Invited speakers 2020 – 2025 (May)
Invited on-site (in some cases online) presentations at the Center for Language Evolution Studies since January 2020 – May 2025
| 1 | Roland Muehlenbernd | Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) Berlin | 22.05.2020
(~16.05-24.05.2020) |
Introduction to LabVanced |
| 2 | Seán Roberts | Cardiff University | 12.06.2020 | Introduction to The Causal Hypotheses in Evolutionary Linguistics Database (CHIELD) |
| 3 | Michael Pleyer | Universität Koblenz · Landau | 31.07.2020 | Language Evolution: new hypotheses and trends |
| 4 | Vinicius Macuch Silva | Osnabrück University | 7.08.2020 | Multimodality the origin of a novel communication system in face-to-face interaction |
| 5 | Joost van de Weijer | Lund University | 6.10.2020 (~1.10-24.10.2020) | WORKSHOP: ePrime |
| 6 | Andrew Holub | Oakland University | 4.12.2020 | Evolutionary psychological approaches to human sexual cognition, behaviour, and language |
| 7 | Roland Muehlenbernd | Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) Berlin | 8.01-12.03.2021 | WORKSHOP: LabVanced course II |
| 8 | SR Research team | SR Research | 20-22.07.2021 | Eyelink1000 training (SR Research online) |
| 9 | Vojtěch Fiala | Charles University in Prague | 8.10.21
(~1.10-10.10.2021) |
Perceived facial characteristics from an evolutionary perspective: Theoretical concepts vs. data-driven cross-cultural approach |
| 10 | Elizabeth Qing Zhang | Jiangsu Normal university | 22.10.2021
(~1.10-1.11.2021) |
Categorical perception as a combination of nature and nurture. |
| 11 | Michael Arbib
Steven Brown Laurel Buxbaum Francesco Ferretti Peter Gärdenfors Paula Marentette Ana Mineiro Cornelia Müller & Dorothea Horst Anne E. Russon Jordan Zlatev |
University of Southern California
McMaster University
Thomas Jefferson University
Roma Tre University
Lund University
University of Alberta
Catholic University of Portugal
European University Viadrina
York University
Lund University |
17-21.11.2021 | Symposium: Perspectives on Pantomime |
| 12 | Theresa Matzinger | University of Vienna | 10.12.2021-31.01.2022 | The Co-evolution of cooperation and linguistic alignment – A study design;
WORKSHOP: Basic data wrangling in R |
| 13 | Samuel Bennett | University of Stirling | 7.02-11.02.2022 | Workshop in Eyetracking and VR methods in research |
| 14 | Juan Olvido Perea García | National University of Singapore | 14.02-18.02.2022 | Workshop in quantitative methods for research in the humanities |
| 15 | Antonio Benítez-Burraco | University of Seville | 18.02.2022 | Human self-domestication and the emergence of present-day languages |
| 16 | Anna Becker,
Michał B. Paradowski |
Educational Sciences Department, University of Fribourg;
Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw |
11.03.2022 | Languages as (social) assemblages: Moving toward a rhizomatic understanding of multilingualism
From innovation diffusion to language acquisition: How social networks impact linguistic phenomena |
| 17 | Theresa Matzinger | University of Vienna | 27.04.2022 | Praat – practical workshop |
| 18 | Svetlana Kuleshova | Paris Nanterre University | 27.05.2022 | Comparing Pantomime- and Archaeology-based Models of Protolanguage: a New Perspective on the Concept of Protolanguage |
| 19 | Asifa Majid | Oxford University | 21.06-22.06.2022 | Consultation – Lab Visit |
| 20 | Juan Olvido Perea García | Leiden University | 23.10-23.11..2022 | https://cles.umk.pl/conferences-events/stepping-out-of-the-paradigm/
Transdisciplinary advances at the intersection of psychology, animal welfare and biology |
| 21 | Juan Olvido Perea García | Leiden University | 4.11.2022 | Exploring reactions to eye contact with different scleral pigmentation in pygmy marmosets (C. pygmaea) in a free viewing paradigm |
| 22 | Adam Przybyłek | Gdańsk University of Technology | 9.12.2022 | Action research in action |
| 23 | Lisa Bierbaumer | University of Vienna | 13.01.2025 | Deaf communication without a shared language: the role of mouthing in initial cross-signing interactions |
