What is V-NYI?
The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies is an advanced live program focusing on underrepresented and interdisciplinary fields of study, including critical cultural studies, theoretical linguistics, and more.
LIVE (Zoom)
What it consists of
29 Seminars
11 General Lectures
4 Interactive Workshops
2 Film Screenings
How it works
Students select 4-5 Seminars and/or Workshops
All classes synchronous and LIVE only
Seminars/Workshops meet 6 times over 2 weeks (M/W/F or T/Th/S)
V-NYI #10 Certificate upon completion
Critical Cultural Studies
Seminars and Workshops
Moving Through Water: Translations and Transitions Between Art Forms
Dinara Asadulina
Morley House
Christos Kakouros
Morley House
Reflections on the Digital Divide in two BRICS nations (India and South Africa)
Kyle Bester
University of South Africa
Madhumita Das
The Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Development (iLEAD), India
Ukrainian Audiotopia of the 1990s: Artistry, Affect, and Agency in Popular Music
Iuliana Matasova
Independent Scholar
Theories of the Uncanny
Melis Umut
Stony Brook University
Mary (Polly) Gannon
co-Director, NYI Critical Cultural Studies
Communal writing for dignity against trauma and war
Julio César Díaz Calderón
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Social Trauma, Ecology, and Care
Danille Elize Arendse
Stellenbosch University / University of Pretoria
Sayan Dey
Bayan College, Oman
Palestinian Literature as World Literature
Kevin Potter
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, University of Vienna
Journalistic Coverage of Vulnerable Populations in Times of Peril
Razvan Sibii
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Moving Through Water: Translations and Transitions Between Art Forms
Dinara Asadulina
Morley House
Christos Kakouros
Morley House
Reflections on the Digital Divide in two BRICS nations (India and South Africa)
Kyle Bester
University of South Africa
Madhumita Das
The Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Development (iLEAD), India
Ukrainian Audiotopia of the 1990s: Artistry, Affect, and Agency in Popular Music
Iuliana Matasova
Independent Scholar
Theories of the Uncanny
Melis Umut
Stony Brook University
Mary (Polly) Gannon
co-Director, NYI Critical Cultural Studies
Communal writing for dignity against trauma and war
Julio César Díaz Calderón
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Social Trauma, Ecology, and Care
Danille Elize Arendse
Stellenbosch University / University of Pretoria
Sayan Dey
Bayan College, Oman
Palestinian Literature as World Literature
Kevin Potter
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, University of Vienna
Journalistic Coverage of Vulnerable Populations in Times of Peril
Razvan Sibii
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Moving Through Water: Translations and Transitions Between Art Forms
Dinara Asadulina
Morley House
Christos Kakouros
Morley House
Theoretical Linguistics & Cognitive Science
Seminars
An Introduction to Lexical-Functional Grammar
Chit-Fung (Lawrence) Lam
University of Manchester
The Morphology, Syntax and Semantics of Fake Phi-features in Pronouns (advanced)
Filipe Hisao Kobayashi
Paris Lodron University Salzburg
Susanne Wurmbrand
Universität Salzburg
The Life Cycle of Phonological Processes: Principles and Case Studies (advanced!)
Pavel Iosad
University of Edinburgh
Logical Phonology (semi advanced)
Kyle Gorman
City University of New York (CUNY)
Charles Reiss
Concordia University, Montreal
Syntax 2 (semi-advanced)
Marcel den Dikken
ELTE & Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics
Introduction to Experimental Syntax
Nick Huang
National University of Singapore
Sandra Villata
University of Enna Kore
Head Movement: Its Nature, Consequences and Effects (advanced)
Kenyon Branan
Universität Göttingen
Hedde Zeijlstra
University of Göttingen
Conditionals (advanced!)
Rajesh Bhatt
UMass Amherst
Roumyana Pancheva
University of California, Santa Cruz
Weird Types of Movement (advanced)
Magdalena Lohninger
University of Vienna
Tom Meadows
University of Geneva
The dynamic processes in language: A view from L1, L2 acquisition and change
Sigríður Björnsdóttir
University of Konstanz
Introduction to Formal Semantics
Jéssica Mendes
Georg-August Universität Göttingen
Zahra Mirrazi
University of Göttingen
Issues in Non-Concatenative Morpho-Phonology (advanced)
Noam Faust
Université Paris 8, CNRS SFL
Shanti Ulfsbjorninn
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Formal Approaches to Morphosyntactic Change
Nerea Madariaga
University of the Basque Country
Puzzles in Syntax (advanced!)
Ur Shlonsky
University of Geneva
Adam Szczegielniak
University of Gdansk
An Introduction to Lexical-Functional Grammar
Chit-Fung (Lawrence) Lam
University of Manchester
The Morphology, Syntax and Semantics of Fake Phi-features in Pronouns (advanced)
Filipe Hisao Kobayashi
Paris Lodron University Salzburg
Susanne Wurmbrand
Universität Salzburg
The Life Cycle of Phonological Processes: Principles and Case Studies (advanced!)
