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University of Vienna Hosts 13th International Finnougrist Congress
From August 21 to 26, 2022, the 13th International Finnougrist Congress, or CIFU (Congressus Internationalis Fenno-Ugristarum), will be held at the University of Vienna. It is the most important international event of Finno-Ugristics. More than 300 scholars from 19 countries will exchange ideas on current topics from linguistics to literature and cultural studies.
The 13th International Finnougrist Congress will be held this year at the University of Vienna. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons, Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0
Finno-Ugrian Studies (or Uralic Studies) is the study of Finno-Ugrian (Uralic) languages and the history and culture of their speakers. These languages include Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, and numerous minority languages in Northern Europe and Russia.
The congress, which was founded in the 1960s, acted as a "breathing hole" for Finno-Ugric language communities and researchers…
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