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 the department's *spring colloquium series*. Each is free and open to the public (further information including titles, abstracts, and locations will be posted on our events calendar https://ling.bu.edu/events/): 1. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 (5:00pm-6:00pm, RKC-101 https://maps.bu.edu/?id=647#!m/528363?ct/) - Nelson Flores https://www.gse.upenn.edu/academics/faculty-directory/flores (University of Pennsylvania) 2. Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 (4:30pm-5:30pm, location TBA) - Tracy Conner https://tracyconner.academia.edu/ (Northwestern University) 3. Monday, Mar. 28, 2022 (4:30pm-5:30pm, location TBA) - Najoung Kim https://najoungkim.github.io/ (New York University) 4. Monday, Apr. 25, 2022 (4:30pm-5:30pm, location TBA) - Norma Mendoza-Denton https://www.norma-mendoza-denton.com/ (University of California, Los Angeles) Questions can be directed to the co-chairs of the BU Linguistics 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/. 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 spring semester, and we hope to see you at one or more of these events! Kind regards, Charles -- Director of Public Relations Department of Linguistics Boston University email: lxpr@bu.edu