UCSC was well-represented at the 29th meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (BLS 29) this past weekend.
On Friday, Andy Wedel presented "Self-Organization and the Origin of Higher-Order Phonological Patterns."
On Saturday evening Judith Aissen spoke on "Interpretive preferences and optimality in morphosyntax."
Finally, on Sunday morning, Anya Hogoboom gave a talk on "Definition of the Base."
To view the complete program: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/plainbls.html
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Adam Albright and Andy Wedel were recently invited to give job talks at the University of Chicago.
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REMINDER: Friday, February 28 - 3:30 p.m.
Colloquium with Cleo Condoravdi
Cowell College Conference Room
followed by a potluck dinner at the home of Judith Aissen and Jim Clifford.
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Undergrads-- Hold this date!
Career Workshop
Monday, March 3, 2003
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Cowell Conference Room (Cowell 132)
More details to follow in next week's WHASC.
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EVENTS ON CAMPUS
Marcia Langton
School of Anthropology, University of Melbourne
will speak on
"Culture Wars"
Thursday, February 20
Oakes Mural Room at 4:00 p.m.
Professor Langton is one of Australia's authorities on contemporary Aboriginal issues.
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Psychology Department
Colloquium Series
Social Sciences 2, 121
3:30-5:00 pm
Cognitive Program: Friday, February 21
Charan Ranganath, Center for Neuroscience, UC Davis
"Neural Correlates of Recognition Memory:
>From the bottom up and the top down"
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SUMMER LANGUAGE CLASSES
UCLA's Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures is offering intensive Russian classes this summer. For more information, refer to http://www.summer.ucla.edu.
The University of Washington's Near Eastern Language and Civilization Program is offering summer classes in Arabic, Hebrew, Uzbek and Uighur, as well as classes on religion, culture and society of the Near East. For more information, visit the website at: http://www.summer.washington.edu.
The Consortium in Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, Yale University and San Diego State University form the Mesoamerican Language and Cultural Institute to collaborate on the teaching and dissemination of three languages: Mixtec, Nahuatl, and Yucatec Maya. Intensive summer courses and field work will be offered. For more information, visit their website: http://www.unc.edu/deps/ilas/maya.html
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COMMUNITY EVENT
The Karelian Folk Music Ensemble will appear in concert:
Friday, February 21 - 8 p.m.
Viking Hall Scandinavian Cultural Center
240 Plymouth St. at Button in Santa Cruz
Donation: $7.00 For information; 724-1139
Coming from the land of the Kalevala, ancient land of forests, lakes, small villages, and epic songs, this is a trio from the Russian Republic of Karelia, on the Finnish border. Their music ranges from the ancient epic songs accompanied by Finnish harps to acapella Russian village songs, from old shepherd melodies on wooden flutes and trumpet to Finnish dances on accordions, and from scythe accompaniment to church bells. "From the Land of the Kalevala" is their most recent CD.

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GASPAR DE PORTOLÀ
CATALONIAN STUDIES PROGRAM
CALL FOR EXCHANGE PROPOSALS
The Autonomous Government of Catalonia and the University of California, Berkeley are pleased to invite as part of the Gaspar de Portolà Catalonian Studies Program agreement, applications from University of California faculty for scholarly visits to Catalan universities and research institutes (see list below). The purpose of an exchange visit would be to interact with colleagues in Catalonia and to give lectures about one's own scholarly work. UC faculty also may wish to be aware of a generous program that also allows Catalan scholars to be sent to UC, which they can access through the Office of the Director General for Research of the Commissioner for Universities and Research, in Barcelona. Complete information addressed to Catalan faculty (not available in English) on this program is available through the web: www.gencat.es/dursi. It appears under "beques i ajuts" (grants).
Terms for the scholarly visits to Catalan universities and institutions:1. The program for visits to Catalonia is open to all faculty on all campuses of the University of California. No particular language competence is required.
2. The duration of any given scholarly visit may be from one to four weeks, with a preference for two weeks. Visits should take place between 1st October and 30th June.
3. The faculty member will be expected to give at least one lecture at no less than two universities or research institutions for each week of the visit.
4. Faculty may propose visits on any scholarly topic, although it is hoped that at least half the visitors will be doing research on agriculture, technological development, environment, health, or society and government.
5. The final selection of faculty visitors will be made in Catalonia by the Office of the Director General for Research of the Commissioner for Universities and Research in consultation with the Catalan universities and institutions.
6. The accommodation costs for the stay in Catalonia will be met through the Office of the Director General for Research, in cooperation with the universities or research institutions involved. No stipend or honorarium will be provided.
7. The costs of air transport between California and Catalonia generally will be the responsibility of the faculty members or their home university. Faculty at the University of California at Berkeley may request funding for this expense from their Dean of International and Area Studies.

Application Procedures:
1. Applications should be made through:
The Dean of International and Area StudiesUniversity of California at Berkeley
360 Stephens Hall
Berkeley, CA. 94720-2300
Tel: (510) 642-1140; Fax: (510) 642-9466;
Email: Gstern@uclink4.berkeley.edu2. The cover letter should indicate: (a) the topics on which the faculty member is prepared to lecture, (b) the dates when he or she is available to visit Catalonia, and (c) any institutional contacts in Catalonia that have already been made or are suggested.
3. A full curriculum vitae should accompany the application.
4. Applications for visits in the fall should be received in Berkeley no later than April 15th.