Below we list past events hosted specifically by the Linguistics Department. To see the interdisciplinary past events on campus, go to the calendar.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
This is an opportunity to connect with current Linguistics majors/minors and to welcome prospective Linguistics students to our community. Students...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics PhD candidate Devin Johnson will present his Colloquium Talk via zoom. The zoom call will be set up in...
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics Department Orientation for new graduate students admitted in Fall 2025. Coffee and pastries will be served starting at 9:45am. Meeting...
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Welcome Class of 2029! Join us at the Fair. Meet with Linguistics faculty, and learn more about our courses and...
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Presentation of qualifying paper research by graduate students.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics PhD candidate Zuheyra Tokaç will present their Colloquium Talk, and a reception will immediately follow. The title of the...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Title: Appropriation, Misuse, and Erasure: Realities of African American English on the World Stage Abstract: African American English (AAE) has been...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics PhD candidate Daniel Turner will present their Colloquium Talk, and a reception will immediately follow. The title of the...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics PhD candidate Chantal De Leon will present their Colloquium Talk, and a reception will immediately follow. The title of...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics PhD candidate Thomas Sostarics will present their Colloquium Talk, and a reception will immediately follow. The title of the...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Dr. Harris is an associate professor at UCLA in the Department of Linguistics, and they advise on projects in the...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Title : Machine Learning, Music, and Medicine Abstract: Recent developments in machine learning allow for high-resolution and data-driven multimodal approaches to...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Linguistics PhD candidate Shawn Foster will present their Colloquium Talk to the Department and other interested parties. The title of...
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
The NU Linguistics Student Association is hosting the Invitational Round for the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad.
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Writing with AI: Capturing Its Influence, Designing Its Future. Professor Mina Lee of The University of Chicago will discuss the CoAuthor...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Title: Seeing "How" Abstract: What is perception? The most intuitive and influential answer to this question has long been the one given...
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Join NULSA for our Mini-Lecture Series featuring Northwestern's Linguistics faculty! Learn more about the linguistics field and how to get...
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Poetry promotes processing: The role of hierarchical metric structure in speaking, listening, and reading. In her talk, Dr. Breen will...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Northwestern University will once again be a site for the open round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad. NACLO...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Title and abstract to be announced.
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...
