{"id":88,"date":"2018-06-20T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T19:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/users.utu.fi\/tekahon\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2025-09-25T19:09:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:09:32","slug":"presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/users.utu.fi\/tekahon\/research\/presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Selected presentations<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Matkamiehen merkinn\u00f6ist\u00e4 monitieteisyyden moottoriksi.&#8221; Lauri Kettusen 140 v. juhlaseminaari, 11.9.2025, Kotikielen Seura, Helsinki (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong> together with Jenni Santaharju).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Reconstructing Proto-Uralic kinship.&#8221; CES 2024, 9-11.9.2024, Durham University, UK (online participation).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Language contact landscape in the Baltics during the first millennium BC.&#8221; SLE 2024, 24.8.2024, University of Helsinki.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Extreme Events and the spread of Uralic languages \u2013 a critical review.&#8221; The Language of Extreme Events workshop, 22-23.4.2024, MPI Jena, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Barriers and pathways structuring the spatial pattern of linguistic variation.&#8221; Human Diversity seminar, 10.4.2024. University of Turku (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;K\u00e4rp\u00e4sist\u00e4 sukulaisuussanoihin <b>\u2014<\/b> biologin matka monitieteisyyteen.&#8221; Christmas school of Langnet, 8.12.2023, On Zoom (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Convergences of kinship terminologies in the Circum-Baltic linguistic area.&#8221; Finnic Contacts, 6.10.2023, University of Tartu, Estonia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;KINURA: Kinship and contacts in Uralic speaking populations.&#8221; Multidisciplinary course 25.11.2022, University of Turku, Finland.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;KINURA: Sukulaisuussuhteet ja kontaktit uralilaisissa puhujapopulaatioissa&#8221; Research seminar of Finno-Ugric department 21.4.2022, University of Helsinki.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Kinship term borrowability &#8211; aunties more than sisters?&#8221; CES 2021 9-11.6.2021, Online conference.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Kinship term borrowability &#8211; aunties more than sisters?&#8221; EHBEA digital 24-27.3.2021, Online conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2019<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Phylogenetic analysis of the Uralic languages&#8221; Palaeobiology Seminar Series, 1.11.2019, University of Bristol, United Kingdom (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ihmisen kielellisen menneisyyden tutkiminen laskennallisin menetelmin.&#8221; Monthly meeting of the Finno-Ugrian Society, Helsinki, 12.4.2019, (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2018<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Landscape genetics of dialects: Barriers and pathways structuring the spatial patterns of linguistic variation.&#8221; LanGIS seminar, 20.11.2018, University of Uppsala, Sweden (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Environmental differences contribute to divergence of dialect groups.&#8221; Applications in Cultural Evolution: Arts, Languages, Technologies, 6-8.6., University of Tartu, Estonia.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Quantitative analysis of language contacts within the Finnic group.&#8221; Seminar of the Collegium for Transdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Genetics and Linguistics, 10.5., University of Tartu, Estonia (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>It\u00e4merensuomalaisten kielten kontaktien laskennallinen analyysi.<\/em> &#8221; XLV Kielitieteen p\u00e4iv\u00e4t, 7-9.5., University of Helsinki, Finland.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Populaatiogeneettiset menetelm\u00e4t ja suomen murteet.<\/em>&#8221; XLV Kielitieteen p\u00e4iv\u00e4t, 7-9.5., University of Helsinki, Finland (with MA Syrj\u00e4nen).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2017<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Uutta, vanhaa, sinist\u00e4, lainattua: Historiallinen kielitiede ja laskennallinen k\u00e4\u00e4nne.&#8221; Melko yleist\u00e4 kielitiedett\u00e4 -seminar, 15.12., University of Turku, Finland<strong> (invited speaker).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cThe Baltic Sea and its role in the past of the Finnic peoples.\u201d Baltic Sea symposium, 16-17.10., University of Turku, Finland (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cApplying population genetics and landscape genetics to study the Finnish dialects.\u201d ESEB, 21-25.8., Groningen, the Netherlands. (with Dr. Santaharju)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIhminen \u2013 biologinen laji ja kulttuurinen olento.