Below we list past events hosted specifically by the Linguistics Department. To see the interdisciplinary past events on campus, go to the calendar.
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
TITLE: Exploring Network Diversity and Its Impact on Speech Perception Across Lifespan, Communities, and Models Abstract: Exposure to variability plays a...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Institute For Policy Research
"Quantifying Racial Disparities in Media Representations of Gun Violence" By Rob Voigt, Assistant Professor of Linguistics and of Computer Science (by...
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Local social meanings and language use in a Chicago bilingual community Social context shapes bilinguals’ language use, influencing their expectations for...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Title: The listener as the source of invariance Abstract: Every time we open our mouths to speak we reveal not only...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Join Dr. Erin Leddon, our Director of Undergraduate Studies, for a Zoom session to ask any questions you may have...
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Visit the Linguistics Department at the Academic Directions Fair. Meet some of our current students, our Director of Undergraduate Studies...
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics Department Orientation for new graduate students admitted in Fall 2024
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.
1:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
The Linguistics Department will host our graduate students who will present their Qualifying Papers, as well as our undergraduate students...
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...
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...
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...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Micheal Rossi, University of Chicago Title "Bad Language: Rogue Linguistics and Experimental Policing in Postwar America" Abstract L.G. Kersta was a “rogue linguist”...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics Colloquium Series: Kathryn Franich Affiliation: Harvard University Abstract: Stressed syllables in languages which have them tend to show two interesting properties: they...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
This project examines the associations between the pragmatic meaning categories of contrast (e.g., the shirt is red, not blue) and...
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
All day, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics Open House 2024: Tour of Linguistics labs and campus; Individual meetings with faculty and current grads.
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...
