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Distinguished Lecturers in Multilingualism and Language Learning

2022

Who: Julie Sedivy, Writer and Language Scientist

Topic: What if we admit we love our languages?

Where: McCormick Auditorium, Norris University Center

When: 3PM, June 2, 2022.

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2021

Who: Lourdes Ortega, Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.

Topic: Teaching and Learning Languages in the 21st Century: How and Why? 

Where: Online via Zoom

When: 3PM, Friday, March 12, 2021.

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2019

Who: Erika Hoff, Professor in the Department of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University.

Topic: Lessons from the Study of Early Bilingual Development for Parents, Practitioners, and Language Scientists.

Where: Norris University Center, Room 202

When: 3PM, Monday, December 2, 2019.

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2018

Who: Lawrence Venuti, Distinguished Professor of English, Translation Theory and History at Temple University.

Topic: Traduttore Traditore: The Instrumentalism of Conventional Wisdom 

Where: Norris University Center, Room 202

When: 3PM on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.

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Who: Antonella Sorace, Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and the founding director of the information and consultancy centre Bilingualism Matters.

Topic: Investing in Multilingualism

Where: McCormick Tribune Forum

When: 4PM on Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

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2017

Who: Judith Kroll, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Women's Studies at University of California, Riverside.

Topic: Consequences of bilingualism for mind, brain, and society

Where: Louis Room, Norris University Center

When: 3PM on Wednesday, November 29, 2017.

In the news: Leading expert on bilingualism to speak at Northwestern.

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2016

Who: Boaz Keysar, Director of the Mulitlingualism and Decision-Making Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago

Topic: Living in a Foreign Tongue: Decision making, judgment, and ethical choice in native and non-native languages

Where: Harris Hall 107, Northwestern University

When: 3PM on Wednesday, November 30, 2016

In the news: Different Language, Different Decision?

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