The 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang IX) will be held in the historical city of Kyoto, Japan, from the 13th to 16th of March 2012.
Organization
Local Organizing Committee
- Kazuo Okanoya (University of Tokyo)
- Koji Fujita (Kyoto University)
- Tao Gong (University of Hong Kong)
- Takashi Hashimoto (JAIST)
- Masayuki Ike-uchi (Tsuda College)
- Roger Martin (Yokohama National University)
- Masumi Matsumoto (Osaka Kyoiku University)
- Luke McCrohon (University of Tokyo)
- Hajime Yamauchi (Riken BSI)
- Ayumi Osawa (University of Tokyo)
Workshop Organizers
- Theoretical Linguistics/Biolinguistics - Roger Martin (Yokohama National University) & Koji Fujita (Kyoto University)
- Language and Brain - Noriaki Yusa (Miyagi Gakuin Women's University) & Hajime Ono (Kinki University)
- Emotion and Language - Tomomi Fujimura (ERATO, JST)
- Animal Communication and Language Evolution - Johan Bolhuis (Utrecht University) & Kazuo Okanoya (University of Tokyo)
- Constructive Approaches to Language Evolution - Reiji Suzuki (Nagoya University) & Takashi Hashimoto (JAIST)
Central Organizing Committee
- Rudie Botha (Stellenbosch University, Utrecht University)
- Angelo Cangelosi (University of Plymouth)
- Erica Cartmill (University of Chicago)
- Jean-Louis Dessalles (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris)
- Ramon Ferrer i Cancho (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya)
- Tecumseh Fitch (University of Vienna)
- Jim Hurford (University of Edinburgh)
- Chris Knight (University of East London)
- Luke McCrohon (University of Tokyo)
- Kazuo Okanoya (University of Tokyo)
- Maggie Tallerman (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
- Natalie Uomini (University of Liverpool)