| 10:00-10:15 | Opening Ceremony |
| 10:15-11:45 | On Placing Pronouns, Albanian in Slavic, and Slavic in Rumanian |
| CHAIR: Keith Langston [University of Georgia, U. S. A.] | |
| Tom Priestly [University of Alberta, Canada] | |
| Placement of Pronouns in a Slovene dialect | |
| Matthew C. Curtis [The Ohio State University, U. S. A.] | |
| On the chronology of lexical borrowings from Albanian into Slavic | |
| Helmut Schaller [University of Marburg, Germany] | |
| Slavic elements and their history in the present Rumanian language |
| 11:45-1:15 | lunch break |
| 1:15-2:15 | On Short Stories and Essays |
| CHAIR: Michael Biggins [University of Washington, U. S. A.] | |
| Kristina Reardon [University of Connecticut, U. S. A.] | |
| The female gaze on the new “other”—the members of non-Slovenian post-Yugoslav states | |
| 2:15-3:15 | coffee break + chat |
| Tom Priestly [University of Alberta, Canada] | |
| How I spent my summer vacation, 1960: to Ohrid on a shoestring |
| 3:15-4:45 | On Lexicon in the Sprachbund, Turkish in Macedonia and Kosovo, and Infinitive in Proto-Gheg |
| CHAIR: Brian Joseph [The Ohio State University, U. S. A.] | |
| Viktor Friedman [University of Chicago, U. S. A.] | |
| What is a newspaper? Basic color terms and Balkan linguistics | |
| Andrew Dombrowski [University of Chicago, U. S. A.] | |
| Pulevski’s Turkish in a Balkan context | |
| Kelly Lynne Maynard [Moraine Valley Community College, U. S. A.] | |
| Reconstruction of the Proto-Gheg infinitive |
| 5:00-6:00 | My Balkans—PETER LIPPMAN [Seattle, WA, U. S. A.] |
| 8:45-9:45 | On Body Parts and Laments and Weepings |
| CHAIR: Donald L. Dyer [The University of Mississippi, U. S. A.] | |
| Denis S. Ermolin [Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia] | |
| Funeral laments and weepings among the Albanians of the Ukraine: (con)-texts and semantics | |
| 9:45-10:15 | coffee break |
| 10:15-1:45 | On Migrants, Identification, and Effective Communication |
| CHAIR: Olga Mladenova [University of Calgary, Canada] | |
| Tanya Dimitrova [Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany] | |
| Language as a main identification marker among Bulgarian migrants in Greece | |
| Grace E. Fielder [University of Arizona, U. S. A.] | |
| Language, identity and standardization in the Balkans |
| 11:45-1:15 | lunch break |
| 1:15-2:45 | On Poetry, Songs, and Stones |
| CHAIR: James West [University of Washington, U. S. A.] | |
| Bavjola Shatro [University “Aleksander Moisiu”, Albania] | |
| Metaphysical concepts and hermeticism in contemporary Albanian poetry; The poetry of Martin Camaj in Palimpsest | |
| Dragica Popovska [Institute of National History, Macedonia] | |
| The sacred stones in Macedonian folk religion |
| 2:45-3:45 | coffee break + chat |
| Thede Kahl [Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany] | |
| Balkanisms Today are as relevant as ever |
| 3:45-4:45 | On Newspapers and Textbooks |
| CHAIR: Gordana Crnković [University of Washington, U. S. A.] | |
| Aleksandra Salamurovic [Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany] | |
| Cultural models of self-images and alterity in Serbian newspapers after 2000 | |
| Amanda Greber [University of Toronto, Canada] | |
| T is for Tito: Good language, good citizen, and identity in textbooks | |
| 5:00-6:00 | MY BALKANS—Yvonne Hunt [Seattle, WA, U. S. A.] |
| 8:45-9:45 | On Pragmatics and Dialectal Speech |
| CHAIR: Jim Augerot [University of Washington, U. S. A.] | |
| Ivelina Tchizmarova [Simon Fraser University, Canada] | |
| Pragmatic functions of non-anaphoric definites and non-deictic demonstratives in Bulgarian | |
| Ronelle Alexander [University of California, Berkeley, U. S. A.] | |
| Bulgarian Dialectology as Living Tradition |
| 9:45-10:15 | coffee break |
| 10:15-11:45 | On Multi-Lingual Contact, Making a Language, and Regulating a Standard Language |
| CHAIR: Tom Priestly [University of Alberta, Canada] | |
| Brian Joseph [The Ohio State University, U. S. A.] & Christopher Brown [The Ohio State University, U. S. A.] | |
| Balkanological lessons from the Greek of Southern Albania | |
| Marija Ilić [Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia] & Bojan Belić [University of Washington, U. S. A.] | |
| Language in the making? The case of Bunjevački | |
| Keith Langston [University of Georgia, U. S. A.] | |
| Managing Croatian and Serbian: The role of language planning boards |
| 11:45-1:15 | lunch break |
| 1:15-2:15 | On Romanian Lions and Demons and Turkish Women |
| CHAIR: Ronelle Alexander [University of California, Berkeley, U. S. A.] | |
| Nicolae Stanciu [University of Ljubljana, Slovenia] | |
| About lions and demons in Romanian and Slavic Cultures | |
| Lidija Delić [Institute for Literature and Arts, Serbia] | |
| Turk woman in the epic poetry of the Balkan Christians: An insight into epic and social stereotypes |
| 2:15-3:15 | coffee break + chat |
| Plavi kit’s among Us |
| 3:15-4:45 | On Naming Professions, Analyzing Texts, and Accepting/Rejecting Manuscripts |
| CHAIR: Victor Friedman [University of Chicago, U. S. A.] | |
| Thede Kahl [Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany] | |
| Old professions and occupational names in multilingual communities of South Albania | |
| Olga Mladenova [University of Calgary, Canada] | |
| Textual analysis and historical linguistics: Bulgarian continuants of Proto-Slavic *ě | |
| Donald L. Dyer [The University of Mississippi, U. S. A.] | |
| Hanging in the balance: Real lessons in manuscript acceptance and rejection at Balkanistica |
| 5:00-6:00 | MY BALKANS—Mary Sherhart [Seattle, WA, U. S. A.] |