Conference presentations & invited talks
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18 May 2026
Towards a Typology of Orthography of Indic Loanwords in Mainland Southeast Asian Languages
Linguistics PhD Day, Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale, Université de Genève
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26–28 Mar 2026
LLM-Assisted Dataset Building for Ancient Low-Resource Languages: Old Georgian, Tangut, and Pali
Unil@AI Day, Université de Lausanne
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17 Jan 2026
Georgian Oshki Bible Ezra as a Translation from Armenian
with Dr. Diego Luinetti
International Scientific Conference dedicated to Academician Mzekala Shanidze (online)
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8–12 Sep 2025
Towards a Typology of Orthography of Indic Loanwords in Mainland Southeast Asian Languages
35. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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8–12 Sep 2025
Diagnostic Linguistic Features of Christian Old Georgian Texts Translated from Arabic
35. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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8–12 Sep 2025
Aramaeograms and Syriac Loanwords in the Middle Persian Psalter in Light of the World’s Heterographic Traditions
35. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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11–13 Jun 2025
Pattern Replication and Semitic Syntax as Diagnostic Features for Identifying Medieval Arabic-Georgian Translations
Caucasian Linguistics: Recent Advances and Emerging Topics, Maison Internationale des Langues et des Cultures, Lyon
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4–6 Jun 2025
Multilingual Encounters in the Buddha Biography in Rašīd al-Dīn’s Compendium of Chronicles
Translation and Multilingualism in Mongol and Post-Mongol Eurasia, Universität Münster
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23 May 2025
Chair of Session III: Tangut in situ
Tangut and Qiangic in situ, Institut d’études avancées de Paris
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16 May 2025
Diagnostic Linguistic Features for Identifying Medieval Georgian Translations from Arabic Sources
PhD Day 2025, Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale
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11 Mar 2025
The Jātaka Stories in the Balavariani
Atelier de recherche SLAS, Université de Lausanne
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28 Nov 2024
Syriac and Iranic Influences on Chinese Jingjiao Documents
Sinology Colloquium, Universität Zürich
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14–16 Nov 2024
al-Bīrūnī on Metempsychosis and his Greek and Sanskrit Sources
La métempsycose en Islam, Aix-Marseille Université
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17–19 Oct 2024
Translating the Buddha’s Life Story into Georgian — Balavariani in the Eurasian Linguistic Context
Diverse Lives: Narratives of Śākyamuni Buddha in Text and Image, Musée du Mariemont
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10–11 Oct 2024
Linguistic Features and “Semiticisms” in Arabic-Georgian Translations — with focus on Balavariani
Approche linguistique des traductions entre langues anciennes, Aix-Marseille Université
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30 Aug – 1 Sep 2024
The Buddha’s Journey to the West: The Textual Tradition of Barlaam and Josaphat
When Himalaya Meets the Alps, University of Cambridge
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17–26 Jul 2024
The Buddha in Caucasus: Balavariani in the Eurasian Linguistic Context
7th International Summer School Georgian Manuscript, Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts
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4 Jun 2024
Le Bouddha au Caucase : Traduire la biographie du Bouddha en géorgien
Les défis de la relève en linguistique et sciences du langage, CLSL, Université de Lausanne
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26 Mar 2024
The Buddha’s Journey to the West — Barlaam and Josaphat in the Eurasian Linguistic Context
Les défis de la relève en linguistique et sciences du langage, CLSL, Université de Lausanne
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7–8 Dec 2023
Pahlavi Psalter, Psalter Pahlavi — Reconsidering the Aramaeograms in the Pahlavi Psalter
Conceptualising Sacred Languages and Their Visual Inimitability, SOAS, University of London
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14–16 Jun 2023
Scriptio buddhica, interpretatio islamica — The *Ārya-vasiṣṭha-sūtra in Rašīd al-Dīn’s Ǧāmiʿ at-Tawārīḫ
Beyond Comparison, IDK Philology, LMU München
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27 Apr 2023
Scriptio buddhica, interpretatio islamica — The *Ārya-vasiṣṭha-sūtra in Rašīd al-Dīn’s Ǧāmiʿ at-Tawārīḫ
Colloquium Kalīla wa-Dimna — AnonymClassic, Freie Universität Berlin