Past events

Explore the forefront of data-driven linguistic methodology! Here you can find past events, as well as resources. To access materials used in an event, click on the event and then click on ‘Resources’ in the left sidebar. Feel inspired? Join our international consortium and advance expertise in language research together. Click here to see the events you can participate in!

Designing CDIs

Desgining questionnaires and CDIs with Katie Alcock In this workshop we will be discussing the process and reasons for developing parent-report inventories – Communicative Development Inventories – from start to finish for a new language. We may also touch on ...

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Consultations with Gretchen

Gretchen McCulloch will visit Tartu and Nijmegen! After her workshop on Communicating Linguistics, Gretchen would like to meet enthusiastic early-career researchers to learn more about their research and get inspired for her podcast Lingthusiasm ! Gretchen will also be there ...

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Communicating Linguistics II

Applying linguistic methods to linguistic communication with Gretchen McCulloch Gretchen McCulloch, the internet’s favourite linguist, is visiting Tartu on Wednesday, August 28th. She will give a two-part hybrid workshop about communicating linguistics to the general public using linguistic methodology. This ...

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MEDAL Summer School in Experimental Linguistics

After the great kick off of the series of MEDAL Summer Schools in Tartu, we are already excited about the 2024 Summer School on Experimental Linguistics in Nijmegen! The 2024 summer school will take place between the 17th and 21st of June. ...

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Incorporating real-world impact into research proposals

Developing impact ideas with Jeannette Littlemore (University of Birmingham) The inclusion of real-world impact is becoming an essential component of research funding proposals. In this workshop we will explore different kinds of impact and discuss how they can be achieved. ...

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MEDAL @ InScience

InScience is an annual film festival taking place in the LUX Theater in Nijmegen. On March 17th 2024, the Project Coordinator at the MPI (Dr Izabela Jordanoska) will give a talk on corpus methodology during the Stand Up Science sessions. ...

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MEDAL admin: best practises seminar at University of Birmingham

Admin and research personnel of Tartu University and the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics (IEGL) will visit the University of Birmingham in March 2024. The purpose of this visit is to learn best practices and implementation of those practices from the University of ...

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Statistics Masterclass: Towards Data Analysis Excellence

Working with Linear, Generalised Linear, and Generalised Additive Mixed Effects Models in Linguistic Data Analysis This four-day workshop with Petar Milin will be all about statistics! This workshop is intended for linguists and language scientists who are looking to build ...

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Soft skills: Communicating Linguistics

How to talk to people about linguistics? NOTE: This workshop has been changed from hybrid to online-only. In this two-part online workshop on Wednesday, 10th of January, with Sharon Unsworth and Marc van Oostendorp from Radboud University, you can learn how to communicate ...

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