International Workshop

A NEW DIGITAL TOOL FOR THE ANALYSIS

OF CLASSIFIER SCRIPTS AND LANGUAGES
Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation
Monday July 1st - Thursday July 4th, 2019 | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Maiersdorf room 501, Mount Scopus Campus

A four-day collaborative research workshop aimed at launching and showcasing the new digital iClassifier lab
platform (https://iClassifier.pw) developed at the Hebrew University, in the framework of the Israel Science
Foundation project 735/17. The workshop starts from the Ancient Egyptian script and offers lectures discussing
a range of topics in classifier scripts and languages. Sessions geared towards providing all participants
with the practical knowledge necessary for their use of the iClassifier digital platform will take place daily.

Workshop Program
Day 1 - Monday, July 1st, 2019
09:00 - 09:45 Registration
09:45 - 10:00 Greetings, Barak Medina, Rector, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10:00 - 11:00 Opening Lecture, Jean Winand, First Vice-Rector, University of Liège
The Role of Classifier Analysis in Egyptian Lexicography
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00 iClassifier: Objectives, Goals, Targets - Orly Goldwasser, Hebrew University
12:00 - 12:45 Classifiers Across Media: A Typological Overview - Colette Grinevald,
DDL, CNRS-Université Lumière Lyon 2
12:45 - 13:30 ‘Classifying the Other’: Mapping Semitic Loanwords in Egyptian by
their Classifiers - A Pilot iClassifier Corpus - Halely Harel, Hebrew University
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 18:00 Tutorial: Using iClassifier

Day 2 - Tuesday July 2nd, 2019

09:30 - 10:15 Diachrony of Verb Classifiers: A Glimpse from the Roman Period -
Frank Kammerzell, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
10:15 - 11:00 Classifying Compounds in Ancient Egyptian: Perspectives on Morphology and Writing -
Roman Gundacker, Austrian Academy of Sciences
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00 “Where Have All the Classifiers Gone?”: Classifiers in Demotic - Christian Casey, Brown University
12:00 - 12:45 Classifiers in the Ancient Chinese Script - Yongsheng Chen, Ocean University of China
12:45 - 13:00 General Discussion
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 18:00 Tutorial: Using iClassifier
Day 3 - Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019
10:00 - 10:45 Classifiers in Anatolian Hieroglyphs - Annick Payne, Bern University
10:45 - 11: 30 Classifiers in Nepali and Burmese - Dörte Borchers, Karl-Franzens - University of Graz
11:30 - 12:00 Light lunch
12:00 - 17:00 Tour of Jerusalem’s Old City (Guide: Henri Gourinard, Polis Institute)
18:00 Workshop dinner

Day 4 - Thursday, July 4th, 2019

09:30 - 10:15 Collective Nouns and their Classifiers in Ancient Egyptian -
Simon Thuault, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
10:15 - 13:30 Tutorial: Using iClassifier
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 16:00 Brainstorming Session: How Can We Make iClassifier Better?
16:00 - 17:00 Conclusion - Plans for the Future

Organizers: Orly Goldwasser and Halely Harel iClassifier team@gmail.com

Talks are open to the public. Workshop sessions are open to invited participants

Invited Participants
Dr. Dörte Borchers, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz (Linguistics, Nepali)
Christian Casey, Brown University (PhD candidate, Egyptian - Demotic)
Dr. Thiago Chacon, DDL-Université de Lyon/ Universidade de Brasília (Linguistics, Amazonian Languages)
Dr. Gaëlle Chantrain, Charles University/ Yale University (Egyptian)
Dr. Yongsheng Chen, Ocean University of China, Qingdao (Ancient Chinese Scripts)
Benjamin Freidenberg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD student, Linguistics, Semiotics)
Prof. Colette Grinevald-Craig, DDL, CNRS-Université Lumière Lyon 2 (Linguistics, Classifier Studies)
Jorke Grotenhuis, TSL project, Université de Liège (PhD candidate, Egyptian)
Dr. Roman Gundacker, PI, ERC StG Challenging Time(s), Austrian Academy of Sciences (Egyptian)
Robert Kade, DDGLC project, Freie Universität Berlin (PhD candidate, Egyptian)
Prof. Frank Kammerzell, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Egyptian)
Dan Ke, Universität Leipzig (PhD candidate, Linguistics, Classifier Studies)
Lucia Langerak, Leiden University (PhD candidate, Egyptian)
Dr. Eliese-Sophia Lincke, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Egyptian)
Dr. Annick Payne, Bern University (Anatolian Hieroglyphs)
Prof. Thomas Schneider, University of British Columbia (Egyptian)
Prof. Gebhard Selz, University of Vienna (Cuneiform, Sumerian)
Marina Shama-Popovic, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD candidate, Egyptian)
Yifat Shacham, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Linguistics, Egyptian)
Susana Soler, University of Barcelona (PhD candidate, Egyptian)
Dr. Simon Thuault, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Egyptian)
Prof. Jean Winand, PI, Ramses project, Université de Liège (Egyptian)

“gClassifying the Other” - iClassifier team

Prof. Orly Goldwasser, PI, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Egyptian)
Halely Harel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD candidate, Egyptian)
Dr. Dmitry Nikolaev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Linguistics)