18th Annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL 18)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Linguistics Student Organization (LSO) is pleased to present the 18th Annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL 18)!
Where: 4235 Nancy Nicholas Hall (Friday) & 6191 Helen C. White Hall (Saturday)
When: Friday and Saturday, April 12-13, 2024
Keynote speakers:
- Julia Goetze – Going with the flow: Aligning Professional Development with Disciplinary Currents in (Applied) Linguistics – Friday 4/12 at 3:00
- Robert Hawkins – Approaching language through cognitive science – Saturday 4/13 at 9:00 (remote)
The Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) is a student conference organized by the Linguistics Student Organization (LSO). WiGL 18 will take place primarily in person on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the morning and early afternoon of Friday April 12th, we will have two student-led online-only workshops on zoom. The rest of the conference will take place in person from 2:30PM on Friday April 12th through 6:00PM on Saturday April 13th. We have two locations this year. On Friday, events will be held in 4235 Nancy Nicholas Hall and on Saturday, events will be held in 6191 Helen C. White Hall. We will have about twenty student presenters from UW-Madison and beyond! Our faculty keynote speakers are UW-Madison professors Julia Goetze (in person) and Robert Hawkins (remote). If you are interested in attending, you can register for the conference for free here. Registration is not required, but helps the organizers to ensure that there are enough supplies (programs, fliers, food) for attendees.
Conference organizers
Contact one of the workshop co-organizers with any questions or concerns:
Jae Weller – jdweller@wisc.edu
Rachyl Hietpas – rhietpas2@wisc.edu
Thomas Harb – tharb@wisc.edu
David Daum – ddaum@wisc.edu
B Dowling – bcdowling@wisc.edu