Over the past two decades, genomic studies have played an increasingly important role in exploring the history of our own species. To take stock of these developments, the Swiss National Competence Center in Research ‘Evolving Language’ is happy to announce a special symposium on The Molecular Anthropology of Language: Results and Prospects. This two-day event held at the University of Zurich from 29-30 September 2021 will bring together both established and emerging leaders in this burgeoning field.

The Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics is pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Martijn Wackers.

De Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap (AVT) en de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Toegepaste Taalwetenschap (ANéLA) reiken jaarlijks een prijs uit voor een dissertatie op het gebied van de taalwetenschap. Ook dit jaar zal er weer een AVT/ANéLA-dissertatieprijs worden uitgereikt. Voordrachten dienen uiterlijk 23 augustus 2021 te worden ingediend.

First International Workshop (AT4SSL2021 @MTSummit2021). This workshop aims to be a venue for presenting and discussing (complete, ongoing or future) research on automatic translation between signed and spoken languages.

We are delighted to announce that Schultink lecture during the LOT Summer School 2021 will be given by Peter Hagoort, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, founding Director of the Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, and Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Radboud University Nijmegen.

In 2021 is de prijs bestemd voor onderzoek op het gebied van de Taalwetenschappen. De prijs is bedoeld als aanmoedigingsprijs voor onderzoekers die in 2016 of daarna gepromoveerd zijn.

The KU Leuven is looking for a Post-doctoral Assistant in Italian Linguistics (0.8 fte). The Linguistics Research Unit of KU Leuven is an internationally renowned centre for research and teaching. Within the Faculty of Arts, the Linguistics Research Unit forms a dynamic research community housting various research groups and labs, each with its own methodological and theoretical expertise. The Linguistics Research Unit offers many opportunities for exciting collaborations.

Tessa Verhoef, assistent professor in the Media Technology program at Leiden University, is guest speaker at the online ACLC seminar on Friday 18 June 2021 from 16:15 till 17:30.

The upcoming Syntax Interface Lecture will take place on Monday, June 7th 2021. We will host a talk by Karen Lahousse (KU Leuven) with the title “The encoding of Information Structure in Syntax: French as a test case”.

On Tuesday June 15, 15:45-17:00 Dr. Roberto Bottini will give a formal online MPI Colloquium. After the talk, there will be a Q&A section using the webinar chat function.