| 24 | Kristian Tylén | Aarhus University | 12.02-19.02.2023 | Evolution of early symbolic behavior |
| 25 | Alessandro Miani | University of Neuchâtel | 7.03-9.03.2023 | Introduction to Natural Language Processing – hands-on workshopNatural Language Processing to understand the conspiracy worldview |
| 26 | Jindřich Brejcha
Juan Olvido Perea García Vojtěch Fiala Dariusz Danel |
Charles University in Prague
National University of Singapore Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, PAS Wrocław
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14.03-16.03.2023 | Developing an Ocular Morphology Project
Some interesting aspects of vertebrate coloration macroevolution Human eye as a visual stimulus: Effect of culture and ethnicity Sexual dimorphism in human ocular morphology Ocular morphology, gaze direction and trust Perceptions of marmosets with depigmented sclerae |
| 27 | Elizabeth Qing Zhang | Jiangsu Normal University | 31.03.2023 | A neurobiological perspective on the evolutionary origins of multimodal communication |
| 28 | Gareth Roberts
Elizabeth Qing Zhang Molly Flaherty Felicia Bisnath
Mara Moita, Ana Mineiro
Theresa Matzinger
Monika Boruta-Żywiczyńska, Vojtech Fiala, Sławomir Wacewicz, Marek Placiński, Przemysław Żywiczyński, Michael Pleyer |
University of Pennsylvania
Jiangsu Normal University
Davidson College
University of Michigan
Catholic University of Portugal
University of Vienna
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń |
18.04-22.04.2023 | DILE2023 – Directions in Language Evolution
Competition for semantic resources in artificial languages; The Contribution of Chinese to Language Evolution Research; Roundtable discussion – THE INSTITUTIONAL FUTURE OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION; Young Languages and Young Learners: Taking Child Learning Seriously; Deconstructing notions of morphological complexity: lessons from signed and spoken languages; Organization and annotation of signed corpora; Research on Sao Tome and Principe Sign Language Emergence; Roundtable discussion – DIVERSITY IN LANGUAGE EVOLUTION; When pointing doesn’t point any more: on the development of gesture in children; Mapping associations between phenotypic variation in the human eye and face perception: A pilot study; The adaptive significance of human irido-scleral colouration – project presentation; Interactional correlates of cooperation in corpus data – project presentation; Sign simplification in dyadic interaction; |
| 29 | Juan Olvido Perea Garcia | National University of Singapore | 28.04.2023
(~1.04-30.04.2023) |
Drivers of attention: Investigations into the effects of irido-scleral contrast on attention |
| 30 | Petr Tureček,
Maksymilian Pasternak |
Charles University in Prague;
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń |
26.05.2023 | Continuous models of cultural transmission;
Effective gesture use to help teaching English as a foreign language: Analyzing students’ cognitive engagement using oculography |
| 31 | Ines Adornetti & Francesco Ferretti,
Theresa Matzinger,
Stefan Hartmann |
Roma Tre University,
University of Vienna,
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf |
28.05-5.06.2023 | New tools and methods for studying narrative;
Beauty’s Mnemonic Power – Investigating the Recall of Attractive vs. Unattractive Words; Dimensions of productivity |
| 32 | Mara Moita, Rita Canaipa | Catholic University of Portugal | 12.01-21.01.2024 | Finding strategies to involve deaf signers in research; The Bayesian Brain Hypothesis and Pain Perception in Healthy and Chronic Populations; Signed Data Annotation – a Workshop with Mara Moita |
| 33 | Barbara Konat | Adam Mickiewicz University | 29.02-1.03.2024 | Advanced Sentiment and Emotion Analysis; |
| 34 | Andreas Seraphim | Academy of Athens | 22.03.2024 | The Body of Feelings: Nonverbal Communication, Emotions and Division in Ancient Public Speaking |
