International Conference on Linguistics Communication (LingComm21)
I am so excited to share the International Conference on Linguistics Communication, happening online the week of April 19-23, 2021. The conference will be made up of moderated panels and poster presentations about lingcomm projects.
Conference website: https://lingcomm.org/conference/
Speaker/poster submission: https://lingcomm.org/conference/participate (submissions close March 19, 2021)
Registration: via EventBrite
We’ve kept registration as low as possible, and the plenary workshop stream will be live captioned in English.
If you’re more interested in enjoying good lingcomm than making it, stay tuned for LingFest, coming the lat week of April: https://lingcomm.org/lingfest
From the LingComm21 conference website:
The International Conference on Linguistics Communication (LingComm21) brings together lingcommers from a variety of backgrounds, including linguists who have developed skills in communicating with public audiences and communicators who have developed a “beat” related to language.
Taking advantage of a digital-first format to bring together lingcommers from around the world, LingComm21 is a small, highly interactive conference containing a mix of beginner and advanced panels on specific areas of lingcomm, as well as smaller special sessions emerging from the shared interests of attendees. Tell us which topics you can speak to, and we’ll match you with co-panelists who share your interests.
Confirmed invited speakers (so far):
Kate Burridge, Monash University
Nicole Holliday, University of Pennsylvania
Ben Zimmer, The Wall Street Journal
Megan Figueroa and Carrie Gillon, Vocal Fries
Lane Greene, The Economist
Mignon Fogarty, Grammar Girl
Daniel Midgely, Because Language
Grant Barrett, A Way with Words
Helen Zaltzman, The Allusionist
Kory Stamper, Word by Word
Dates: For much of the world, the conference will run April 19-22, in a single four-hour block each day beginning at UTC 20:00. That’s beginning at 10am in Honolulu, 1pm in Seattle, 4pm in Montreal, 9pm in London, and 10pm in Paris. For those on the leading edge of time zones, the conference will run April 20-23, beginning at 6am in Melbourne and 8am in Auckland.
Platform: The conference will be held in a custom space on Gather, a proximity chat platform which lets participants wander around and chat with in spontaneous small groups between sessions, and which includes a virtual coffeeshop and pub for off-hours and informal meetups.
Organising committee: Laura Bailey, Lauren Gawne, Jessi Grieser, and Gretchen McCulloch make up LingComm21’s steering committee. Elizabeth McCullough is the conference manager.
For more information visit the LingComm21 conference website: https://lingcomm.org/conference/