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
- March 5-8, 2018: Conference at the Villa Vigoni: Safeguarding the multiplicity of languages in Europe. Linguistic varieties and minorities at risk in Italy and the Balkans. Linguistic sustainability and policies, key note: Can languages die?
- June 8-10, 2018: CLARC 2018 - Perspectives on linguistic diversity. International Linguistics Conference, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia, keynote: Endangered Romance and Slavonic varieties in Southeast Europe
- November 9-10, 2018 - 2nd International Conference on Greek Etymology, Institute of Modern Greek Studies (M. Triandaphyllidis Foundation), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, keynote: Greek and Balkan etymology
- November 1-3, 2018 - International Conference of the Balkanologenverband, contribution: Nationalisierung von Folklore in Südosteuropa: Durch Wiederholung zur Retraditionalisierung
- October 3-6, 2018 - Center for World Music: Kommission zur Erforschung musikalischer Volkskulturen in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde [Commission for the Study of Musical Folk Culture in the German Folklore Society], Conference on forbidden music, contribution: Zensur in den frühen Rembetika [Censorship in the early rembetika]