April 2010

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.