Full-time PhD position in computational historical linguistics at KU Leuven
A full-time PhD position is offered as part of an FWO-funded project at KU Leuven. The application deadline is 7 July 2019.
Seeking participants for a focus group study on research integrity
The National Survey on Research Integrity project needs your help defining the most important detrimental research practices (DRPs) in the Humanities and Arts.
Register now for the LLRC conference on intercultural competence (7 June 2019)
The Language Learning Resource Centre (Leiden University) is organizing a one-day conference (7 June, 2019) on Intercultural Communication. Registration is free but mandatory and ends on 12 May.
https://newscientist.nl/polls/new-scientist-wetenschapstalent-2019/Vote for Lieke Verheijen as the ‘New Scientist Wetenschapstalent 2019’
Dr Lieke Verheijen has been nominated for the ‘New Scientist Wetenschapstalent 2019’ prize. Votes can be cast until 6 May 2019.
Call for Abstracts: 4th Young Female Researchers in Speech Workshop 2019
Submit an abstract for the 4th Young Female Researchers in Speech Workshop 2019 by 1 June 2019. The workshop will take place in Graz, Austria on 14 September 2019.
Digital Humanities 2019 Conference | Utrecht
The Digital Humanities (DH) Conference is the annual international conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations and attracts participants that apply digital and computational techniques to humanities research and social sciences. The DH2019-conference will take place from July 9 – 12 in TivoliVredenburg.
Postdoc Position in Infant Study | Leiden University
For a NWO-funded, collaborative replication study involving four Babylabs in the Netherlands, we are looking for a Postdoc Researcher (0.8 Fte, 18 months) who will coordinate the study.
ACLC Seminar | Merel Maslowski and Joe Rodd (MPI)
Merel Maslowski and Joe Rodd (MPI Nijmegen) are the guest speaker at this ACLC seminar on Friday 26 April 2019 at 16.15.
Postdoc Position Business Communication | KU Leuven (Belgium)
The master in business communication (master in de bedrijfscommunicatie) is organised by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences of KU Leuven, Belgium. The Department of Linguistics is now looking for a full-time post-doctoral assistant to strengthen the team related to this master’s program.
LOT Summerschool Registration Now Open
Those wanting to register for the LOT Summerschool can do so until the 27th of May.
MPI Colloquium
Alex Cristia will give the next MPI colloquium on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 15.45 pm.
LOT Dissertation 534: The Role of Prosodic Input in Word Learning
We are pleased to announce a new publication in the LOT Dissertation Series by Mengru Han.
Framing: Niet Altijd in het Voordeel van Politicus
Politici worden er nogal eens van beschuldigd dat ze onze gedachten manipuleren door het gebruik van frames. Toch werkt framing niet altijd in het voordeel van de politicus.
Doctoraatsbursaal (PhD) Sociolinguïstiek
Binnen de onderzoeksgroepen ‘Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics’ en ‘Multimodality, Interaction and Discourse’ van de faculteit Letteren zoekt de KU Leuven een voltijdse junior onderzoeker (4 jaar) voor een nieuw onderzoeksproject gesteund door het FWO.
Petition for Inclusion of the Indigenous Languages of the Amazon
Indigenous people living in the Amazon basin are more and more at risk of losing their unique culture and language. Please sign the petition to safeguard language.
Summer School Analysing Classroom Interactions | University of Groningen
From the 8 to 12 July 2019, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen join their vast research expertise in educational interactions to offer the Summer School Analyzing Classroom Interactions (ACI).
LOT Summerschool Registration to Open on 8th of April
LOT is pleased to announce the registration of the Summerschool 2019 will open next Monday, on the 8th of April.
ACLC Seminar | Dr Tom Lentz (UvA)
Dr Tom Lentz (ILLC, UvA) is the guest speaker at this ACLC seminar on Friday 12 April 2019 at 16.15.
Conservatieve Politici Gebruiken Eenvoudige Taal
Progressieve politici gebruiken complexere zinnen dan conservatieve politici. Dat blijkt uit een analyse van ruim 380 duizend politieke speeches uit tien Europese landen.
UU Humanities Graduate Conference 2019 | What’s the Point? Impact and the Future of the Humanities
The Utrecht University Humanities Graduate Conference 2019, What’s the Point? Impact and the Future of the Humanities, will take place on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th April 2019.
Call for Papers | Multilingualism in Education and Society
Every year Anéla organizes a conference where members and other interested parties meet and present research on a specific topic. This year’s conference takes place on Friday October 18th at the Hogeschool Utrecht (HU).
Syntax Interface Lecture by Bert Le Bruyn | April 4th
The upcoming Syntax Interface Lecture will take place on Thursday, April 4th. We will host a talk by Bert Le Bruyn (Utrecht University) with the title “Translation Mining: definiteness in German and Mandarin”.
Summer School in Languages and Linguistics | July 22nd – August 2nd 2019
The Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics offers a varied program of specialised courses in fields such as Chinese, Germanic, Indo-European, Iranian, and Semitic languages and linguistics as well as a number of introductory linguistic courses.
Workshop on Infant-directed Speech in Early Language Acquisition| 8 April 2019
On Monday, 8 April (at 16:15), Mengru Han (Utrecht University) will defend her dissertation The role of prosodic input in word learning: A cross-linguistic investigation of Dutch and Mandarin Chinese infant-directed speech.