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Linguistics events this week (Dec. 13-Dec. 20)

December 12, 2024
In and around the Linguistics Department in the next week:

Plus an event during break:

  • LSA practice talks – Thurdsay, January 2 - 11am-1pm and Friday, January 3 - 11am-1pm - Dwinelle 1303 and on Zoom

Linguistics events this week (December 6-13)

December 5, 2024
In and around the Linguistics Department in the next week:
  • SSCircle – Friday, December 6 - Dwinelle 1303 - 3-4:30pmRebecca Jarvis (UC Berkeley): TBA
  • SLaB – Friday, December 6 - Spanish & Portuguese Library (Dwinelle 5125) - 3-4pm
    Research updates and plans

Michael receives Fulbright-Hayes Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship

December 5, 2024

Lev Michael will be on research leave during Spring and Fall 2025 to carry out research supported by a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship. Lev is planning to work with speakers of four Arawakan languages, Asháninka, Ashéninka, Nomatsigenga, and Yanesha', on a variety of topics aimed at clarifying the historical and language contact relationships among Peruvian Arawakan languages and their non-Arawakan neighbors. Congrats, Lev!

Linguistics events this week (November 29-December 6)

November 29, 2024
In and around the Linguistics Department in the next week:
  • Linguistics Department Colloquium – Monday, December 2 - Dwinelle 370 and on Zoom (lx-colloq) - 3-5pm
    Gabriella Licata (UC Riverside), Brian Asey Gonsoulin, Mesro Coles, Rob Tyler, and Habib Watkins (Mount Tamalpais College): "The Sociolinguistic Labor of Incarcerated People"
  • Canadian Studies Program – Tuesday, December 3 - 223 Philosophy Hall and Zoom (RSVP here) - 12:30-2 p.m.
    Summer Sands-Macbeth (Queen’s University, Ontario): Efforts at Indigenous Language Revitalization at Bkejwanong
  • SSCircle – Friday, December 6 - Dwinelle 1303 - 3-4:30pm
    Rebecca Jarvis (UC Berkeley): TBA
  • BLC Fellow Forum – Friday, December 6 - Dwinelle B-4 & Zoom - 3-5pm

    Jennifer Kaplan (UC Berkeley): "Gender in/and French: Teaching Inclusive French in the First-Year Language Classroom and Beyond"