Look before you leap

Forum Lecture by Maria Polinsky, at the Charles M. Harper Center, room 104, at 6pm. Reception to follow at 7:30pm at the Smart Museum, on 5550 S. Greenwood Ave..

EACH THURSDAY 5-7PM

Weekly gathering for all fieldworkers (and those who wish to be)!

Come join us in Classics 110 for drinks and casual conversation about linguistic fieldwork. All are welcome! Due to the overwhelming response to the first Fieldworker Social, we have moved it to a larger location.

Part 1: Web Presence (Colin Phillips)
Part 2: CV Design (Beth Levin)

If you’re interested in attending any (or all!) of the three COSWL/COSIAC workshops (The Publishing Process, The Imposter Syndrome, and Web Presence/CV Design) during the Institute please sign up via the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8R2TXHF. Thank you!

EACH WEDNESDAY 1-5pm

Help improve linguistics-related articles on Wikipedia!

Wikipedia is the 7th most visited site on the internet, but many of its linguistics articles are incomplete, out of date, or in need of attention from actual linguists. Editing Wikipedia has a tremendous impact on the perception of our field and is useful practice in explaining linguistics in a neutral and accessible manner.

Canonical head marking and the evolution of polysynthesis

Lecture by Johanna Nichols, Collitz Professor, at the Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes, at 6:30pm. Reception to follow at 8:00pm at the Cloister Club, also in Ida Noyes.

Institute-wide poster session for presenting your recent or ongoing work to other Institute participants. Sign up to present a poster by finding the link on your account page in the registration system. The link will appear when your account is marked paid in full. Please sign up by June 15.

A pre-screening of the one-hour documentary Rising Voices/Hótȟaŋiŋpi that follows the efforts of Lakota tribal members to preserve their language. You can view the trailer at http://www.risingvoicesfilm.com.

Website: http://www.molweb.org/mol2015/

Description: MoL is devoted to the study of mathematical structures and
methods that are of importance to the description of language. Specific
topics within the scope of the conference include, but are not limited
to the following:

Workshop website: http://quijote.fdi.ucm.es:8084/LLOD-LSASummerWorkshop2015/Home.html

Conference Program
https://lsa2015.uchicago.edu/file/2015icklharvardisoklprogram20for20lsa2...

2015 International Conference on Korean Linguistics

Abstracts are solicited for the first joint meeting of the ICKL (International Circle of Korean Linguistics) and the Harvard-ISOKL (International Symposium on Korean Linguistics) to be held on July 24-26, 2015, at the University of Chicago, in conjunction with the Summer Institute of the Linguistic Society of America.

The Imposter Syndrome (Penny Eckert & Monica Macaulay)

If you’re interested in attending any (or all!) of the three COSWL/COSIAC workshops (The Publishing Process, The Imposter Syndrome, and Web Presence/CV Design) during the Institute please sign up via the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8R2TXHF. Thank you!

EACH THURSDAY 5-7PM

Weekly gathering for all fieldworkers (and those who wish to be)!

Come join us in Classics 110 for drinks and casual conversation about linguistic fieldwork. All are welcome! Due to the overwhelming response to the first Fieldworker Social, we have moved it to a larger location.

The Dictionary as Data: What the Online Dictionary Tells Us About English

Peter Sokolowski, Editor-at-Large, Merriam-Webster
https://twitter.com/PeterSokolowski

Time: July 23, 9:20-10:20, Harper 140

Guided tour of the University of Chicago campus.

EACH WEDNESDAY 1-5pm

Help improve linguistics-related articles on Wikipedia!

Wikipedia is the 7th most visited site on the internet, but many of its linguistics articles are incomplete, out of date, or in need of attention from actual linguists. Editing Wikipedia has a tremendous impact on the perception of our field and is useful practice in explaining linguistics in a neutral and accessible manner.

Please come learn about safety and security on campus and in Hyde Park. We strongly recommend you attend this session, unless you previously attended one on July 8th.

The ‘genius' of the language: discovering pervasive plan and unique design in linguistic description

Lecture by Anthony Woodbury, Hale Professor, at the Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes, at 6pm. Reception to follow at 7:30pm at the Cloister Club, also in Ida Noyes.

Video of the lecture can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOdZLHWlxWU

Please join Ivy Hauser (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Student Member of the LSA Executive Committee and Chair of the LSA Committee on Student Issues and Concerns for a discussion of how the LSA can best meet the needs of linguistics students. Pizza and soft drinks courtesy of LSA.

Please join LSA President John Rickford (Stanford University) for a discussion of how the LSA can best meet the needs of the linguistics community. Breakfast courtesy of LSA.

Like other LSA focus groups at the Institute, this focus groups will be held at Stuart 216. RSVP required. Please RSVP to intern@lsadc.org no later than July 9, 2015. Please specify which date/time you plan to attend. To ensure the quality of the discussions and due to space limitations, the cut-off for these activities is 20 participants.

Professional Paths for Linguists: Preparing For What’s Next

Anna Marie Trester, Associate at FrameWorks Institute and Anastasia Nylund, Director, MA in Language and Communication at Georgetown University

Saturday July 18th