Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, BICCL
Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, BICCL
The Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, BICCL, has been organised since 2001 by a Permanent Committee, consisting of Dymitr Ibriszimow, Bayreuth, Henry Tourneux, Paris and H. Ekkehard Wolff, Leipzig. The Colloquium took place in Bayreuth (2007, 2016), Hamburg (2013), Leipzig (2001, 2009), Prague (2003), and Villejuif (2005, 2011, 2017), taking up two discontinued traditions (the series of Leiden 1976, Hamburg 1981, Boulder 1987) and the Franco-German meetings in Paris (Groupe d’Etudes tchadiques, 1980 - 1997).
The 8th BICCL took place 4.-6. February 2016 at the University of Bayreuth.