2011 UIC Bilingualism Forum

April 14-15, University of Illinois at Chicago

The UIC Bilingualism Forum is dedicated to research in any area related to bilingualism: theoretical linguistics, codeswitching, SLA, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive sciences, heritage acquisition, bilingual acquisition, etc. Presentations will be 20 minutes each with 10 minutes for discussion.

Keynote Speakers

• Marcel den Dikken, City University of New York
• Michael Ullman, Georgetown University

A full listing of all the scheduled talks is now available: PDF

The abstracts for all talks are also available: PDF

Venues
Warm-up (Wednesday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m.): Beviamo, 1358 W. Taylor St.

Registration/Conference: UIC campus, Grant Hall (see the "Accommodations" section below for directions)

Dinner (Thursday, April 14 at 5:15 p.m.): Jak's Tap, 901 W. Jackson Blvd.

Reception (Friday, April 15 at 5:30 p.m.): UIC Campus, Institute for the Humanities, lower level of Stevenson Hall

Registration
To register for the forum, please send the following information via email to bilforum@uic.edu with the subject line ‘Registration’:

• First and last name
• Affiliation
• Whether you are a student or faculty

Accommodations
The closest hotel to the forum is the Crowne Plaza Metro in Greektown. There is also a nearby hostel, Hostelling International. Also for those travelling, directions for how to get to UIC can be found here. Once on campus, directions for how to get to Grant Hall can be found here.

Organizers

• Kay González-Vilbazo
• Kim Potowski
• Kara Morgan-Short
• Mariška Bolyanatz
• Jeanne Heil
• Bryan Koronkiewicz
• Sergio Ramos

Conference supported by:

• Bilingualism Research Blog
• Bilingualism Research Lab (UIC)
• Heritage Language Cooperative (UIC)
• Instituto Cervantes
• Language and Culture Learning Center
• Sociolinguistics Lab (UIC)
• Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies (UIC)
• Cognition of Second Language Acquisition Laboratory (UIC)

Contact: bilforum@uic.edu