Andreea Pascaru, MA
Scientific researcher in the project "'Hidden' languages in Austria", Austrian Academy's Platform for Multilingualism (2022-2023)
Scientific researcher in the IRDICH Project (2018-2020)
Contact: Andreea.Pascaru(at)oeaw.ac.at
Tel.: +43 (0) 6769460826
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6053-8433
Research areas
Research areas
- Slavic languages and Modern Greek varieties
- Linguistic Anthropology and Philosophy of Culture
- Language loss and language revitalization
- Endangered language varieties in Southeast Europe and Asia Minor
- Documentation and digitization of languages and cultures at risk
Scientific career
Scientific career
02/2022-03/2023 | Scientific researcher in the project "Hidden" languages in Austria of the Austrian Academy's Platform for Multilingualism within the ACDH-CH (Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage) in cooperation with the VLACH Commission |
since 2023 | Associate consultant of the Research unit Bessarion (Center for research, documentation, archiving and study of Greek varieties) Member of the Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage Commission, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Member of the American Anthropological Association |
2018-2022 | Project coordinator in the publication of ethnolinguistic material within the Basic projects of the VLACH Commission
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since 2018 | Regular member of the Association of Balkanologists (Balkanologenverband e.V.) |
since 2017 | Regular member of the International Council for Traditional Music (https://www.ictmusic.org/) |
06/2018-08/2020 | Scientific researcher in the Innovation in Research and Documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage (IRDICH) Project of the VLACH Commission, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna |
04/2017-06/2019 | Scientific researcher in the DFG research project Web platform for the processing, publication and digital preservation of research data from the regional science (LaZAR) |
since 2014 | Research documentation of linguistic and ethnographic material within several Slavic, Romance and Greek language communities in South-Eastern Europe and the Caucasus (Greece, Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia) |
Autumn 2016 | Internship at the Phonogram Archives of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna |
Spring 2016 | Research assistant in the Project "LaZAR" (Digital Archive for Ethnographic Field Data), Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
01/2015-03/2017 | Research assistant at the Department of South Slavic Studies of the Institute of Slavic and Caucasus Studies, Jena |
Organized scientific events
10/2022 | Symposium: “Ethnic markets” in the modern urban space. From ethnic diversity to ethno-business, the 7th edition of the International Symposium of Urban Anthropology, Bucharest, (together with Thede Kahl). |
09/10 2019 | Workshop: Co-organizer of Documenting Vanishing Languages, Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage Commission, Vienna. |
06/2017 | Conference: Intangible Cultural Heritage. Field Studies from Southeast Europe, Friedrich-Schiller-University. International conference of the Institute for Slavic Studies and Caucasus Studies, Jena, (together with Thede Kahl). |
05/2016 | Workshop: Co-organizer of Archiving Linguistic and Ethnographic Fieldwork Data, a workshop within the Project "LaZAR", Jena. |
Education
Education
Since 2017 | PhD Project: Between Linguistic, Denominational, and National Assignment: Cultural Self-Assertion and Identity Construction among Christian and Muslim Pontians, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany |
2012 - 2016 | MA in Southeastern European Studies with a focus on Slavic and romance cultures and languages, at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Institute of Slavic Studies and Caucasus Studies. Master's thesis: Linguistic and Cultural Identity in a Multiethnic Region: The Banat Bulgarians |
2008 - 2012 | BA in Cultural Anthropology, European Ethnology and Catholic Theology at the Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg. Bachelor thesis: The image of the Hungarian minority in the Romanian press |
Teaching and Workshops
Teaching and Workshops
Teaching
2018 - 2019 | Outside the trends: preservation and revitalization of language, music and material culture among the South Slavs, (together with Thede Kahl), Institute of Slavic Studies and Caucasus Studies, Jena |
2017 - 2018 | Linguistic and Religious Vitality of Minorities in Southeastern Europe, (together with Evelyn Reuter), Institute of Slavic Studies and Caucasus Studies, Jena |
