The University of Georgia will be hosting the fifth annual Language Varieties in the South (LAVIS) conference in conjunction with the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) in April of 2024.

Health officials worldwide are closely monitoring the outbreak of illness caused by the newly identified coronavirus (COVID‑19). The University of Georgia continues to provide updates on operations, instruction and facilities to the campus community.

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This past week, Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant Jean Costa-Silva received a Graduate Research Award from the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Advisory Board. The $900 award will go towards costs associated with his research project, “Acquisition of Motion Descriptions by Portuguese and English Foreign Language Learners.”

Dr. Keith Langston was honored this week for his "influential vision and leadership" and "significant impact on UGA" with the title of 2023-2024 University Professor alongside Dr. Paula Lemons, Professor and Associate Dean of Franklin College. 

Dr. Pilar Chamorro will be presenting a talk as part of the 27th Annual Conference on the Americas and the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032.

The Linguistics Society at UGA will be hosting the Linguistics Conference at University of Georgia (LCUGA 2024) on February 17-18th (in-person) in Athens, GA.

The theme of this year's conference is "Modeling Language." We are excited to announce this year's plenary speakers: Luis Ulloa (PhD Candidate, SUNY: University at Buffalo) and Dr. Sashank Varma (Professor, Georgia Tech).

The Linguistics Society at UGA is pleased to announce the Linguistics Conference at University of Georgia (LCUGA 2024) on February 17-18th (in-person) in Athens, GA.

The theme of this year's conference is "Modeling Language." We are excited to announce this year's plenary speakers: Luis Ulloa (PhD Candidate, SUNY: University at Buffalo) and Dr. Sashank Varma (Professor, Georgia Tech).

We are excited to announce our first series of events related to the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, a global initiative to emphasize the value and importance of preserving and revitalizing indigenous languages.