From March 1st to March 5th, 2021, the ULB and RMCA will welcome international scholars from diverse disciplines to discuss methods and the latest results regarding the African precolonial past.
When a pandemic puts fieldwork to an end and demands repatriation.
First linguistic fieldwork, in the region south of Kisangani, for David’s doctoral research.
International call
First official visit to the University of Kisangani and some teambuilding during fieldwork
Ricquier, B. 2019. At a Crossroads of Bantu Expansions : The Language and Settlement History of the Eastern Congo Basin Revisited. International Conference for Historical Linguistics
Every two years, during one week, all that matters is historical linguistics. At this year’s ICHL, discussions revolved around agricultural driven dispersals, multidisciplinary challenges, sound changes, but also the ethics of research on indigenous languages.
On the article submitted for the Unesco World Report by B. Ricquier, E. Bangwabendi Katoba, D. Kopa wa Kopa, C. Kumbatulu Sita Bangbasa, C. Kutsch Lojenga, J.-R. Lofemba Boningoli Batita, J. Maniacky, N. Mombaya Liwila and E. Ngbanga Bandombele
The present blog post is an appendix to the article published in the UNESCO World Report (read here, pages 361-367) and compiled by the same
At a crossroads of Bantu expansions
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