Linguistic fieldwork summer program en Géorgie (CauLaGe) 18-31 août 2025

 The CauLaGe Summer Program is a collaborative initiative between CNRS (France) and Ilia State University (Georgia). Our primary goals are:

• Introducing Georgian students to formal methods of language description and documentation.

• Providing hands-on fieldwork training on an understudied language for both Georgian and international students.

• Promoting linguistic research on (Tsova-)Tush.

• Building enduring collaborations with Georgian scholars.

The program is designed to provide a comprehensive learning experience through:

• Formal Linguistic Training: Structured morning sessions focused on general linguistic subfields and Tsova-Tush grammar.

• Practical Fieldwork: In the afternoons, students will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on fieldwork with Tsova-Tush speakers, under expert supervision.

• Collaborative Learning: Students will work closely with leading linguists and scholars, forming lasting collaborations that extend beyond the summer program.
  
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  The supervisors who will participate in the program are (in alphabetical order):
  
   

  Nikos Angelopoulos, CNRS

  Susana Bejar, University of Toronto

  Marina Chumakina, University of Surrey

  Lieven Danckaert, CNRS/Université de Lille

  Daniel Harbour, CNRS

  Bryn Hauk, independent researcher

  Aritz Irurtzun, CNRS

  Diana Kakashvili, Tbilisi State University, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

  Nicola Lampitelli, Université Nanterre

  Martha McGinnis, University of Victoria

  Léa Nash, Université Paris 8-CNRS

  Andrew Nevins, UCL

  Tatiana Nikitina, CNRS

  Jérémy Pasquereau, CNRS

  Milan Rezac, CNRS

  Neige Rochant, Université de Lausanne

  Isabelle Roy, Nantes Université

  Jesse Wichers Schreur, Universiteit Leiden

  Thomas Wier, Free University of Tbilisi