\u201d TEDxHelsinkiUniversity -event by Loimu, 26.5., Helsinki, Finland (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRevisiting the quantitative phylogeny of the Uralic languages.\u201d Contextualizing historical lexicology, 15-17.5., University of Helsinki (with MA Syrj\u00e4nen).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOptimizing phylogenetic analyses with data partitioning: a case study of Uralic.\u201d Phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics, 27-30.3., T\u00fcbingen, Germany (with Dr. Vesakoski and MA de Heer).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMany faces of language evolution.\u201d Presentation at the Academy Club for Young Scientists, 8.12., Helsinki, Finland. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zvdNH8n3tCc\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMany faces of language evolution.\u201d Argumenta-seminar of evolution 28.11., Oulu, Finland (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDialectometry using admixture modelling, integrating the extra-linguistic determinants of linguistic divergence.\u201d General linguistics seminar, 22.9., Uppsala University, Sweden (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBiologinen n\u00e4k\u00f6kulma kielten syntymisen tutkimuksessa.\u201d Meeting of the animal and plant society of Turku, 4.4., Turku, Finland (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKielten erkaantumisen tutkiminen populaatiogenetiikan menetelmill\u00e4.\u201d Kielioppia lyps\u00e4m\u00e4ss\u00e4 IV, 28-29.1., University of Tartu, Estonia (<strong>invited speaker<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2015<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cUralic basic vocabulary (UraLex database), phylogenetic analyses and timing the tree.\u201d Interdisciplinary seminar, 27.11., University of Tartu, Estonia.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLinguistic microevolution: Bringing population biology to linguistics.\u201d Capturing Phylogenetic Algorithms for Linguistics, 26-30.10., Leiden, the Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe role of extralinguistic variables in formation of Finnish dialects.\u201d CIFU XII, 17-21.8., Oulu, Finland.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIsolation mechanisms and linguistic divergence: microevolutionary perspective.\u201d EHBEA, 30.3-1.4., University of Helsinki, Finland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2014<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFinnish dialects from a microevolutionary perspective.\u201d Molecular Ecology Symposium, 8-10.10., Turku, Finland.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe role of extralinguistic variables in dialect formation.\u201d SLE2014 11-14.9., Pozna\u0144, Poland.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNew wave of quantitative dialect studies.\u201d Mapping Methods, 8-10.5., University of Tartu, Estonia.<\/li>\n<li>\u201dSuomen murteiden ja uralilaisten kielten eriytymisen syit\u00e4 etsim\u00e4ss\u00e4.\u201d Finno-Ugrian Society, 17.1., Helsinki (with Dr. Vesakoski).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2013<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMicro- and macroevolution of languages: Finnish dialects and Uralic languages revised.\u201d International Conference on Evolutionary Patterns, 27-29.5., Lisbon, Portugal (with Dr. Vesakoski).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSecondary connections in Uralic languages \u2013 quantitative study with trees and networks.\u201d Uralic2013 21.11., Tallinn, Estonia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2012<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cCultural and climatic changes shape the evolutionary history of the Uralic languages.\u201d EMPSEB 18, 25-30.9., Virrat, Finland.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUralic language diversification: shape, timing, and connections with cultural and climatic factors.\u201d SLE2012, 29.8-1.9., Stockholm, Sweden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2011<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201dUralilaisten kielten erkaantumisten ajoittaminen laskennallisilla menetelmill\u00e4.\u201d Kotikielen Seura, 24.11., Helsinki, Finland<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe evolutionary history of the Uralic languages.\u201d IFUSCO XXVII, 9-11.5., Budapest, Hungary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>2010<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOn the diversification of Uralic languages \u2013 Comparing computational phylogenies with traditional interpretations\u201d Ihmistieteet ja evoluution\u00e4k\u00f6kulma -seminar, 21-22.5., Myn\u00e4m\u00e4ki, Finland (with MA Syrj\u00e4nen).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected presentations 2025 &#8220;Matkamiehen merkinn\u00f6ist\u00e4 monitieteisyyden moottoriksi.&#8221; 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