UW Languages Resource Fair

Van Hise Hall, 1st floor lobby

Resource Fair organized by departments that offer language learning opportunities at UW-Madison. Learn about what languages are offered, and how studying a language or linguistics can help advance your career! Opportunities to speak with current …

Communications Majors & Certificates Fair

Union South

Drop by and speak with representatives of communications-related departments across campus, to learn more about possible programs, careers, and research opportunities. The Linguistics major will be there, as well as Information Science, Comm Arts, English, …

Ling Fridays: Camacho-Rios on Quechua motion verbs

Online

Associated motion and direction in South Bolivian Quechua Linguistics Fridays Colloquia talk Gladys Camacho-Rios University of Texas at Austin   Online (Email rashields@wisc.edu for the link)   This talk discusses associated motion (AM)/directional polysemy in …

LSO Kick-off Meeting

1151 Van Hise

Linguistics majors, graduate students, and all other interested students are invited to attend the Linguistics Student Organization Kick-off Meeting! The meeting will be on Tuesday, October 25th in 1151 Van Hise Hall! Come to learn more …

Ling Fridays: Namboodiripad on contact-induced change

Online

An experimental approach to contact-induced change: Characterizing "contact" Linguistics Fridays Colloquia talk Savithry Namboodiripad University of Michigan   Online (Email rashields@wisc.edu for the link)   How does language contact contribute to cross-linguistic variation? This talk …

Ling Fridays: Bigolin on Italian verb-particle constructions

206 Van Hise

A morphosyntactic approach to Talmy’s typology. The case of Italian verb-particle constructions Linguistics Fridays Colloquia talk Alessandro Bigolin PhD student, Universtat Autonoma de Barcelona   In person in 206 Van Hise Hall   In this talk …

Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas

In person and online

We’re delighted to announce that WILA13 will be hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison this coming November 10-12. This is a return to where the first WILA was held in 2010 and we are planning …

Dissertation Journeys Professional Development event

1418 Van Hise

Dissertation Journeys: From Initial Interest to Committee-Approved Dissertation Topic The journey from a first-semester PhD student to a dissertator is one that can seem intimidating if not insurmountable. To offer clarity, advice, and insights to …

Languages Alumni Panel and Networking Event

Online

This alumni panel, organized by Language Institute Career advisor Lydia Odegard, will feature recent languages & Linguistics majors! Learn from UW-Madison language alumni working in a range of career industries about how their language studies …

Ling Fridays: Natvig on phonological chain shifts

201 Van Hise

What chain shifts tell us about phonological substance in sound change Linguistics Fridays Colloquia talk David Natvig, University of Stavanger - Norway   Note time and location change! Hybrid modality: in person in Van Hise …