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CFP – 2015 LCSL Graduate Student Conference

We are pleased to announce the first ever interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference in Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago hosted by graduate students from different departments in the School of…

Ariel Pollock awarded Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship

Ariel Pollock, student in the Department of Linguistics, has been selected as a recipient of the Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship for the academic year 2014-2015. The Office of International Affairs will be hosting the…

'Language Variation and Change' co-edited by Richard Cameron

Routledge’s five-volume collection Language Variation and Change: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, co-edited by Richard Cameron (Associate Professor of Linguistics) is now available. For more information, visit the Routledge website. 

Nic May (Linguistics/TESOL alumnus) accepted as a CaMLA intern

Linguistics/TESOL alumna Nic May has been accepted as a CaMLA (Cambridge University-University of Michigan Language Assessment) intern.  This prestigious program accepts only one intern every year.  Nic is a teacher and assessment specialist…

CFP: In/Between 2014

THE SOUNDSCAPES OF CULTURE February 27-28, 2014 The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics invites papers connected to this year’s overarching theme of sound, as well as papers based on all current…

Jessica Williams received the LAS Faculty Service Award

Please join us in congratulating Jessica Williams, Professor in the Department of Linguistics, who has received the LAS Faculty Service Award. The LAS Faculty Service award recognizes exceptional service to the College.  Recipients will have…

Richard Cameron publishes new book

Congratulations to Richard Cameron on the publication of his new book: Bayley, Robert, Richard Cameron, & Ceil Lucas (eds.). 2013. The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Features of the book:…

Richard Cameron featured in WBEZ story

WBEZ reporter Annie Minoff asks Richard Cameron, Head of Linguistics, for help with the question “Chuh Kaw Go, what do you really sound like?” Read the story here. Readers may also listen to–and record…