds in Europe accommodate two kinds of habitat: the realm of nature and the ecosystem of ideas that exists between the ears of their human neighbours. We have sometimes held views and fancies about bird species that vary with geography and across time. Sometimes birds can...

Workshop on Language and/or Nature in South Arabia

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Programme: Abdullah al-Saqqaf (Dhofar): Beekeeping symbolism in Hadrami Arabic poetry Richard Gravina (SIL): Linguistic and non-linguistic factors in decisions on Soqotri orthography Janet C.E. Watson, Abdullah al-Mahri (CELCE - University of Leeds): Mehri sung poems Please contact j.c.e.watson@leeds.ac.uk if you wish to attend.