Institut für Finnougristik, LMU München
@finnougristiklmu.bsky.social
Institute of Finno-Ugric/Uralic Studies at LMU Munich (https://www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/). We post updates on our activities, news in the field of Uralic studies, and interesting facts about Uralic languages and cultures.
On Monday, 3 November, Daria Zhornik (LMU) will give a talk summarizing the results of her doctoral dissertation. The title of the talk is "Discourse organisation in Northern Mansi: new findings". 14:15–15:45 CET, A 016 in the main building:
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October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
On Monday, 3 November, Daria Zhornik (LMU) will give a talk summarizing the results of her doctoral dissertation. The title of the talk is "Discourse organisation in Northern Mansi: new findings". 14:15–15:45 CET, A 016 in the main building:
www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
Herzhaft-süßes must leib, eine malerische Moorlandschaft oder die minimalistische Musik Arvo Pärts – das und vieles mehr möchten die ExkursionsteilnehmerInnen im Rahmen ihrer Abschlusspräsentation mit Interessierten teilen. 31.10.2025, 14.00, Veranstaltungsraum Philologicum.
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Herzhaft-süßes must leib, eine malerische Moorlandschaft oder die minimalistische Musik Arvo Pärts – das und vieles mehr möchten die ExkursionsteilnehmerInnen im Rahmen ihrer Abschlusspräsentation mit Interessierten teilen. 31.10.2025, 14.00, Veranstaltungsraum Philologicum.
On Monday, 27 October, Jeremy Bradley (LMU Munich) will give a talk entitled "Seeing the forest for the trees: Uralic bibliography in and for the 21st century". 14:15–15:45 CET, A 016 in the main building. The Zoom link can be found here: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
Kolloquium WiSe 2025/26 - Lehrstuhl für Finnougristik - LMU München
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October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
On Monday, 27 October, Jeremy Bradley (LMU Munich) will give a talk entitled "Seeing the forest for the trees: Uralic bibliography in and for the 21st century". 14:15–15:45 CET, A 016 in the main building. The Zoom link can be found here: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
Vom 20. bis 23. Oktober wird Erika Erlinghagen (Universität Wien) bei uns vier Vorträge zu aktuellen Themen der Hungarologie halten: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/studium_lehr...
October 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Vom 20. bis 23. Oktober wird Erika Erlinghagen (Universität Wien) bei uns vier Vorträge zu aktuellen Themen der Hungarologie halten: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/studium_lehr...
We are starting the winter semester with memories of Estonian summer. On 13 October, 14:15–15:45 CEST, Tiia Palosaar will report on the excursion to Estonia, and Ksenia Shagal will present her pet project on the linguistic landscape of Narva-Jõesuu www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
We are starting the winter semester with memories of Estonian summer. On 13 October, 14:15–15:45 CEST, Tiia Palosaar will report on the excursion to Estonia, and Ksenia Shagal will present her pet project on the linguistic landscape of Narva-Jõesuu www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...
The time before the beginning of the semester is perfect for all kinds of academic exchange, both for our students and for our teachers. Greetings from ELTE Budapest where Ksenia Shagal is giving several lectures on linguistic typology and Finnish pragmatics this week!
September 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The time before the beginning of the semester is perfect for all kinds of academic exchange, both for our students and for our teachers. Greetings from ELTE Budapest where Ksenia Shagal is giving several lectures on linguistic typology and Finnish pragmatics this week!
In August, a group of our students learning Estonian went on a week-long excursion to Estonia. In the winter semester, we will have two presentations related to the trip, one on 13 October in the colloquium and another one on 31 October. Stayed tuned!
September 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In August, a group of our students learning Estonian went on a week-long excursion to Estonia. In the winter semester, we will have two presentations related to the trip, one on 13 October in the colloquium and another one on 31 October. Stayed tuned!
Mʉβəɬi juːɣət sɐːjnə? Manər jiwət sājt? Mi van a fák mögött? Wenn Sie solche Fragen beschäftigen, Antworten erfahren Sie im kommenden Semester beim Kurs "3-in-1: Chantisch-Mansisch-Ungarisch kompakt!" von Zsófia Schön!
