Topic: international

Upcoming workshop will give a look at the behind-the-scenes of an academic journal
On November 20th, Dagmar Divjak (University of Birmingham, Editor-in-Chief of Cognitive Linguistics) will give us a look at the behind-the-scenes of a journal.
Open science workshop will dive into the fundamentals of preregistration
On November 6, Dirk van Gorp (Open Science Officer at Radboud University Library) and Anita Eerland (Assistant Professor at Behavioural Science Institute and Communication Science) will dive into the fundamentals of preregistration.
Statistics masterclass on Bayesian regression to be held in October
From 21 to 24 October, Natalia Levshina from Radboud University will conduct a statistics masterclass covering Bayesian statistics with a focus on language data. The event includes both theoretical and practical sessions.
MEDAL workshop: Advanced data retrieval for corpus linguistics
On the 23-24th of September, we will have a hands-on workshop with Akira Murakami from the University of Birmingham, who will introduce methods for retrieving complex patterns from a corpus using R.
MEDAL workshop: Designing questionnaires and CDIs with Katie Alcock
In the upcoming workshop, senior lecturer Katie Alcock from Lancaster University will discuss developing Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs) for a new language.
How ethical is it to kill your enemies? Oxford Professor Jeff McMahan presents special issue on Russia-Ukraine war
On 5 September, one of the world’s leading moral philosophers, Professor Jeff McMahan from the University of Oxford, will give a public lecture on the ethics of killing and just war theory. His lecture marks the publication of a special issue of a philosophy journal focused on the Russia-Ukraine war. The event will be held from 16:00 to 18:00 in White Hall at the University of Tartu Museum.
Gretchen McCulloch, the internet’s favourite linguist, is visiting Tartu
Gretchen McCulloch, the internet’s favourite linguist, is visiting Tartu at the end of August as part of the MEDAL project.
The 5th International Symposium on Applied Phonetics will be hosted by the University of Tartu
The 5th International Symposium on Applied Phonetics will be hosted by the University of Tartu on 30 September ‒ 2 October 2024.
Przemysław Podleśny: the joy of studying in the city and country of opportunities
Przemysław Podleśny, a graduate of the international curriculum Estonian and Finno-Ugric Languages, gave a speech in Estonian at the master's graduation ceremony.
Professor Karl Pajusalu wins the Latvian and Estonian Language Promotion Award
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna and Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže announced the winner of the Latvian and Estonian Language Promotion Award in Cēsis, Latvia on July 5th.