09/2017 | Oral Traditions of the South Slavs in Music and Literature within the Expeditionsakademie of the Studienstiftung, Sarajevo |
2014 - 2015 | Introduction to South Slavic Literatures, Institute of Slavic Studies and Caucasus Studies, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena |
Workshops facilitated
10/2019 | Documenting an endangered language: attempting an ethnolinguistic profile of Pontic Greek from Northern Turkey, Workshop Documenting Vanishing Languages, Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage Commission, Vienna, Austria |
09/2018 | Assessing vitality of minority languages: Ethnolinguistic and anthropological fieldwork in Southeast Europe and the Caucasus, Kutaisi University, Kutaisi, Georgia |
06/2018 | Multiethnische Slavia/Romania: Sehen, Hören und Aufnehmen in Südosteuropa. Tag der Jenaer Slawistik, Institute for Slavic Studies and Caucasian Studies, Jena, Germany |
02/2018 | Introduction to Daco-Romanian. Framing the History of the Language and its Dialects, Romanian Cultural Days, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany |
Presentations
Presentations
Invited talks
Challenges in the preservation of heritage languages: Pontic Greek in Northern Greece. A case study, at the International Scientific Congress for Pontic Greek Ποντι-α-κή: Όψεις του σήμερα, προοπτικές του αύριο. Σκιαγραφώντας δρόμους και διαδρομές [The Pontic Greek Language: Aspects of present, prospects of future. Marking roads and routes], Florina, Greece, October 2022
Escuchando su historia: lingüística cultural y el enfoque holístico hacia las lenguas en extinción y la herencia cultural de Turquía, [Listening to their story: Cultural linguistics and the holistic approach to endangered languages and cultural heritage of Turkey ], 2ndo Coloquio de Lingüística en Bolivia (LSSB), Cochabamba, Bolivia, July 2021, online event
Linguistic field methods: background, insights and examples, International Virtual Student Colloquium Perspectives on Romania and Moldova, Institute for Slavic Studies and Caucasus Studies, Jena, Germany, February 2021
Documenting an endangered Greek variety: a profile of Romeyka (Pontic Greek of Turkey), Annual Meeting of the Commission for Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, October 2019
Romanian dialects outside of Romania: current field research on distribution, condition and meaning, [orig: Rumänische Dialekte außerhalb Rumäniens: Aktuelle Feldforschungen zu Verbreitung, Zustand und Bedeutung], Institute for Romance Studies, Regensburg, Germany, January 2017 (with Th. Kahl)
Conference presentations
Vanishing words and threatened knowledge during national homogenization processes: the culture of fear among the Pontic Greek community in Northern Greece, [orig.: Schwindende Worte und bedrohtes Wissen im Zeichen nationaler Homogenisierungsprozesse: die Angstkultur innerhalb der pontosgriechischen Gemeinschaft In Nordgriechenland]. Balkanologenverband, Berlin, November 2023
Legitimating authentic Pontic Greek: performative competences of young speakers and intergenerational language transmission. XIX International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML), Wales Trinity Saint David University, Carmarthen, Wales, June 2023
"Oh, oh, my Isuf, oh!" Performance and Meaning of Women's Laments from the Pontic Alps. Recordings in Pontic Greek of Karaçam Yaylası. 7th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe (online event) April, 2021
Singing rumca and dancing horon on the mountains of Karadeniz. Language preservation through music among the Romeyka speakers of Trebizond and Tonya, 12th Congress of South-East European Studies, Bucharest, Romania, September 2019
"Rumca tragodía exéris?" Die musikalische Renaissance des Pontos-Griechischen (Romeyka): Sprache, Stil und Folklore in der neuen Musik an der türkischen Schwarzmeerküste, Symposium "Von der Wiederholung zum Ritual. Prezente Prozesse in den Sprachen und Kulturen südosteuropäischer Gesellschaften", Berlin, Germany, November 2018
Revival and Fall in Adapting Folklore and Poetics: Revitalization and Cultural Turn of the Banat Bulgarian Language, Conference "Perspectives on linguistic diversity", panel: Linguistic endangerment in Southeast Europe, Rijeka, Croatia, June 2018
Multipart Aromanian singing and the sudden rise from rural to urban folklore, 6th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe, Sinj, Croatia, April 2018
