This is the schedule of the 31st Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference. Commonly referred to as a “West Coast Indo-European Conference” (WeCIEC), this installment took place on Nov. 8–9, 2019 at the University of California, Los Angeles.
For papers with the 
symbol, a revised version was published in the conference’s proceedings volume; the symbol links to the program’s publication page, also available here.
Day 1: Friday, November 8, 2019
Opening Remarks
Panel I, chaired by Teigo Onishi (UCLA)
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9:15–9:45 AM
Aurelijus Vijūnas
National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
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9:45–10:15 AM
Miyu Akao
École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris
Internal and External Factors Behind the Development of the Tocharian Secondary Cases
Break
Panel II, chaired by Anahita Hoose (UCLA)
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10:30–11:00 AM
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11:00–11:30 AM
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11:30–12:00 PM
Paola Crisma, Cristina Guardiano, Giuseppe Longobardi
Università di Trieste, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, University of York
Lunch
Featured Speaker, introduced by Ian Hollenbaugh (UCLA)
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1:30–2:30 PM
Break
Panel III, chaired by Chengzhi Zhang (UCLA)
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2:45–3:15 PM
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3:15–3:45 PM
Hans Henrich Hock
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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3:45–4:15 PM
Break
Panel IV, chaired by Benjamin Niedzielski (UCLA)
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4:30–5:00 PM
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5:00–5:30 PM
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5:30–6:00 PM
Domenico G. Muscianisi
Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University
The Welcoming Right Hand of Zeus: A New Epithet from Archaic Thera
Day 2: Saturday, November 9, 2019
Panel V, chaired by Thomas Motter (UCLA)
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9:15–9:45 AM
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9:45–10:15 AM
Break
Panel VI, chaired by Valentina Lunardi (UCLA)
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10:30–11:00 AM
Milena Anfosso
Sorbonne University, Paris
The Phrygians from Βρίγες to Φρύγες: Herodotus 7.73, or the Linguistic Problems of a Migration
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11:00–11:30 AM
Roberto Batisti
Università di Bologna
On the Derivation of Greek Ἀιθίοψ and Αἴσωπος from a PIE Perspective
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11:30–12:00 PM
Lunch
Featured Speaker, introduced by Brent Vine (UCLA)
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1:30–2:30 PM
Break
Panel VII, chaired by Alex Roy (UCLA)
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2:45–3:15 PM
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3:15–3:45 PM
Petra Goedegebuure
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
The Fat and the Furious — Word Play in Hittite
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3:45–4:15 PM
Break
Panel VIII, chaired by John Clayton (UCLA)
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4:30–5:00 PM
Ronald I. Kim
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznán/Charles University, Prague
PIE Verbal Roots of the Shape *CeH– in Old Armenian
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5:00–5:30 PM
Joseph F. Eska
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University