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Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. phil. Dr. h. c.

Thede Kahl

Chairman of the commission 
Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage
Contact: thede.kahl(at)oeaw.ac.at

Scientific career

Scientific career

  • October 2010-present: University Professor for Southern Slavic Studies and Southeastern European Studies (director of the Institute of Slavonic Studies until June 2015, director of the newly-founded Department of Slavonic and Caucasian Studies at Friedrich Schiller University Jena until March 2016)
  • head of FWF-funded project BalkanNOMAD (Balkan Nomads Oral Materials Annotated & Documented) at the Commission „Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage“ within the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2018-2019)
  • head of ÖAW-funded project IRDICH (Innovation in Research and Documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage) at the Commission „Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage“ within the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2018-2020)
  • head of two DFG projects on Langzeitarchivierung regionalwissenschaftlicher Forschungsdaten [Long-Term Archiving of Regional Academic Research Data];
  • member of the DFGresearch training group Kulturelle Orientierungen in Südosteuropa [Cultural Orientations in Southeastern Europe];
  • head of the EU-financed research project Interphraseologie [Interphraseology]
  • head of the Henkel-financed research project Symbioses in interethnic and interreligious relationship between Christians and Muslims in Sandjak
  • May 2008-April 2010; Head of the FWF project Sprach- und Kulturwandel der Wanderhirten. Albanisch, Aromunisch, Griechisch, Makedonisch [Nomadic Shepherds Language and Cultural Changes: Albanian, Aromanian, Greek, Macedonian]
  • 2002-2006 Editor of the Atlas Ost- und Südosteuropa [Atlas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe] at the Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies, Vienna
  • August 2002-November 2002 Research Associate at the Institute of Slavic Philology, Phillips University of Marburg
  • August 1999-June 2002: Research Associate at the Department of Geography, University of Münster

Education

Education

  • 2007 Habilitation; venia legendi  Sprachen und Kulturen des Balkanraumes [Languages and Cultures of the Balkan Area], University of Vienna
  • 1999 Dr. phil. in geography, summa cum laude, University of Münster
  • 1994-1999 Studies in Slavic studies, geography, and Byzantine philology in Münster, Cologne and Hamburg (internships in Moscow, Thessaloniki)
  • 1991-1994 Studies in geography, classical philology, and Russian education for secondary schools, I/II

Professional Activities (Selected)

Professional Activities (Selected)

  • member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • founder and chairman of the commission on "Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage"
  • Member of the Linguistics Committee at the Saxon Academy of Sciences
  • President (since 2010) and Deputy President (since 2016) of the Balkanromanistenverband [Balkan Romance Studies Association]
  • Secretary of the Balkans Committee at the International Congress of Slavists, Chicago (since 2006)
  • Honorary doctorate from "Vasile Goldis" Western University of Arad;
  • holder of a Gold Medal of Gagauzia;
  • Co-Editor of the book series Balkanologie [Balkanology], Forum: Rumänien [Forum: Romania], Forum: Bulgarien [Forum: Bulgaria], Symbolae Slavicae [Slavic Symbols]; editor of the Zeitschrift für Balkanologie [Journal of Balkanology] as well as numerous international academic journals

5 important peer reviewed articles

5 important peer reviewed articles

  • 2018: New Initiatives on the Research and Documentation of Griko and Arbëresh in Apulia / Italy. In: Kahl, Thede; Krapova, Iliana; Turano, Giuseppina (Hg.): Balkan and South Slavic Enclaves in Italy. Languages, Dialects and Identities. Proceedings from the Sixth Meeting of the Commission for Balkan Linguistics of the International Committee of Slavists. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 153-164.
  • 2016: Soziolinguistische Anmerkungen zu den Geheimsprachen der Maurer (Kudaritika) und Schneider (Bukureika) aus den Tzumerka-Bergen (Pindos). In: Moennig, Ulrich (Hg.): “ὡς ἀθύρματα παῖδας“. Festschrift für Hans Eideneier. Berlin, Romiosini: 427-449.
  • 2015: with Metzeltin, Michael: Die Numerusbildung in den Balkansprachen. Ein typologischer Vergleich. In: Slavia Meridionalis 15: 75-98.
  • 2015: Dynamics of the Common Balkan Lexemes. New Research Perspectives and Desiderata in the Field of Balkan Linguistics. In: Die Welt der Slaven LIX, 310-331.
  • 2012: Der „Albaner“ und seine Sprache in der Babylonia des D. K. Byzantios. In: Chisacof, Lia (Hg.): Nicolae Ș. Tanașoca la 70 de ani. București 2012, 84-93.

5 important books and monographic studies

5 important books and monographic studies

  • 2015: with Metzeltin, Michael: Sprachtypologie. Ein Methoden- und Arbeitsbuch für Balkanologen, Romanisten und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaftler. Wiesbaden, New York, Harrassowitz
  • 2007: Hirten in Kontakt. Linguistic and cultural changes of former migrant herdsmen in Epirus and southern Albania (Albanian, Aromanian Greek, Macedonian). Münster, Wien, New York
  • 2006: Ηπειρώτικα παραμύθια – Fairy tales from Epirus. Recorded and transcribed by Thede Kahl and Andreas Karzis. Bilingual edition Greek-German. With a foreword by the Greek President Karolos Papoulias. Thessaloniki, Cologne (University Studio Press, Romiosini), 396 p.
  • 2005: with Maria Bara und Andrej N. Sobolev: Южноаромынский говор села Туря (Кранея), Пинд. Синтаксис, лексика, этнолингвистика, тексты (The south Aromanian variety of Turia [Krania], Pindus. Syntax, Lexic, Ethnolinguistics, Texts). Materialien zum Südosteuropasprachatlas 4. München
  • 1999: Ethnizität und räumliche Verbreitung der Aromunen in Südosteuropa [Ethnicity and Spatial Distribution of Aromanians in Southeastern Europe]. Münstersche Geographische Arbeiten 43. Münster

5 invited lessons and keynotes in 2018

5 invited lessons and keynotes in 2018