V-NYI #12 coming this summer! June 24-July 10, 2026
The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies

Lectures and Events

Upcoming lectures and events
'Cold War Art Worlds' (Simone Wille)

'Cold War Art Worlds' (Simone Wille)

lectures and events 2
Pronoun Typology Festival!

Pronoun Typology Festival!

Neda Todorović, Reed College

Neda Todorović, Reed College

Susanna Rabow-Edling, Uppsala University

Susanna Rabow-Edling, Uppsala University

Steven Mithen, University of Reading

Steven Mithen, University of Reading

Tanja Petrović, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Tanja Petrović, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University

Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University

Maria Williams, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Maria Williams, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Sat. Night at the Movies with Polly Gannon: Harold & Maude

Sat. Night at the Movies with Polly Gannon: Harold & Maude

Mark Aronoff, Stony Brook University

Mark Aronoff, Stony Brook University

Writing against Borders

Writing against Borders

Cafe Elsewhere, New Season!!

Cafe Elsewhere, New Season!!

Quentin Williams (University of the Western Cape)

Quentin Williams (University of the Western Cape)

Kevin Potter (University of Vienna)

Kevin Potter (University of Vienna)

Aron Hirsch (University of Maryland)

Aron Hirsch (University of Maryland)

Saturday Night at the Movies with NYI!

Saturday Night at the Movies with NYI!

Hongchen Wu (Georgia Tech University)

Hongchen Wu (Georgia Tech University)

Joseph Pierce (Stony Brook University)

Joseph Pierce (Stony Brook University)

Sayan Dey (Alliance University, Bangladore)

Sayan Dey (Alliance University, Bangladore)

Markus Pöchtrager (University of Vienna)

Markus Pöchtrager (University of Vienna)

Barbara Partee (UMass, Amherst)

Barbara Partee (UMass, Amherst)

lectures and events 3:
Tory Sampson (BU)

Tory Sampson (BU)

Special 3-part Series at SPECIAL TIME

Special 3-part Series at SPECIAL TIME

Anna Miler, Gdansk

Anna Miler, Gdansk

Susi Wurmbrand (GLOW Chairperson)

Susi Wurmbrand (GLOW Chairperson)

Anna Miler, Gdansk

Anna Miler, Gdansk

John Drury (Brooklyn College)

John Drury (Brooklyn College)

Vera Gor (Meta)

Vera Gor (Meta)

Roumyana Pancheva (UC Santa Cruz)

Roumyana Pancheva (UC Santa Cruz)

Gert-Jan Schoenmakers (Radboud University)

Gert-Jan Schoenmakers (Radboud University)

Saturday "night" at the movies! with Yola Monakhov Stockton

Saturday "night" at the movies! with Yola Monakhov Stockton

The Consequences, Applications and Dangers of AI

The Consequences, Applications and Dangers of AI

Why do we do what we do?

Why do we do what we do?

Distinguished Linguist Hedde Zeijlstra

Distinguished Linguist Hedde Zeijlstra

Distinguished Linguist: Gillian Ramchand

Distinguished Linguist: Gillian Ramchand

Decolonial Dialogues #3: Aditya Nigam

Decolonial Dialogues #3: Aditya Nigam

Distinguished Linguist 3: Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook)

Distinguished Linguist 3: Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook)

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #2: Andrew Nevins

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #2: Andrew Nevins

Decolonial Dialogues

Decolonial Dialogues

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #1: Elise Newman

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #1: Elise Newman

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Exclusive Film Screening!!

Exclusive Film Screening!!

Film Discussion with Heidi Hutner

Film Discussion with Heidi Hutner

Special Nabokov Lecture #1

Special Nabokov Lecture #1

Special Nabokov Lecture #2

Special Nabokov Lecture #2

Café Elsewhere

Café Elsewhere

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

lectures and events 4
Exclusive Film Screening!!

Exclusive Film Screening!!

Film Discussion with Heidi Hutner

Film Discussion with Heidi Hutner

Special Nabokov Lecture #1

Special Nabokov Lecture #1

Special Nabokov Lecture #2

Special Nabokov Lecture #2

Café Elsewhere

Café Elsewhere

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #1: Elise Newman

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #1: Elise Newman

Decolonial Dialogues

Decolonial Dialogues

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #2: Andrew Nevins

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #2: Andrew Nevins

Distinguished Linguist 3: Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook)

Distinguished Linguist 3: Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook)

Decolonial Dialogues #3: Aditya Nigam

Decolonial Dialogues #3: Aditya Nigam

Distinguished Linguist: Gillian Ramchand

Distinguished Linguist: Gillian Ramchand

Distinguished Linguist Hedde Zeijlstra

Distinguished Linguist Hedde Zeijlstra