Past Events

CENES Faculty Research Colloquium: 'Laughter and the Comic Performance of Gender and Homophobia' and 'Files and the Evidence of Sexuality: Queerness and the Subversion of the East German State'

Atlas.ti workshop

Got qualitative data? LangSci is hosting an Atlas.ti workshop to familiarize grad students, postdocs, and faculty with the qualitative data analysis software ATLAS.ti. The workshop will be helpful for anyone who has (or who plans to have anytime in the future) qualitative data to analyse. Atlas…

Publication Strategies Panel

RSVP here. Panelists:  Anthony Paré (Professor & Head, LLED), Anne-Michelle Tessier (Assistant Professor, Linguistics), Ron Darvin (recent graduate, LLED, postdoctoral fellow, SFU), Xuejun Ryan Ji (Ph.D. student, ECPS, LangSci Steering Committee) Hear from faculty and…

Language Sciences Writing Group

Set aside some focused writing time in community with other grad students and postdocs! Join fellow LangSci grad students and postdoctoral fellows every other Thursday from 2 to 4 pm in Kenny Room 2563 for the LangSci Writing Group. Each session will include some brief discussion of writing…

CANCELLED: Language and Politics in Pakistan: The Case of Punjabi

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  Mushtaq Soofi is a celebrated poet, critic and advocate for the Punjabi language in Pakistan, where despite the numerical dominance of ethnic Punjabis, Urdu dominates and Punjabi has a peripheral status. Everyone is invited to attend and hear him&nbsp…

Language Sciences Member Event - Teaching, Learning, and Training

Please RSVP here. This will be Language Sciences first teaching, learning, and training member event of 2019, postponed from February 12th. Please join us for a provided lunch and a chat with fellow members! Attendees can expect an update on Language Sciences activities,…

Language Science Talks! Misinformation managed: How to have healthy conversations online

Please RSVP here.  Can you spot unreliable news? And once you have, how can you discuss it - not argue about it - online? Join us for Language Science Talks on March 6th, where UBC History Assistant Professor Heidi Tworek will outline how the internet has changed communications,…

Abstract Submission: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Research Day

The deadline for submitting abstracts for the Language Sciences Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Research Day has been extended to 11:59pm March 4, 2019.  We welcome abstract submissions on research on any topic related to language. Research may be in progress, complete, or previously…

Language Sciences Writing Group

Set aside some focused writing time in community with other grad students and postdocs! Join fellow LangSci grad students and postdoctoral fellows every other Thursday from 2 to 4 pm in Kenny Room 2563 for the LangSci Writing Group. Each session will include some brief discussion of writing…

Swallowing Innovations Lab (SASS Lunchtime Colloquium)