Below we list past events hosted specifically by the Linguistics Department. To see the interdisciplinary past events on campus, go to the calendar.
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology
Title: The Emergence of Compositionality: From Implicit to Explicit Representations of Relational Structure Abstract: A full account of mature adult cognition...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Join us for the final NULSA event of the year! NULSA will host a Research Panel about undergraduate research opportunities on...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events
U.S. Black Vernacular Spanish(es): Endarkened Storywork as Linguistic Method and Theory This talk introduces U.S. Black Vernacular Spanish(es), a book project...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Xudong Tang, Computer Science, NICO "Mapping Human and Machine Perception of Voice Identity Similarity"
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Title: Motor contributions to rhythm: Neuroimaging and clinical translation Abstract: Moving to musical rhythm is an instinctive, often involuntary activity, but how...
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology
Title: Implicit Social Cognition The field of implicit social cognition emerged from a focus on method development in response to an...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Long-distance dependency restrictions across languages and constructions: A Discourse-to-Syntax Grounding account. This talk bridges two sides of an ongoing debate in...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Yi Chun Hung, Computer Science "When Color Becomes Threat: Mapping High-Dimensional Signals with Behavioral Manifolds in Mantis Shrimp"
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
The Northwestern University Linguistics Student Association (NULSA) will host the NACLO Invitational Competition, which is a contest in which high-school...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Zhe-Chen Guo, Linguisitics, Communicaiton Sciences & Disorders "Consistency of Phoneme-Related Potentials to Naturalistic Continuous Speech"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Hey NULSA! Stressed about exams or need a cozy space to study? Join us on Wednesday, March 11th from 4-6pm...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Interrogating and transcending proxies in language research: Emergent profiles and confounded variables What's a "native speaker/signer"? Socially-informed scholarship has shown that...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Title : Human–AI Collaboration: Performance, Uncertainty, and Human Preferences Abstract : This talk presents an overview of recent research on human–AI...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Di Hu, Human Development and Social Policy "Personalized Support for Adolescent Minds: A Memory-Enhanced AI Companion for School Engagement" Adolescence is a sensitive...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Using altered auditory feedback to examine the scope of motor planning in speech production Speaking involves the translation of abstract thought...
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
The Northwestern University Linguistics Student Association (NULSA) will host the NACLO Open Competition, which is a contest in which high-school students...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
ERIKA EXTON, Linguistics, Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science "Balancing Interpretebility, Objectivity, and Automaticity When Using Speech to Study Major Depressive Disorder" Abstract: When...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Two much of a good thing? Two-pronoun sequences and prominence in English and Finnish. Transitive clauses with two personal pronouns in...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Faculty Speakers: Monita Chatterjee , Communication Sciences and Disorders Manling Li, Computer Science Jiayi Lu, Department of Linguistics
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Please Note New Location: Abbott Auditorium in Pancoe Pavillion. Adam Aleksic is a linguist, influencer, and author of the NYT bestselling...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Linguistics Department
Inclusive speech technology: Developing automatic speech recognition for everyone Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is increasingly used, e.g., in emergency response centres, domestic voice...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Research Broadly speaking,her interest is in exploring how cognitive and social processes shape the ways in which we learn, perceive, and...
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...
