The conference invites the scholars interested in the history of linguistic ideas developed alongside with different ideologies in different times.
200 years ago, in 1819, Rasmus Rask after his well-known work “Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language” (1818), traveled in St. Petersburg and Tbilisi (1819). During this travel he wrote the paper “The Languages and Literature of Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland”. After that Rasmus Rask travelled in Persia, India and Ceylon. He wrote very important works on the authenticity of the Zend language and on the method of expressing the sounds of the Indian Languages in European characters. These works of Rasmus Rask created the strong basis of the historical-comparative linguistics. Due to this reason our conference dedicated to Rasmus Rask and 200 years history of comparative and areal linguistics.
Papers relating to any aspect of the history of linguistic ideas developed alongside with ideologies have been invited, focusing on diverse topic areas from individual case studies to methodological considerations (especially the papers on the history of comparative and areal linguistics).