Events

Oct 16

Ling Fridays: ELAN Workshop

Wesley dos Santos

October 16, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 254 Van Hise

Introduction to ELAN Assistant Professor Wesley dos Santos, Language Sciences Program In this session, I will introduce ELAN, one of the most standard software tools used in language documentation and other linguistics projects. ELAN is described as: “an annotation tool for audio and video recordings. With ELAN a user can add an unlimited number of textual …

Oct 9

Ling Fridays: Litty on multilingualism

Samantha Litty

October 9, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 254 Van Hise

Rules for thee, but not for me? Multilingualism and language policy in the Duchy of Schleswig Estates Assembly Samantha Litty, Europa-Universität Flensburg The former Duchy of Schleswig straddled what is now the border between Denmark and Germany, once occupying a territory approximately bordered by the Kongeå river in the north and the Eider in the …

Oct 6

LSO Kickoff Meeting

October 6, 2026 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 1418 Van Hise

Come enjoy some snacks and connect with fellow Linguists! Club Officers will be there to answer any questions and welcome new members!

Oct 2

Language and Place: Communities and Corpora

Dr. Minnie Quartey Annan

October 2, 2026 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Event link

Aug 28

Linguistics PhD Fall Welcome

August 28, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 1151 Van Hise

Welcome back celebration for faculty and graduate students in Linguistics. Meet and greet new incoming PhD students

Aug 28

New Grad Student Orientation

August 28, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 1151 Van Hise

Event for incoming Linguistics PhD students

May 27

47th Annual International Child Phonology Conference

May 27, 2026 (all day) - May 29, 2026 (all day) Pyle Center

The Language Sciences Program & Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders invite submissions for papers to be presented at the 47th Annual International Child Phonology Conference, to be held in-person May 27-29, 2026, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The conference brings together researchers from across disciplines to discuss theoretical, empirical, and clinical perspectives on children’s phonology. The conference supports a multi- and interdisciplinary approach …

May 8

Linguistics Graduation Celebration

May 8, 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm 1418 Van Hise

Celebration for graduating linguistics majors.

May 5

Nash Prospectus defense

May 5, 2026 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 am 1151 Van Hise

Linguistics PhD student Vivian Nash will defend the Dissertation proposal “Text-Based Language Reclamation in Ojibwe”

May 5

Nash Prelim defense

May 5, 2026 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am 1151 Van Hise

Linguistics PhD student Vivian Nash will defend the 2nd Prelim “Gye and Miinwaa”