Pavel Iosad
University of Edinburgh
Logical Phonology (semi advanced)
Kyle Gorman
City University of New York (CUNY)
Charles Reiss
Concordia University, Montreal
Syntax 2 (semi-advanced)
Marcel den Dikken
ELTE & Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics
Introduction to Experimental Syntax
Nick Huang
National University of Singapore
Sandra Villata
University of Enna Kore
Head Movement: Its Nature, Consequences and Effects (advanced)
Kenyon Branan
Universität Göttingen
Hedde Zeijlstra
University of Göttingen
Conditionals (advanced!)
Rajesh Bhatt
UMass Amherst
Roumyana Pancheva
University of California, Santa Cruz
Weird Types of Movement (advanced)
Magdalena Lohninger
University of Vienna
Tom Meadows
University of Geneva
The dynamic processes in language: A view from L1, L2 acquisition and change
Sigríður Björnsdóttir
University of Konstanz
Introduction to Formal Semantics
Jéssica Mendes
Georg-August Universität Göttingen
Zahra Mirrazi
University of Göttingen
Issues in Non-Concatenative Morpho-Phonology (advanced)
Noam Faust
Université Paris 8, CNRS SFL
Shanti Ulfsbjorninn
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Formal Approaches to Morphosyntactic Change
Nerea Madariaga
University of the Basque Country
Puzzles in Syntax (advanced!)
Ur Shlonsky
University of Geneva
Adam Szczegielniak
University of Gdansk
An Introduction to Lexical-Functional Grammar
Chit-Fung (Lawrence) Lam
University of Manchester
The Morphology, Syntax and Semantics of Fake Phi-features in Pronouns (advanced)
Filipe Hisao Kobayashi
Paris Lodron University Salzburg
Susanne Wurmbrand
Universität Salzburg
The Life Cycle of Phonological Processes: Principles and Case Studies (advanced!)
Pavel Iosad
University of Edinburgh
Logical Phonology (semi advanced)
Kyle Gorman
City University of New York (CUNY)
Charles Reiss
Concordia University, Montreal
What our students say about V-NYI
It was my first international experience academically. It was wonderful and enriching time
NYI has given me so much motivation to continue studying linguistics...which is priceless in times of the covid pandemic when we are struggling with a decrease in motivation and depression...
The best thing about V-NYI was the opportunity to engage with researchers and fellow students all over the world. The classes were really diverse.
NYI is that rare opportunity to connect with great minds around the world. The approach is both professional and friendly. You feel part of something valuable, great and rare
I love how inspiring NYI is. Everybody’s loving what they’re doing and it makes you excited for knowledge too.
The space for free dialogue and discussion, great courses, lectures and workshops and me trying to take part in creating an intellectual international community
It was amazing being in a (virtual) room with students from so many different locations; it's always humbling and paradigm shifting when listening to folks from locations different from your own & working through ideas together.
What I appreciated most was an opportunity to take a leap in Gender and Race studies, which are almost completely absent as a topic in our university system. It was an incomparable academic experience
The greatest thing for me was the opportunity to communicate with brilliant scholars from around the world, to look from a more global perspective at burning contemporary issues
I value critical thinking and challenging the domination of situated knowledge in order to decolonise the knowledge production.
In V-NYI, even though the meetings were virtual, they made me feel like we were there, physically. V-NYI brings the whole world of students and professors together. This is a true melting pot of culture, language and cognition!
Having such a diverse array of teachers and students, from universities and cities all over the world, made for a unique experience and exposed me to some fascinating viewpoints.
It was my first international experience academically. It was wonderful and enriching time
NYI has given me so much motivation to continue studying linguistics...which is priceless in times of the covid pandemic when we are struggling with a decrease in motivation and depression...
The best thing about V-NYI was the opportunity to engage with researchers and fellow students all over the world. The classes were really diverse.
NYI is that rare opportunity to connect with great minds around the world. The approach is both professional and friendly. You feel part of something valuable, great and rare
I love how inspiring NYI is. Everybody’s loving what they’re doing and it makes you excited for knowledge too.
The space for free dialogue and discussion, great courses, lectures and workshops and me trying to take part in creating an intellectual international community
It was amazing being in a (virtual) room with students from so many different locations; it's always humbling and paradigm shifting when listening to folks from locations different from your own & working through ideas together.
What I appreciated most was an opportunity to take a leap in Gender and Race studies, which are almost completely absent as a topic in our university system. It was an incomparable academic experience
The greatest thing for me was the opportunity to communicate with brilliant scholars from around the world, to look from a more global perspective at burning contemporary issues
I value critical thinking and challenging the domination of situated knowledge in order to decolonise the knowledge production.
In V-NYI, even though the meetings were virtual, they made me feel like we were there, physically. V-NYI brings the whole world of students and professors together. This is a true melting pot of culture, language and cognition!
Having such a diverse array of teachers and students, from universities and cities all over the world, made for a unique experience and exposed me to some fascinating viewpoints.
It was my first international experience academically. It was wonderful and enriching time
NYI has given me so much motivation to continue studying linguistics...which is priceless in times of the covid pandemic when we are struggling with a decrease in motivation and depression...
The best thing about V-NYI was the opportunity to engage with researchers and fellow students all over the world. The classes were really diverse.