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.
Program
Conference ProgramThe main conference and workshop programs are now available for download by clicking on the following links. There will likely be changes to these timetable between now and the conference, and it is therefore recommend that you confirm the talk schedule a few days before the conference.Workshop ProceedingsThe combined proceedings of the five workshops is available for download at the link below. A printed copy of this volume will be provided to participants at registration.Workshop Proceedings Download (9mb/Pdf)Plenary Speakers
- Terrence Deacon
- Simon Fisher
- Tetsuro Matsuzawa
- Jenny Saffran
- Minoru Asada
- Simon Kirby
- Tom Griffiths
- Cedric Boeckx
- Russell Gray
- Rafael Nunez
- Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
Invited Speakers
- Kazuo Fujita
- Tao Gong
- Atsushi Iriki
- Noriko Osumi
- Charles Yang
Workshops
Theoretical Linguistics/BiolinguisticsOrganizers: Roger Martin (Yokohama National University) & Koji Fujita (Kyoto University)Contact Address: martin@ynu.ac.jpLanguage and the BrainOrganizers: Noriaki Yusa (Miyagi Gakuin Women's University) & Hajime Ono (Kinki University)Contact Address: n_yusa@me.comEmotion and LanguageOrganizer: Tomomi Fujimura (ERATO, JST)Contact Address: fujimura@brain.riken.jpAnimal Communication and Language EvolutionOrganizers: Johan Bolhuis (Utrecht University) & Kazuo Okanoya (University of Tokyo)Contact Address: a.osawa1002@gmail.comConstructive Approaches to Language EvolutionOrganizers: Reiji Suzuki (Nagoya University) & Takashi Hashimoto (JAIST)Contact Address: reiji@is.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Please see the workshops page for details of the program of individual workshops.Related EventsWe are also pleased to announce the following events also taking place in Japan around the time of the conference:
- Tokyo Evolutionary Linguistics Forum - March 19, 2012, Tokyo
- Evolutionary Linguistics after Kyoto -Venue: Building 18, Komaba Campus, The University of TokyoInvited Speakers:
- Bart de Boer (University of Amsterdam)
- Erica Cartmill (University of Chicago)
- Rafael Núñez (University of california, San Diego)
- Thom Scott-Phillips (University of Edinburgh)
- Monica Tamariz (University of Edinburgh)
- Jordan Zlatev (Lund University)
- More to be added shortly
Full details available at:
- Kyoto Conference on Biolinguistics - March 12, 2012, Kyoto
- The Human Language Faculty: Its Design, Development and Evolution -
Venue: Shirankaikan Inamori Hall, Kyoto University
Invited Speakers:
- Cedric Boeckx (ICREA/University of Barcelona)
- Denis Bouchard (University of Quebec at Montreal)
- Naoki Fukui (Sophia University)
- Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini (University of Arizona)
- Charles Yang (University of Pennsylvania)
Full details available at:http://www.bioling.jp/english/events/ (English)http://www.bioling.jp/events/ (Japanese)