Photo: a screen from the programme to automatically "read" and analyse Slavic texts (manuscripts and old prints) to be used in the implementation of the grant.
"Orthodox Slavic Linguistic Varieties at the Threshold of Modernity: Continuity and Innovation. A Mixed-Methods Approach" – is a three-year international grant, which will be implemented at the Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz by an interdisciplinary paleo-slavic-medievalist team in close cooperation with researchers from the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Germany.
The leader in the Polish part of the project is dr hab. Ivan N. Petrov, from the Department of Slavic Philology, University of Lodz, and in the German part – prof. dr Achim Rabus from the University of Freiburg. The research team includes also Paleo-Slavists from the Department of Slavic Philology, University of Lodz: dr hab. Małgorzata Skowronek, prof. UL, dr Agata Kawecka and dr Zofia A. Brzozowska. During the course of the project also competitions for academic scholarships for students from the Faculty of Philology, UL will be held.
The application of the German and Polish team received very good opinions of experts and reviewers from the National Science Centre as well as Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and took the 7th place in the ranking. The total budget of the project is EUR 321 567, of which PLN 451 157 goes to the University of Lodz.
Ranking list of the competition
Results of BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 4
The project team intends to investigate - using a combination of quantitative methods (using Digital Humanities tools) and qualitative methods - how the Orthodox Slavic language interacted with particular Slavic dialects and languages, recorded in old Cyrillic prints and manuscripts dating from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, i.e., from the period when modern Orthodox Slavic languages began to take shape.
BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 4 is a follow-up to the BEETHOVEN 3 competition based on a substantive assessment of funding proposals for Polish-German research projects performed jointly by Expert Teams selected by NCN and DFG as well as by external experts. This means that partner agencies will together perform substantive assessment and selection of projects recommended for funding. The competition is open to applications for research projects in Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts.
Source: Department of Slavic Philology, UL; NCN
Edit: Promotion Centre, UL