Tokyo Evolutionary Linguistics Forum
19th March 2012, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo
Coverage of the Tokyo Evolutionary Linguistics Forum was published in the latest edition of Science available here!
The timetable is now available for download here. Details on the conference venue are available here.
The Tokyo Evolutionary Linguistics Forum has been organized as a venue to extend discussions on evolutionary linguistics following this years 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang9) which was held form the 13th to 16th of March in Kyoto. It is hoped that the event will stimulate interest in this burgeoning field of study in the Tokyo academic community, and lead to ongoing collaborations between local and international researchers.
The event is free and open to all. No prior registration is required, simply join us on the day, and enjoy a series of presentations on a range of current topics in language evolution research. Given the inherently multidisciplinary nature of the field, we believe the talks will offer something to researchers from a variety of backgrounds, from linguists to biologists, psychologists to archaeologists.
The following speakers will be joining us for the event:
Details of the individual talks are available on the program page. The full program is available here (Participants will receive a copy on arrival so there is no need to print this file).
Important Details:
We hope to see you there!
The event is free and open to all. No prior registration is required, simply join us on the day, and enjoy a series of presentations on a range of current topics in language evolution research. Given the inherently multidisciplinary nature of the field, we believe the talks will offer something to researchers from a variety of backgrounds, from linguists to biologists, psychologists to archaeologists.
The following speakers will be joining us for the event:
- Gabriel Beckers (Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology)
- Bart de Boer (University of Amsterdam, Computational and experimental modeling of speech)
- Johan Bolhuis (Utrecht University, Birdsong as model system for speech and language)
- Erica Cartmill (University of Chicago, Comparative approaches to gestural communication)
- Russell Gray (University of Auckland, Phylogenetic modeling of language evolution)
- Takashi Ikegami (University of Tokyo)
- Sean Lee (University of Tokyo, Phylogenetics and phylogeography)
- Rafael Núñez (University of California, San Diego)
- Kazuo Okanoya (University of Tokyo, Comparative approaches to language evolution)
- Irene Pepperberg (Harvard University, Cross-species modeling of language evolution)
- Thom Scott-Phillips (University of Edinburgh)
- Jordan Zlatev (Lund University, Comparative and developmental studies)
Details of the individual talks are available on the program page. The full program is available here (Participants will receive a copy on arrival so there is no need to print this file).
Important Details:
- Date/Time: 19th March 2012, 10am~6pm (approx.)
- Venue: Hall, Building 18, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo (Campus location)
- Thematic Area: Language evolution understood in the broad sense, from the emergence of simple communication systems, through to recent cultural developments viewed from a darwinian perspective.
- Cost: Free
- Registration: On site
- Language: English
We hope to see you there!
