Keynote speeches
Alexandra N. Lenz (University of Vienna, Austria) & Mateusz Maselko (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Opening lecture
Variationist
linguistics and contact linguistics: Perspectives on German and
its varieties – Variations- und
Kontaktlinguistik: Perspektiven zum Deutschen und seinen Varietäten
Péter Maitz (University of Augsburg, Germany)
Monday plenary lecture
Sprachkontakt und Sprachvariation in den deutschen Südseekolonien
Janne Bondi Johannessen (University of Oslo, Norway)
Tuesday plenary lecture
Dialect syntax in Scandinavia and America: research infrastructure and research results
Peter Rosenberg (Viadrina European University Frankfurt/Oder, Germany)
Wednesday plenary lecture
Variation, Contact, and Change: What can we learn from language islands in the “flood”?