The LangFest poster and registration deadline has been extended to Monday, April 1. If you would like to present a poster, all you need at this time is to provide a title and author. Also consider taking part in our data blitz (think a 1-slide bite-sized presentation) as a way to promote your poster! See original call below, and see you on April 27!
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Dear UConn Language Research Community,
We are pleased to announce that the 10th annual University of Connecticut Language Fest will be held on Saturday, April 27, from 9AM--4PM in Oak Hall at the Storrs Campus, funded by the Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Neurobiology of Language program.
Language Fest is a University-wide research conference that brings together the full community of language researchers at UConn, including undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty, for a day of sharing results, ideas, methodologies and fostering future interdisciplinary collaborations.
This year's Fest features a talk from Ann Senghas (Barnard College), who studies language acquisition, specifically, the emergence of grammatical structure in a new sign language being created by a generation of deaf children and adolescents in Nicaragua. In addition to this talk, two poster sessions and data blitzes will showcase language-related research from the UConn community, as well as a panel discussion.
Registration: If you plan to attend LangFest, we ask that you please register using this Google Form (it is the same as the call for posters below). Registration is free; we would just like to get an accurate headcount for ordering lunch. (There are also options for reporting dietary restrictions.)
Call for Posters: We invite poster presentations from the UConn community on the subject of language and language-related research. This is a great opportunity for undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to share their research with the UConn language community. You can use a poster from a recent or upcoming conference, or design one for the fest. Completed work, published work, and works-in-progress are all welcome. Undergraduate Honors Projects, or SHARE or SURF-sponsored research are also welcome. Please keep in mind that you will have a diverse audience at the fest, and you should be prepared to explain the 'big picture' motivating your work for people from different disciplines. If you would like to present a poster, all you have to do is send us your poster title and author names and affiliations by Monday, April 1 using this link. When you register, you will have the opportunity to indicate your interest in being part of the LangFest data-blitz, which will showcase student research in a bite-sized format.
For more information, contact: ashley.parker@uconn.edu at ashley.parker@uconn.edu