September 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Mʉβəɬi juːɣət sɐːjnə? Manər jiwət sājt? Mi van a fák mögött? Wenn Sie solche Fragen beschäftigen, Antworten erfahren Sie im kommenden Semester beim Kurs "3-in-1: Chantisch-Mansisch-Ungarisch kompakt!" von Zsófia Schön!
(Wiesen)marisch an der LMU, direkt von den Leuten, die mit der Sprache arbeiten: im kommenden Semester bieten Jeremy Bradley & Johannes Hirvonen einen Sprach- und Strukturkurs zum Marischen an. Keine erforderlichen Vorkenntnisse!
September 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
(Wiesen)marisch an der LMU, direkt von den Leuten, die mit der Sprache arbeiten: im kommenden Semester bieten Jeremy Bradley & Johannes Hirvonen einen Sprach- und Strukturkurs zum Marischen an. Keine erforderlichen Vorkenntnisse!
Ten more days to apply for a permanent full-time position of a lecturer in Hungarian at LMU Munich! Please share or forward this to your friends who might be interested!
The Institute of Uralic Studies at LMU Munich is seeking applications for a position of a lecturer in Hungarian. It is a full-time permanent position with a starting date in February 2026. The deadline for applications is 20 September 2025. Please spread the word! job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/a...
Lecturer in Hungarian (m/f/x)
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September 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Ten more days to apply for a permanent full-time position of a lecturer in Hungarian at LMU Munich! Please share or forward this to your friends who might be interested!
The LMU delegation at #cifu14 was so big that we did not fit into one picture, but here are at least some of us on various occasions. Many thanks to the organizers for this wonderful congress!
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The LMU delegation at #cifu14 was so big that we did not fit into one picture, but here are at least some of us on various occasions. Many thanks to the organizers for this wonderful congress!
Opening the symposium on Building diachronic corpora for minority languages at Congressus XIV Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum. The symposium is organized by Jeremy Bradley, Daria Zhornik, Ksenia Shagal (Munich), Timofey Arkhangelskiy, Alexandre Arkhipov (Hamburg), and Trond Trosterud (Tromsø).
August 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Opening the symposium on Building diachronic corpora for minority languages at Congressus XIV Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum. The symposium is organized by Jeremy Bradley, Daria Zhornik, Ksenia Shagal (Munich), Timofey Arkhangelskiy, Alexandre Arkhipov (Hamburg), and Trond Trosterud (Tromsø).
The Institute of Uralic Studies at LMU Munich is seeking applications for a position of a lecturer in Hungarian. It is a full-time permanent position with a starting date in February 2026. The deadline for applications is 20 September 2025. Please spread the word! job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/a...
Lecturer in Hungarian (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
August 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The Institute of Uralic Studies at LMU Munich is seeking applications for a position of a lecturer in Hungarian. It is a full-time permanent position with a starting date in February 2026. The deadline for applications is 20 September 2025. Please spread the word! job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/a...
The third bilingual Hungarian–German volume of Dezső Kosztolányi's works translated by our students and our wonderful Hungarian lecturer Mária Kelemen together with a writer and translator Akos Doma was presented yesterday at the Consulate General of Hungary in Munich!
July 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The third bilingual Hungarian–German volume of Dezső Kosztolányi's works translated by our students and our wonderful Hungarian lecturer Mária Kelemen together with a writer and translator Akos Doma was presented yesterday at the Consulate General of Hungary in Munich!
