JESSIE 2026

Information about the Jena Summer School of Indo-European 2026

General information

The next edition of the Jena Summer School of Indo-European (JESSIE) is planned for August 31 until September 4, 2026.

The Summer School is dedicated to the topic of Indo-European Phonology. In addition to traditional subjects in IE segmental and word level phonology, JESSIE 2026 will lay special focus on phrase level prosody as well as methodological issues in phonological reconstruction. Teachers and courses are:

Martin Kümmel (Jena): Topics in the segmental phonology of Indo-European
Ronald Kim (Poznań): Word stress in synchrony and diachrony
Cassandra Freiberg (Jena): Prosodic reconstruction
Götz Keydana (Göttingen): Prosodic structure in Vedic Sanskrit and beyond

Participation is free of charge and can be rewarded with 2 ECTS points.

If you are planning to attend, please register by sending an e-mail to cassandra.freiberg@uni-jena.de. The deadline is July 15, 2026.

Preliminary program

as of Jun 17, 2026

	Mon, Aug 31	Tue, Sept 1	Wed, Sept 2	Thu, Sept 3	Fri, Sept 4
08:30 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 10:30	Intro: Prosodic reconstruction	Segmental phonology	Prosodic structure	Segmental phonology	Segmental phonology
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30	Segmental phonology	Prosodic reconstruction	Prosodic reconstruction	Word stress	Word stress
12:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00	Word stress	Word stress	Segmental phonology	Prosodic structure	Prosodic structure
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00	Prosodic structure	Prosodic structure	Word stress	Prosodic reconstruction	Wrap-up discussion
	Get-Together				Barbecue