LOT – Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics

Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap

400 faculty members

300 PhD & RMa students

LOT unites about 400 faculty members and 300 PhD and RMa students and provides a meeting point to further national and international communication for the benefit of linguistic research and education. Researchers from the participating institutes share knowledge, work together on theoretical and methodological matters, discuss their data and research in seminars and lecture series and in collaborations of various other kinds.

Below you will find recent news and announcements of events from the institutes participating in LOT and from LOT itself.

News & Announcements

Participate in a study on mental health in academia

Participate in a study on mental health among PhDs and postdocs in academia. Your participation will help to shape better policies and support systems for early-career researchers.

Registration opens 1 April | LOT Summer School 2025 | Antwerp University

LOT is pleased to announce that the registration for the LOT Summer School 2025 will open on 1 April at 10 AM (CEST).

Transforming Interaction:  A Workshop on AAC, Social Robotics, and Conversational AI

This interactive workshop aims to leverage conversational AI to design and develop more socially interactive robots and advance augmentative communication systems.

LingComm25: 7-10 April

The registration for LingComm25 has opened. LingComm is an international conference dedicated to linguistics communication to non-academic audiences.

LOT 687 | The pre‑Roman elements of the Sardinian lexicon

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

PhD position

PhD Position in Argumentation, Identity and the Public Sphere | ACLC

The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the project Expressing Identity in Public Discourse through Argumentation led by principal investigator Dr. M.H. (Menno) Reijven. Deadline: 14 April 2025

LOT 685 | Multimodal mockery in face-to-face interaction: On the negotiation of nonseriousness and stance

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

Registration EMLaR XXI 2025 open

Registration for the 21st edition of the annual workshop on Experimental Methods in Language acquisition Research is now open.

Workshop “Pixel vs. Protocol: Negotiating the Role of Multimodal Generative AI in Study, Work, and Play”

The workshop “Pixel vs. Protocol: Negotiating the Role of Multimodal Generative AI in Study, Work, and Play” will take place on May 7 in Groningen. This event is designed to enhance critical understanding of different generative AI systems, including text, image, and video generators, as well as their creative and practical applications.

Call for Papers IAFPA 2025

The 33rd annual conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA 2025) will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands, July 20-23 2025.

Colourful chairs

Anéla/VIOT Juniorendag 2025 – Final Reminder: Call for Abstracts

Op vrijdag 23 mei 2025 vindt de jaarlijkse Anéla/VIOT Juniorendag plaats aan Universiteit Utrecht. BA en MA studenten, net afgestudeerden en promovendi kunnen op de Juniorendag hun onderzoek op het gebied van toegepaste taalkunde presenteren. Daarnaast wordt er tijdens deze dag de jaarlijkse Anéla-VIOT Scriptieprijs uitgereikt voor de beste MA-scriptie binnen het vakgebied.

Registration Open & Program Announced: International Workshop on the Acquisition of Syntax at the Interface

The International Workshop on the Acquisition of Syntax at the Interface is now open for registration. The workshop will take place on March 26-27 in Leuven.

MEDAL Final Conference: Submission Deadline extension

The abstract submission deadline for the final conference of MEDAL has been extended to March 7th.

TABU Dag 2025 | Deadline extension

The TABU Dag 2025 organization has officially extended the deadline for abstract submissions to Monday March 17.

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LOT Board | Become a Postdoc Representative

Would you like to help shape LOT’s education activities, budget decisions, and strategies for potential large national grant proposals? Join the LOT Board as a postdoc representative!

Upcoming Events

  • June 23, 2025 - July 4, 2025
    LOT Summer School 2025

    The LOT Summer School 2025 will be co-hosted by the University of Antwerp.

  • July 21, 2025 - August 1, 2025
    Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics 2025

    The Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics offers a varied program of specialised courses in Descriptive linguistics, in Chinese, Germanic, Indo-European, Indian, Iranian, Semitic languages and linguistics, as well as a number of introductory linguistic courses.

  • January 12, 2026 - January 23, 2026
    LOT Winter School 2026

    The LOT Winter School 2026 is co-organised with the VU and will take place from 12 to 23 January 2026.

  • June 15, 2026 - June 26, 2026
    LOT Summer School 2026

    The LOT Summer School 2026 is co-organised by the CLCG and will take place at the University of Groningen, from 15 to 26 June 2026.

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