Linguistic Institutes
In conjunction with a host institution, the LSA organizes a biennial Summer Institute, a four to six-week summer school where students, faculty, and others interested in linguistics can attend courses, talks, and workshops taught by experts in the field. The 2007 Institute was hosted at Stanford University, the 2009 Institute was hosted at the University of California, Berkeley, and the 2011 Institute was hosted at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The 2013 Institute will be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Each Institute honors the contributions of particular linguists with their appointment by the LSA to titled chairs at the Institute: the Sapir chair in general linguistics, the Collitz Chair in historical linguistics, and (from 2005) the Ken Hale chair in linguistic fieldwork and the preservation of endangered languages.
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