On Monday, 21 July, we will have two talks in the colloquium: (1) Margarita Wolf (LMU): Inchoative strategies in Northern Mansi; (2) Gwen Eva Janda (LMU): Effects of language change on Bridging Linkage. 14:15–15:45 CEST in A 014 or in Zoom: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
July 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
On Monday, 21 July, we will have two talks in the colloquium: (1) Margarita Wolf (LMU): Inchoative strategies in Northern Mansi; (2) Gwen Eva Janda (LMU): Effects of language change on Bridging Linkage. 14:15–15:45 CEST in A 014 or in Zoom: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
On Monday, 7 July, Tobias Weber (Technical University of Liberec) will give a talk with the title "Languages are GLAM: On the role of memory institutions in philologies and humanities". 14:15–15:45 CEST, in A 014 in the main building and in Zoom: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
July 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On Monday, 7 July, Tobias Weber (Technical University of Liberec) will give a talk with the title "Languages are GLAM: On the role of memory institutions in philologies and humanities". 14:15–15:45 CEST, in A 014 in the main building and in Zoom: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
On Monday, 30 June, at 14:15–15:45 CEST, Jeremy Bradley will talk about where he is, how he got there, and where he is going: "How we got here": Uralic languages of the Volga Region and Siberia since WWI – Structural change contextualized. www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
Kolloquium SoSe 2025 - Lehrstuhl für Finnougristik - LMU München
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June 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
On Monday, 30 June, at 14:15–15:45 CEST, Jeremy Bradley will talk about where he is, how he got there, and where he is going: "How we got here": Uralic languages of the Volga Region and Siberia since WWI – Structural change contextualized. www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
We are very happy to announce that Jeremy Bradley, previously a member of our team (2014–2018), has returned to our institute and is once again the person to contact for matters of study coordination: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/personen/wis...
June 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
We are very happy to announce that Jeremy Bradley, previously a member of our team (2014–2018), has returned to our institute and is once again the person to contact for matters of study coordination: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/personen/wis...
Daria Zhornik and Lorenz Staudacher gave a talk in our colloquium yesterday about their work with Northern Mansi materials from Valery Chernetsov's archive. Several students have been processing the folklore narratives and analysing them in their course papers and BA theses.
June 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Daria Zhornik and Lorenz Staudacher gave a talk in our colloquium yesterday about their work with Northern Mansi materials from Valery Chernetsov's archive. Several students have been processing the folklore narratives and analysing them in their course papers and BA theses.
On Monday, 23 June, Daria Zhornik and Lorenz Staudacher (LMU Munich), who work with Northern Mansi archival materials, will give a talk on Valery Chernetsov's archive: processing, research and future prospects. 14:15–15:45 CEST, A 014 in the main building – or contact us for a Zoom link!
June 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On Monday, 23 June, Daria Zhornik and Lorenz Staudacher (LMU Munich), who work with Northern Mansi archival materials, will give a talk on Valery Chernetsov's archive: processing, research and future prospects. 14:15–15:45 CEST, A 014 in the main building – or contact us for a Zoom link!
Greetings from Riga where we are presenting our research at the conference on Areal linguistics and language contact of Uralic languages. Our institute is represented by Margarita Wolf, Johannes Hirvonen, Ksenia Shagal @ksushagal.bsky.social, Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social, and Gwen Eva Janda.
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Greetings from Riga where we are presenting our research at the conference on Areal linguistics and language contact of Uralic languages. Our institute is represented by Margarita Wolf, Johannes Hirvonen, Ksenia Shagal @ksushagal.bsky.social, Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social, and Gwen Eva Janda.
On Monday, 16 June, Irina Burukina (University of Florida) will give a talk on Inflected infinitives in Mari: Clitics, subject agreement, or a secret third thing. 14:15–15:45 CEST, A 014 in the main building – or using the Zoom link available here: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
On Monday, 16 June, Irina Burukina (University of Florida) will give a talk on Inflected infinitives in Mari: Clitics, subject agreement, or a secret third thing. 14:15–15:45 CEST, A 014 in the main building – or using the Zoom link available here: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/forschungssc...
Dear all, unfortunately, the talk on Monday, 26 May, has to be cancelled. Please stay tuned for further updates.
On Monday, 26 May, Gwen Eva Janda (LMU Munich) will give a talk on Bridging Linkage in Ob-Ugric: state of research, research aspects and outlook. 14:15–15:45 CEST, A 014 in the main building – or contact us for a Zoom link!
May 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Dear all, unfortunately, the talk on Monday, 26 May, has to be cancelled. Please stay tuned for further updates.