CIVIS Blended Intensive Programme

Diachronic Linguistics in the 21st Century

Meta-Digital Diachronic Linguistics

Bridging traditional philology with cutting-edge AI and NLP techniques to study language evolution across centuries.

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Three-Phase Programme Structure

Phase 1: Online Spring School | April 20 – 23, 2026

CIVIS Alliance Time Zones

EEST (UTC+3): Athens, Bucharest
CEST (UTC+2): Tübingen, Madrid, Rome, Marseille, Stockholm, Brussels, Salzburg, Lausanne
BST (UTC+1): Glasgow

Time Monday 20/4 Tuesday 21/4 Wednesday 22/4 Thursday 23/4
10:00 - 11:30 EEST 09:00 - 10:30 CEST 08:00 - 09:30 BST Diachronic Linguistics Reimagined: Contemporary Perspectives. Part INikolaos Lavidas (Athens) Verb-nominal collocations in diachrony: from Latin to Romance languagesMaria Isabel Jimenez Martinez (Madrid) Diachronic Linguistics Reimagined: Contemporary Perspectives. Part IINikolaos Lavidas (Athens) Descriptive linguistics in the time of AI: a multistratal approachArtemij Keidan (Sapienza)
12:00 - 13:30 EEST 11:00 - 12:30 CEST 10:00 - 11:30 BST The history of διότι: from Cause to Substantive Subordinator, and back againJesus Polo Arrondo (Madrid) Ancient Greek Onomastics: the case of the Styra tabletsFrancesca Dell’Oro (Bologna) Construction Grammar, corpus-based methods and the recent history of the English Objoid ConstructionTamara Bouso Rivas (Santiago de Compostela) The evolution of negation examined via two cyclical models: Jespersen vs. CroftLjuba Veselinova (Stockholm)
14:00 - 15:00 EEST 13:00 - 14:00 CEST 12:00 - 13:00 BST Exploring how to work with historical and diachronic corporaSophia Chionidi, Eleni Plakoutsi, Nikolaos Lavidas (Athens) Exploring how to work with historical and diachronic corporaSophia Chionidi, Eleni Plakoutsi, Nikolaos Lavidas (Athens) Exploring how to work with historical and diachronic corporaSophia Chionidi, Eleni Plakoutsi, Nikolaos Lavidas (Athens) Exploring how to work with historical and diachronic corporaSophia Chionidi, Eleni Plakoutsi, Nikolaos Lavidas (Athens)

Phase 2: Online Workshops

Stage 2: Hands-on Project Development (May – June 2026)

Specialized online sessions including one workshop hands-on of 1 hour in May and one in June focusing on individual research findings.

Phase 3: Summer School • Naxos

July 20–24, 2026: Physical mobility to Naxos, Greece for research presentations and advanced seminars.

Program and onsite information: Full Naxos Details →

Co-ordinators of the CIVIS BIP Course

Leading experts in linguistics from European universities

Professor Nikolaos Lavidas

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Professor Antonio R. Revuelta Puigdollers

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Professor Katrin Axel-Tober

Universität Tübingen

Professor Artemij Keidan

Sapienza Università di Roma

Professor Flavia Pompeo

Sapienza Università di Roma

Professor Joanna Kopaczyk

University of Glasgow

Professor Adina Dragomirescu

University of Bucharest

Professor Alexandru Nicolae

University of Bucharest

Professor Ljuba Veselinova

Stockholm University

Professor Matthias Heinz

University of Salzburg

Professor Linda Pillière

Aix-Marseille Université

Teaching Assistants - PhD Candidates

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Sofia Chionidi, Eleni Plakoutsi

Invited Speakers for the Online Week

Specialists participating in the April Spring School sessions

Maria Isabel Jimenez Martinez

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Francesca Dell’Oro

University of Bologna

Tamara Bouso Rivas

University of Santiago de Compostela

Jesus Polo Arrondo

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Admissions

The 2026 Full CIVIS BIP deadline has passed. Current options:

Option 1: Naxos Summer School 2026 Only

Apply specifically for the physical week in Naxos (July 20–24, 2026).

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Option 2: Full CIVIS BIP Cycle 2027

Applications for the complete edition (Online + Workshops + Naxos) will open in September – October 2026.

Admitted students will receive further course access information after acceptance, including access to the CIVIS Moodle platform.

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Contact

For any inquiries regarding the CIVIS BIP Programme, please reach out to the project coordinator:

Professor Nikolaos Lavidas

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

nlavidas@enl.uoa.gr