Mini African Symposium

The Mini African Symposium 2016 at MPI for the Science of Human History focuses on the recent research in Africa, mainly in Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics. It will reflect the interdisciplinary ground of the institute, which has become the key to answering big questions about human evolutionary history, origins and migrations.

Speakers

Russell Gray
Director, Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, MPI_SHH, Jena, Germany

Nicole Boivin
Director, Department of Archaeology, MPI-SHH, Jena, Germany

Hiba Babiker
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, MPI-SHH, Jena, Germany

Chiara Barbieri
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, MPI-SHH, Jena, Germany

Anne-Maria Fehn
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, MPI-SHH, Jena, Germany

Tom Güldemann
Department of African Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Abbie Hantgan
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK

Jeffrey Heath
Department of Linguistics, LSA, University of Michigan, USA

Steve Moran
Department of Comparative Linguistics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Luca Pagani
Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia

Jorge Rocha
Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Lameen Souag
Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale, CNRS, Paris, France