Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe | ConSOLE XIX

Submitted by Arjan on 11 July, 2010 - 12:40
Event Date: 
Wednesday, 5 January, 2011 - Saturday, 8 January, 2011

The 19th Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE) will be held in Groningen (the Netherlands) from 5 to 8 January 2011. From the ConSOLE XIX website:

Mapping Caracol's Classic Maya urban landscape with LIDAR

Submitted by Arjan on 12 May, 2010 - 23:02

The New York Times reports on important advances in Maya archaeology. Arlen and Diane Chase, anthropologists at the University of Central Florida, used LIDAR to map the area of the Classic Maya city Caracol in Belize.

Archaeological-Anthropological and Linguistic Focus on the Americas

Submitted by Arjan on 23 April, 2010 - 21:51
Event Date: 
Tuesday, 27 April, 2010 - Thursday, 29 April, 2010

Next week the Archaeological-Anthropological and Linguistic Focus on the Americas (ALFA) congress will be held in Leiden. There will be presentations given by scholars and PhD students, on a variety of topics ranging from monumental stone sculptures in Nicaragua to Mapuche derivational morphology. There's also a masterclass by Jesper Nielsen on Iconography of Religious Narrative, and a film cycle on indigenous culture in Mexican cinema. See the attached program for details.

Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics 2010

Submitted by Arjan on 17 April, 2010 - 17:50
Event Date: 
Monday, 19 July, 2010 - Friday, 30 July, 2010

Following the International Summer School on Language Documentation and Description, held in Leiden the first half of July, is the 5th Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics. You could have a full month filled with linguistics in Leiden! ;)

3L International Summer School on Language Documentation and Description

Submitted by Arjan on 11 April, 2010 - 14:46
Event Date: 
Monday, 5 July, 2010 - Saturday, 17 July, 2010

The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics will be hosting the third 3L International Summer School on Language Documentation and Description this summer. It will be an interesting two weeks with courses on various aspects of language documentation, from typological issues to recording techniques, fieldwork methods, software for linguists, grammar writing, and courses on languages from South America to Indonesia.

Language, Culture and History Conference

Submitted by Arjan on 27 February, 2010 - 16:32
Event Date: 
Thursday, 1 July, 2010 - Friday, 2 July, 2010

There is a call for papers for a conference on Language, Culture and History at the University of Wyoming. From the conference webpage: At this conference on Language, Culture and History we would like to bring contemporary theories from all fields of anthropology and related fields to the "natural history of humans." Specifically, we want to address questions about the complex interactions between language, history and culture.

Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS) 2010

Submitted by Arjan on 23 January, 2010 - 18:27
Event Date: 
Friday, 25 June, 2010 - Sunday, 27 June, 2010

The 17th Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium will be held at The University of Oregon, in Eugene. Its theme is Language and Place: Language and Place are intrinsically tied together. Indigenous thought and lifeways are rooted in the
places people have lived since time immemorial. With this thought in mind, please submit proposals
that support these ideas through educating and informing language workers, advocates, programs, and
linguists from around the world.

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