THE GOVERNMENT PHONOLOGY ROUND TABLE (GPRT) IS THE SEMI-INFORMAL MEETING OF ALL THE GP-ISTS OF THE WORLD.         More info at the GPRT website >>                       Wikipedia on Government Phonology >>

GPRT 2025 will be held between 19-20 June 2025, at the Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia, organised by the Department of English Language and Literature.

 

How do I get to Ružomberok?

• By car: contact me ASAP, there's a little paperwork to do ;)
• Via Bratislava:
  • By train: Service: Slovak Railways (ZSSK). Duration Bratislava - Ružomberok: approx. 3 to 4 hours. Frequency: trains run several times a day. Departure station in Bratislava: Bratislava Main Station (Hlavná stanica). Arrival station in Ružomberok: Ružomberok Main Station. Fare: approx. 12€. Book tickets here.
  • By coach: Service: Flixbus.

• From Vienna by train: several trains per day to Bratislava-Petržalka station, run by ÖBB. From Bratislava-Petržalka, public transport bus no. 93 has to be taken to Bratislava Main Station (cca. 10-min journey; international train tickets are valid for the transfer), from where trains to Ružomberok depart. Timetables for bus no. 93: Petržalka - Main Station (Hlavná stanica) and Main Station (Hlavná stanica) - Petržalka.
• Via Budapest (Hungary): numerous airlines fly to Liszt Ferenc Budapest Airport and railway/coach lines run to one of the major stations (Nyugati, Keleti; Népliget). Coach service Budapest - Ružomberok: Flixbus (line 1260 or 1263). Duration: approx. 4 hours. Departure station in Budapest: Népliget Coach Station. Arrival station in Ružomberok: Ružomberok Coach Station.
• Via Brno or Prague (Czechia).
• Via Warsaw/Cracow (Poland): by train or by coach (Flixbus line 1260 or N976).

Supported by The Van Riemsdijk Foundation.

Local organisers: Katalin Balogné Bérces (KU Ružomberok & PPCU Budapest) & Jela Kehoe (Head of Dept. of English Language and Literature, KU Ružomberok). Special thanks to Shanti Ulfsbjorninn, Viktor Varga, Katarína Labudová.