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Past Events

Below we list past events hosted specifically by the Linguistics Department. To see the interdisciplinary past events on campus, go to the calendar.

Jun
7
2024

Linguistics Senior Send-Off

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department

The Linguistics Department will host a reception to celebrate our graduating Seniors and their families and guests.  

May
24
2024

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Meg Cychosz

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department

Dr. Meg Cychosz Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles Topic: Harnessing children’s messy, naturalistic environments to understand speech development  Abstract: Children learn the patterns...

May
21
2024

Advancing Gender Equity through Language Curricula

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

Gender bias in educational contexts remains a pressing and pernicious issue worldwide. A United Nations global monitoring report issued in...

Apr
26
2024

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Lal Zimman

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department

Topic: Toward an expansive theory of vocal gender: Trans approaches to the sociophonetics of gender Abstract:  The expectation that voices can be...

Feb
16
2024

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Georgia Zellou

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Georgia Zellou Affiliation: UC Davis Topic: Linguistic and social biases impact speech communication in human-computer interaction

Feb
9
2024

Prospective graduate students visit 2024

All day, sponsored by Linguistics Department

Linguistics Open House 2024: Tour of Linguistics labs and campus; Individual meetings with faculty and current grads.

Jan
26
2024

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Jonathan Brennan

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Jonathan Brennan Affiliation: University of Michigan Topic: Grammatical dynamics and neural decoding with EEG  Abstract: Linking brain systems with syntax...

Nov
10
2023

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Anjalie Field

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Anjalie Field Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Topic: Equity and NLP in High Stakes Domains Abstract: Practitioners are increasingly using algorithmic...

Oct
27
2023

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Florian Schwarz

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department

Linguistics Colloquium Series: Florian Schwarz Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Topic: Exploring the contrast between weak and strong definite articles experimentally Abstract: Schwarz (2009)...

Oct
6
2023

Fall welcome 2023

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department

Linguistics Department Fall kick-off meeting for faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff to catch up and welcome our incoming grads.