Reading groups are fluid research clusters of students and faculty from our own and other departments. Participants get together to look at original research, ask questions, share current thinking, and work through problems. There are a number of these groups at the present time
Reading Groups
ClingDings
Computational Linguistics Reading Group. Meets Tuesdays, 1:00-2:00 pm in Ballantine 121. Led by Dr. Shuju Shi, Dr. Luke Gessler, and Dr. Sandra Kübler. If interested, contact Dr. Shi at shi16@iu.edu.
Syntax-Semantics Reading Group
Meets on Tuesdays 10:00-11:00 am in Language Commons, Morrison Hall, room 420. To find the room, take the elevator to the 4th floor. You will see the room when you exit the elevator. The group is led by Dr. Tom Grano and Dr. Emily Hanink. Contact Dr. Grano tgrano@iu.edu or Dr. Hanink emhanink@iu.edu to be added to the Canvas site.
Phlegme
Phonetics and Phonology Reading Group. Meets Wednesdays, 2:30 pm in Morrison Hall, room 420. Led by Dr. Ken de Jong. Contact Dr. de Jong kdejong@iu.edu to be added to the Canvas site.
Natural Language Processing Reading Group
Meets Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 pm in Luddy 0002. Led by Dr. Damir Cavar. If interested, contact Dr. Damir Cavar dcavar@iu.edu. More information: nlp-lab.org.
Quantum Natural Processing Study Group
Meets Thursdays, 5:30-7:00 pm in Luddy 0002. Led by Dr. Damir Cavar. Contact Dr. Damir Cavar at dcavar@iu.edu if interested. More information: nlp-lab.org/quantumnlp.
Sociolinguistics Reading Group
Meets Wednesdays, 1:00-2:30 pm in Ballantine 403. Led by Dr. Monica Nesbitt. Contact Dr. Nesbitt nesbittm@iu.edu or Natalie Povilonis napovil@iu.edu to be added to the Canvas site.
Old Occitan Reading Group
Led by Dr. Barbara Vance and Dr. Elizabeth Hubbard. If interested, contact Dr. Vance at bvance@iu.edu or Dr. Hebbard at ehebbard@iu.edu. The group is working its way through Flamenca, a 13th-century romance in verse. Knowledge of any Romance language is useful as a tool for reading this medieval language from the south of France. This group is on hiatus for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Technologies on Language Documentation
Meets Fridays, 4:00-5:00pm Ballantine 664 and online, starting February 6th. Led by Dr. Shobhana Chelliah, Dr. Luke Gessler, and Dr. Shuju Shi. Contact Dr. Chelliah schellia@iu.edu , Dr. Gessler lgessler@iu.edu , Dr. Shi shi16@iu.edu , Victor Shi wencshi@iu.edu or Shusuke Hashimoto shuhashi@iu.edu for more information. This group leans heavily towards Computational Linguistics.Phonology Reading Group
Meets biweekly Thursdays 4:00pm online. Led by Dr. Malgorzata Cavar mcavar@iu.edu.
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