Events

MEDAL Summer School in Computational Modelling

The final summer school has been announced!

The 2025 summer school will take place in Birmingham between the 23rd and 27th of June.

MPI Colloquium: Dr. Cedric Boeckx

Cedric Boeckx is research professor at ICREA (Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies and Research) in Barcelona, Spain.
He is also affiliated with Universitat de Barcelona, Section of General...

Talk by prof. Kazuo Okanoya

Kazuo Okanoya is research professor with the Okanoya Laboratory at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
The Okanoya Laboratory is devoted to understanding the origin of the mind by focusing on animals’...

Lecture by Dr. Marina Bedny

Marina Bedny is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. Her research interests revolve around the nature vs. nurture debate and its...

10th Conference of the ISGS

The MPI, Donders Institute and Centre of Language Studies are excited to welcome you to the 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS), taking place from 9 to 11 July 2025...

Masterclass Profielwerkstuk Taalonderzoek bij kinderen: hoe doe je dat?

Ben je geïnteresseerd in hoe baby's en jonge kinderen taal leren? Wil je meer weten over de ont-wikkeling van ander communicatief gedrag, zoals wijzen of beurtwisselingen? Of ben je benieuwd naar hoe...

MEDAL Conference: New challenges, novel approaches

We invite abstract submissions for the ‘Methodological Excellence in Data-Driven Approaches to Linguistics: New challenges, novel approaches’ (MEDAL) conference, to take place on 9-10 October 2025 at...

IMPRS DOCTORAL DEFENCE: Orhun Uluşahin

Voices in our heads: Talker-specific listening and speaking

IMPRS DOCTORAL DEFENCE: Ronny Bujok

When the beat drops: How timing of beat gestures affects lexical stress perception

IMPRS DOCTORAL DEFENCE: Gökberk Alagöz

Insights into human brain evolution from genomics and transcriptomics