The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies presents:
Virtual NYI #9: June 27-July 12, 2024
Virtual NYI 2024-06-27
Virtual NYI 2024-06-27
Virtual NYI 2024-06-27
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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.

June 27 - July 12, 2024

The Virtual Sky (Zoom)

English

Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies

29 Seminars, 11 General Lectures, 4 Interactive Workshops, 2 Film Screenings

Students select 3-4 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 #9 Certificate upon completion

V-NYI#9 Critical Cultural Studies Seminars and Workshops

Mary (Polly) Gannon
Praying for the Enemy: Joy Harjo and Pádraig Ó Tuama

Mary (Polly) Gannon
NYI Academic Director of Critical Cultural Studies

Kevin Potter
Palestinian Literature as World Literature

Kevin Potter
University of Vienna

Tulika Chandra
Abdur Rehman Khan
Global Folklore

Tulika Chandra
Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNU)
Abdur Rehman Khan
NYI

Kyle Bester
The securitisation of cybersecurity and the role of the human factor

Kyle Bester
University of South Africa

Danille Arendse
Sayan Dey
Decolonization, Spaces and Everyday Life

Danille Arendse
Stellenbosch University
Sayan Dey
Alliance University, Bangalore

Danille Arendse
Trauma and Memory

Danille Arendse
Stellenbosch University

Dinara Yangeldina
Politics of protest and the dynamics of race, gender and sexuality in the ongoing Russian musical exile

Dinara Yangeldina
University of Bergen

Razvan Sibii
Covering vulnerable and underrepresented populations in international journalism

Razvan Sibii
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Quentin Williams
Afrikaaps Linguistics in South Africa: from slavery to decolonial futures

Quentin Williams
University of the Western Cape

Dinara Asadulina
Christos Kakouros
Placemaking: Pages, Images and Text

Dinara Asadulina
Morley House
Christos Kakouros
Central Saint Martins

Masha Godovannaya
Diary Film, Autoethnography, and Poetic Film Writing

Masha Godovannaya
Smolny Beyond Borders

Masha Sokolova
Memories / Futurities

Masha Sokolova
University of Ljubljana

Mary (Polly) Gannon
Melis Umut
Spirituality, Affect and the Posthuman

Mary (Polly) Gannon
NYI Academic Director of Critical Cultural Studies
Melis Umut
Stony Brook University

Alla Gutnikova
Evgeniia Skvortsova
Sex-critical Conversations

Alla Gutnikova
Independent Researcher
Evgeniia Skvortsova
Gasp Magazine

Tegiye Birey
Solidarities

Tegiye Birey
Central European University, Vienna

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V-NYI#9 Theoretical Linguistics & Cognitive Science Seminars

Irene Bolumar Martínez
Anjana Lakshmi
Nina Feygl Semushina
Saule Tuganbaeva
Language and Gesture

Irene Bolumar Martínez
University of Chicago / University of Murcia
Anjana Lakshmi
University of Chicago
Nina Feygl Semushina
University of Chicago
Saule Tuganbaeva
University of Chicago

Petr Kusliy
Ekaterina Vostrikova
Introduction to Formal Semantics

Petr Kusliy
University of Göttingen
Ekaterina Vostrikova
University of Göttingen

Sigríður Björnsdóttir
Mechanisms in language acquisition and change

Sigríður Björnsdóttir
University of Konstanz

Irina Burukina
Introduction to Syntax

Irina Burukina
ELTE & Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics

Danko Sipka
Cross-Linguistic Lexicology and its Lexicographic Treatment

Danko Sipka
Arizona State University

Masha Esipova
Omni Linguistics

Masha Esipova
Bar-Ilan University

John Frederick Bailyn
Hedde Zeijlstra
Alternatives to Phasality

John Frederick Bailyn
Stony Brook University
Hedde Zeijlstra
University of Göttingen

Andreas Blümel
Theoretical and empirical aspects of labeling theory (advanced)

Andreas Blümel
Humboldt University of Berlin / University of Göttingen

Vincent Czarnecki
Scott Nelson
Introduction to Mathematical Linguistics

Vincent Czarnecki
Rutgers University
Scott Nelson
Stony Brook University

Noam Faust
Shanti Ulfsbjorninn
Strict CV metrics or how to live without moras (advanced)

Noam Faust
Université Paris 8, CNRS SFL
Shanti Ulfsbjorninn
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Hana Filip
Topics in Mereological Semantics and Genericity

Hana Filip
Heinrich Heine University

Aron Hirsch
Petr Kusliy
Ekaterina Vostrikova
Puzzles in Formal Semantics (advanced)

Aron Hirsch
University of Maryland
Petr Kusliy
University of Göttingen
Ekaterina Vostrikova
University of Göttingen

Andrew Nevins
Markus Pöchtrager
Eva Zimmermann
Representational Issues in Phonology (advanced)

Andrew Nevins
UCL
Markus Pöchtrager
University of Vienna
Eva Zimmermann
Leipzig University

Ur Shlonsky
Adam Szczegielniak
Ellipsis-related puzzles (advanced)

Ur Shlonsky
University of Geneva
Adam Szczegielniak
University of Gdansk

Valentina Bambini
Luca Bischetti
Federico Frau
Neuropragmatics: from Grice to the brain

Valentina Bambini
University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Luca Bischetti
University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Federico Frau
University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia

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What our students and professors say about V-NYI

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 read more...

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 read more...

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 read more...

The democratic process of learning and communication.

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 read more...

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 read more...

I value critical thinking and challenging the domination of situated knowledge in order to decolonise the knowledge production.

The most valuable thing about VNYI is the range of important classes I had access to. I am sure that someone like me would not have access to this unless I read more...

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