Dear friends of BU Linguistics: Greetings! I'm writing in my role as the Director of Public Relations for BU Linguistics to invite you to various in-person and virtual events that the department is organizing this semester. 1. The *BU Linguistics Colloquium Series* will consist of four (in-person) colloquia. Each is free and open to the public (flyer attached; further information including titles and abstracts will be posted on our events calendar https://ling.bu.edu/events/): - September 27, 2021 (9:30am-10:30am, MCS 157) - Sarah Phillips https://sarahfphillips.com/ (New York University) - October 12, 2021 (9:30am-10:30am, location TBA) - Myriam Dali https://ling.bu.edu/people/dali/ (Boston University) - October 25, 2021 (9:30am-10:30am, location TBA) - Laura Kalin https://www.laurakalin.com/ (Princeton University) - November 15, 2021 (9:30am-10:30am, location TBA) - Marlyse Baptista https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/marlysebaptista/ (University of Michigan) Questions can be directed to the co-chairs of the Colloquium Committee: Profs. Jon Barnes http://ling.bu.edu/people/barnes/, Danny Erker https://ling.bu.edu/people/erker/, and Kate Lindsey https://ling.bu.edu/people/lindsey/. 2. BU will be co-hosting (with MIT and the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland) a *Virtual Workshop on L3 Development After the Initial State* (L3-AIS) on Oct. 1-2, 2021. Registration is free for all attendees. Further information can be found on the conference website https://sites.bu.edu/l3developmentworkshop/. 3. BU will also be hosting the *46th Boston University Conference on Language Development* (BUCLD 46) on Nov. 4-7, 2021, virtually via the Whova platform. Registration is free for all current students. Further information can be found on the conference website https://www.bu.edu/bucld/. Please feel free to circulate to other friends of BU Ling who may not be on this email list. Best wishes for a stimulating and productive fall, and we hope to see at one or more of these events! Kind regards, Charles -- Director of Public Relations Department of Linguistics Boston University email: lxpr@bu.edu
