Program | Naxos Summer School 2026

Program Schedule

Dates: July 19–24, 2026

Opening Event

Sunday 19 July: Welcome Reception & Invited Talk (8:30 PM)

Invited Speaker: Johan Rooryck (Leiden University, participating online)

Title: Diamond Open Access and Open Science for linguistics

Daily Schedule Details

Morning (9:00 AM): Light refreshments available at venue

Lunch (1:10–2:10 PM): Light lunch served at venue, including Poster Session and Presentations (extended daily)

Classes: 5-session intensive tracks (45 min); 2-session specialized lectures (65 min)

Important Notes:

Participants can freely select which lectures to attend.

ECTS credits: Minimum 50% attendance is required.

Time	Monday July 20	Tuesday July 21	Wednesday July 22	Thursday July 23	Friday July 24
9:00–10:05 AM	On the diachrony of indefinites, at least (Part 1) Johan van der AuweraUniversiteit Antwerpen	On the diachrony of indefinites, a map with more semantics (Part 2) Johan van der AuweraUniversiteit Antwerpen	The diachrony of negation (Part 1) Chiara GianolloUniversità di Bologna	The diachrony of negation (Part 2) Chiara GianolloUniversità di Bologna	Transitivity in Ancient Greek up to the 2nd Century AD Daniel Riaño RufilanchasCentro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Madrid
10:05–10:15 AM
10:15–11:00 AM	The syntactic evolution of the Romance Languages (D1) Ioanna SitaridouUniversity of Cambridge	The syntactic evolution of the Romance Languages (D2) Ioanna SitaridouUniversity of Cambridge	The syntactic evolution of the Romance Languages (D3) Ioanna SitaridouUniversity of Cambridge	The syntactic evolution of the Romance Languages (D4) Ioanna SitaridouUniversity of Cambridge	The syntactic evolution of the Romance Languages (D5) Ioanna SitaridouUniversity of Cambridge
11:00–11:10 AM
11:10–11:55 AM	Evolutionary formal tools for better understanding the dynamics of language change (D1) Igor YanovichUniversity of Vienna	Evolutionary formal tools for better understanding the dynamics of language change (D2) Igor YanovichUniversity of Vienna	Evolutionary formal tools for better understanding the dynamics of language change (D3) Igor YanovichUniversity of Vienna	Evolutionary formal tools for better understanding the dynamics of language change (D4) Igor YanovichUniversity of Vienna	Evolutionary formal tools for better understanding the dynamics of language change (D5) Igor YanovichUniversity of Vienna
11:55 AM–12:05 PM
12:05–1:10 PM	Diachronic Pragmatics and the Rise of Pragmatic Markers (Part 1) Maj-Britt Mosegaard HansenUniversity of Manchester	Diachronic Pragmatics and the Rise of Pragmatic Markers (Part 2) Maj-Britt Mosegaard HansenUniversity of Manchester	Diachronic Pragmatics and the Rise of Pragmatic Markers (Part 3) Maj-Britt Mosegaard HansenUniversity of Manchester	Cyclical processes in language change (Part 1) Ljuba VeselinovaStockholm University	Cyclical processes in language change (Part 2) Ljuba VeselinovaStockholm University
1:10–2:10 PM	Light Lunch served at venue, including Poster Session and Presentations
2:10–2:55 PM	Phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics (D1) Gerhard JägerUniversity of Tübingen	Phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics (D2) Gerhard JägerUniversity of Tübingen	Phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics (D3) Gerhard JägerUniversity of Tübingen	Phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics (D4) Gerhard JägerUniversity of Tübingen	Phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics (D5) Gerhard JägerUniversity of Tübingen
2:55–3:05 PM
3:05–3:50 PM	The Rise of Pragmatic Markers: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Pragmaticalization (D1) Katrin Axel-Tober & Kalle MüllerUniversity of Tübingen	The Rise of Pragmatic Markers: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Pragmaticalization (D2) Katrin Axel-Tober & Kalle MüllerUniversity of Tübingen	The Rise of Pragmatic Markers: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Pragmaticalization (D3) Katrin Axel-Tober & Kalle MüllerUniversity of Tübingen	The Rise of Pragmatic Markers: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Pragmaticalization (D4) Katrin Axel-Tober & Kalle MüllerUniversity of Tübingen	The Rise of Pragmatic Markers: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Pragmaticalization (D5) Katrin Axel-Tober & Kalle MüllerUniversity of Tübingen
3:50–4:00 PM
4:00–4:45 PM	Computational modeling of semantic change (D1) Nina Tahmasebi & Pierluigi CassottiUniversity of Gothenburg	Computational modeling of semantic change (D2) Nina Tahmasebi & Pierluigi CassottiUniversity of Gothenburg	Computational modeling of semantic change (D3) Nina Tahmasebi & Pierluigi CassottiUniversity of Gothenburg	Computational modeling of semantic change (D4) Nina Tahmasebi & Pierluigi CassottiUniversity of Gothenburg	Computational modeling of semantic change (D5) Nina Tahmasebi & Pierluigi CassottiUniversity of Gothenburg
4:45–4:55 PM
4:55–6:00 PM	CHS Special Session Eleni Belmehdi, Ioanna Papadopoulou, Julien RazanajaoCenter for Hellenic Studies, Harvard Universityjoint work with the AthDGC team	English in a comparative Germanic approach (Part 1) Thórhallur EythórssonUniversity of Iceland	English in a comparative Germanic approach (Part 2) Thórhallur EythórssonUniversity of Iceland	Case syncretism in Ancient Greek (Part 1) Flavia PompeoSapienza Università di Roma	Case syncretism in Ancient Greek (Part 2) Flavia PompeoSapienza Università di Roma
6:00–6:10 PM
6:10–7:15 PM	Modality: diachronic and computational approaches (Part 1) Francesca Dell’OroUniversità di Bologna	Modality: diachronic and computational approaches (Part 2) Francesca Dell’OroUniversità di Bologna	Forecasting the propagation of language change (Part 1) Sigríður Sæunn SigurðardóttirUniversity of Iceland	Forecasting the propagation of language change (Part 2) Sigríður Sæunn SigurðardóttirUniversity of Iceland	Diachronic Linguistics Today and Tomorrow (Part 2) Nikolaos LavidasNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
7:15–7:25 PM
7:25–8:10 PM	Reconstructing the Unwritten: Sri Lanka Afro-Portuguese and the Limits of the Record Ioanna SitaridouUniversity of Cambridge		Humanities without Humanists? The Future of Digital Humanities, with Special Focus on Digital Classical Philology Daniel Riaño RufilanchasCentro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Madrid	Diachronic Linguistics Today and Tomorrow (Part 1) Nikolaos LavidasNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Farewell Reception Social Event
8:35 PM	Castle and Portara Tour Social Event	Traditional Greek Dinner in village Social Event	Traditional Greek Dinner in village Social Event

Best Presentation / Poster Award

The 11th Naxos Summer School on Diachronic Linguistics will present a Best Presentation / Poster Award recognizing outstanding research presented during the program.

The award will be given to the participant whose presentation or poster demonstrates exceptional academic quality, originality, and clarity of presentation. The selection will be made by a committee of instructors and organizers.

The award aims to encourage high-quality research and active participation among early-career researchers.

Social Events

Sunday: Welcome Reception & Invited Talk (8:30 PM)

Monday: Castle and Portara Tour (8:35 PM)

Tuesday / Wednesday: Traditional Greek Dinner in village (8:35 PM)

Friday: Farewell Reception (7:25 PM)

Program last updated: May 2026