In addition to three annual student research conferences (LASC and LURC and LRSS), the department hosts workshops, regional conferences, and occasionally a major conference in its field.
Upcoming Conferences and Workshops
UCSC Linguistics is hosting BayPhon, a workshop on Phonetics and Phonology, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. BayPhon brings together faculty and students from linguistics departments in the region, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, San José State, and UCSC. Please see the website (https://bayphon2025.sites.ucsc.edu) for the program and more information.
Past Conferences and Workshops
Here are some of the past events hosted by the Department with the Linguistics Research Center’s support:
- 2023: The 41st West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL-41) May 5-7, 2023
- 2022: Human Sentencing Processing (HSP 2022) March 24-26, 2022
- 2020: Annual Meeting on Phonology (AMP 2020) September 18-20, 2020
- 2019: Negation and Fragments Workshop November 2, 2019
- 2019: California Meeting on Psycholinguistics (CAMP 2019) October 26-27, 2019
- 2019: Syntax-Prosody in Optimality Theory II (SPOT II) May 4, 2019.
- 2018: Semantics – Pragmatics Workshop October 27, 2018.
- 2018: Pronouns in Competition Workshop April 27-28, 2017.
- 2017: Syntax-Prosody in Optimality Theory (SPOT) Workshop November 18, 2017.
- 2017: Symposium on Oaxacan Linguistics (WLMA) June 12, 2017.
- 2016: California Universities Semantics and Pragmatics (CUSP 9). October 21-22, 2016.
- 2016: PHREND (PHonology Research weekEND). September 24, 2016.
- 2016: Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas (SULA 9). May 6-8, 2016.
- 2015: 50th Anniversary Event-Linguistics at Santa Cruz: Theory & Practice. April 4, 2015. Photo Gallery
- 2013: Semantics and Linguistics Theory Conference (SALT 23). May 3-5, 2013.
- 2012: West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 30). April 13-15, 2012.
- 2010: Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics (FAJL 5). May 7-9, 2010.
- 2010: Polarity Particles Workshop. January 16, 2010.
- 2009: California Universities Semantics and Pragmatics (CUSP 2). November 21-22, 2009.
- 2009: Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA 16). May 1-3, 2009.
- 2008: Alumni Conference. September 12-13, 2008.
- 2008: Trilateral Linguistics Weekend (TREND). May 10, 2008.
- 2007: Dialogues in Language and Poetry. April 21, 2007.
- 2006: Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 21). March 31-April 2, 2006.
- 2004: Workshop on Modality and Its Kin. June 5, 2004. Semanticists from UCLA, Stanford, and UCSC presented their research.
- 2004: Southwestern Optimality Theory Workshop (SWOT). May 2004.
- 2003: Trilateral Phonology Weekend (TREND 11).
- 2002: West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 21). April 5-7, 2002. The proceedings of the conference can be ordered here.
- 2000: Trilateral Phonology Weekend (TREND 10).
- 1999: Workshop on Optimal Typology. October 1999. A joint Stanford/UCSC workshop.
- 1999: Scandinavian Phonology at Santa Cruz (SCASC). May 1999.
- 1999: Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT 9). February 1999.
- 1997: Trilateral Phonology Weekend (TREND 7).
- 1996: Western States Conference on Linguistics (WECOL).
- 1995: Trilateral Phonology Weekend (TREND 4).
- 1993: West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 12).
- 1993: Trilateral Phonology Weekend (TREND 1). Phonologists from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and Stanford presented their research.
- 1991: LSA Linguistic Institute.
- 1986: HAAS Conference, in honor of Mary Haas. June 1986. Organized by Bill Shipley.
- 1984: West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 3).
Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC)
Every year towards the end of the winter quarter, the Linguistics at Santa Cruz (LASC) conference showcases the research of second and third-year graduate students. This conference coincides with a virtual visit to campus of prospective graduate students, and it always features an invited speaker, a Ph.D. alumna, or an alumnus of the department.
LASC 2024
Date: Monday, March 11, 2024
Time: 2:00 – 5:00pm
Venue: HUM 1 – 210
Guest Speaker: Eric Potsdam (University of Florida)
Program
Photo Gallery: coming soon
Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference (LURC)
Towards the end of the spring quarter each year, the Linguistics Undergraduate Research Conference (LURC) showcases the research of the department’s undergraduate students. This conference always features an invited speaker, a distinguished alumnus or alumna of the department.
LURC 2025
Date: Friday, May 30, 2025
Time: 2:00 – 5:00pm
Location: Stevenson Fireside Lounge (STEV 177)
Keynote Speaker: Anissa Zaitsu (Stanford University)
Flyer
Linguistics Spring Research Symposium (LSRS)
The Linguistics Research Seminar Symposium (LRSS) is a venue for second- and third-year students to present their qualifying papers in progress, as the culmination of their participation in the department’s professionalization course (Linguistics 290: Research Seminar).
Linguistics Research Seminar Symposium 2024
Dates: Friday, April 19 – Part 1
Friday, April 26 – Part 2
Time: 1:00-4:00pm
Venue: Stevenson Fireside Lounge
Program-Part 1 Gallery-coming soon
Program-Part 2