On the Meaning of Language Codification: Multilingualism and Multispelling among Farsherots, Pomaks, and Pontians [orig. Vom Sinn der Sprachkodifizierung: Mehrsprachigkeit und Mehrschriftigkeit bei Farscheroten, Pomaken und Pontiern], Colloquium "Preservation of European Linguistic Diversity: Threatened linguistic varieties and minority languages in Italy and the Balkans. sustainability and language policy", Como (Villa Vigoni), Italy, March 2018
The Greek speaking Thracians in Dobrudja (Romania). The case of the village Izvoarele (Romania) [in Greek: Οι ελληνόφωνοι Θρακιώτες της Δοβρουτσάς. Η περίπτωση του χωριού Ιζβοάρελε (Ρουμανία)], Conference "Η ιστορική Θράκη υπό το πρίσμα των εθνο-γλωσσολογικών μελετών", Komotini, Greece, October 2017 (with Th. Kahl)
Searching for Nasreddin. Storytelling in Farsherot Aromanian (rramaneshti). Conference "Intangible Cultural Heritage. Field Studies from Southeast Europe", Jena, Germany, June 2017
Codifying the Pomak language: Political, cultural and scientific arguments and tendencies. Conference "Οι πομάκοι της Θράκης : πολυεπιστημονικές και διεπιστημονικές προσεγγίσεις" [The Pomaks of Thrace: A Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approach], Komotini, Greece, March 18, 2017
Ethnolinguistic fieldwork among the Banat Bulgarians: Identity patterns and cultural preservation of a dwindling minority, [orig.: Ethnolinguistische Feldforschung bei den Banater Bulgaren: Identitätsmuster und Kulturbewahrung einer schwindenden Minderheit. Symposium "Bulgarische Sprache, Kultur und Literatur in Europa", Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, June 7, 2015
Interviews
19.05.2021: How can young people save endangered languages? (orig.: Wie Junge Menschen aussterbende Sprachen retten können), https://www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/news/wie-junge-menschen-aussterbende-sprachen-retten-koennen.
Publications
Publications
Journals
2022 | (ed.), ”Ethnic markets” in the modern urban space. From ethnic diversity to ethno-business (Journal of Urban Anthropology 10/2), 244 p., Bucharest: Oscar Print, ISSN-L 2286-2390. |
Articles
2021 | With George A. Budur: "Ich schreibe sowohl auf Standardbulgarisch als auch auf Paulikianisch" – Die Banater Bulgaren und ihre Mikroliteratursprache, in Deutsch-Rumänische Hefte. |
2018 | With Thede Kahl: Rrāmānj und Armānj. Wie einheitlich sind Kultur, Sprache und Identität der Aromunen? In: Quo vadis Romania 50, S. 51-77. |
2017 | With Thede Kahl: Das Banater Bulgarisch im Dialog mit der Vergangenheit: Zur sprachlichen und kulturellen Identität einer slawischen Minderheit. In: Bulgarica Bd. 1, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft München, S. 101-131. |
Translated books
2016 | Wie Rumänien rumänisch wurde. Berlin: Frank & Timme (Translation of the book Cum s-a românizat România by Lucian Boia) |
Online Publications
2021 Characteristics of the Pontic Greek variety (together with Thede Kahl and Sotirios Rousiakis):
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/collections/greek-varieties/pontic-greek
2021 Characteristics of the Meglen Vlach language (together with Thede Kahl):
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/collections/meglen-vlach.
2019 Characteristics of the Banat Bulgarian language (together with Thede Kahl):
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/collections/bulgarian-varieties/banat-bulgarian.
Open access resources
Open access resources
Phonetic transcriptions accompanying audio-visual material of several recorded languages:
the Meglen Vlach language. See recordings and PDFs under https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/collections/meglen-vlach/
the Banat Bulgarian language. See recordings and PDFs under https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/collections/bulgarian-varieties/banat-bulgarian/
the Timok Vlach variety. See recordings and PDFs under https://www.oeaw.ac.at/de/vlach/collections/romanian-varieties/timok-romanian/vlach/
Language documentation
Language documentation
I am a linguistic anthropologist based at the Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage Commission in Vienna, Austria. Since 2014 I have conducted ethnolinguistic documentation among the Bulgarian speaking communities of Romania and the speakers of Bulgarian varieties in Western Thrace (Greece) as well as among speakers of Romance varieties such at the Timok Romanian (SRB, AU), the Aromanian (GR and ALB) and the Meglen Vlach (GR, TR, MK and RO).
Since 2016 I am doing intense research among the Pontic Greek speakers living in Greece, Turkey and the Caucasus (Georgia) while also working on the documentation of several other Greek varieties in Europe and Asia Minor.
All field research data (Video, Audio and Photo) is being annotated and documented within the VLACH Commission and long term stored at LaZAR.