| 35 | Marcin Hajnowski | Neuroanalytics | 5.04.2024 | Ultra-fast eye-tracking in virtual reality |
| 36 | Konrad Juszczyk | Adam Mickiewicz University | 25.04-26.04.2024 | Multimod2024: hands-on workshop in analysing multimodal communication |
| 37 | Marcin Kilanowski | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | 5.07.2024 | Everything you’d like to know about collaborating with the business sector |
| 38 | Mauricio Lacazette Pinto | Universidad Católica del Norte | 7.10-11.10.2024 | Exploring Networks with Universidad Católica del Norte |
| 39 | Mirek Manelski | Neurodio | 25.10.24 | XR R&D explained: everything you wanted to know but didn’t dare to ask |
| 40 | Ola Ćwiek, Šárka Kadavá | Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) Berlin | 6.11.2024 | Some preliminary ideas on the natural statistics of uni- and multimodal novel utterances;
Social interaction through the lenses of bodily effort |
| 41 | Ola Ćwiek, Šárka Kadavá | Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) Berlin | 8.11.2024 | What beats the bouba-kiki effect?
MOBILE MULTIMODAL LAB: An Open-Source, Low-Cost and Portable Laboratory for the study of Multimodal Human Behavior |
| 42 | Bogna Bylicka; Jonas Noelle | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń;
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen |
11.11-24.11.2024 | Intelligent Systems: the Intreplay of AI, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science;
The antonymic expression hypothesis: How facial expressions evolved into multifaceted components of multimodal language |
| 43 | Yannick Jadoul | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | 25.11-30.11.2024 | Talking seals and dancing birds: A computational approach to animal communication and rhythm;
Python and parselmouth workshop |
| 44 | Juan Olvido Perea Garcia | National University of Singapore | 6.12.2024 | WORKSHOP: Physiological measurements with Biopac and Acqknowledge |
| 45 | Kai Caspar | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf | 11.12-15.12.2024 | Look Past the Cooperative Eye Hypothesis – Reconsidering the Evolution of Human Eye Appearance |
| 46 | Marianne Gullberg | Lund University | 7.01.2025 | From Lund University Humanities Lab to Huminfra, a Swedish national research infrastructure |
| 47 | Peter Koutsos | Charles University Prague | 15.01-18.01.2025 | Should researchers imitate more? A new approach to categorising of acts of copying |
| 48 | Virginia Pallante | Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement | 28.01-31.01.2025 | An ethological perspective to whole-body communication in the aftermath of interpersonal conflict |
| 49 | Lewis Howe | University of Georgia (UGA) | 5.03-7.03.2025 | Hesitations and placeholders in bilingual grammars: A case study of Quechua-Spanish bilinguals |
| 50 | Aliki Papa | University of Bergen | 12.03-15.03.2025 | Cultural Transmission and Evolution of Mushroom Knowledge: Insights from Mycophobic Norway |
| 51 | Veslava Osińska et al. | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | 21.03.2025 | User Experience in Virtual Gallery |
| 52 | Agnieszka Dębska | Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw | 28.03.2025 | From speaking faces to letters – searching for the beginning of the word form area in the brain |
| 53 | Raphaela Heesen | University of Zurich,
University of Konstanz |
1.04-5.04.2025 | Unravelling language origins through comparative communication research in humans and their closest ape relatives;
Applying advanced technologies to study emotions and communication in humans and other primates |
| 54 | Gizem Karaköse | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń | 11.04.2025 | Healing Borders, Healing Bodies:Understanding Immigrants’ Healthcare Experiences in Poland |
| 55 | Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville | University of Northern British Columbia | 25.04.2025 | Exchanging Knowledges in Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding and Linguistic Valuation |
| 56 | Adam Schembri | University of Birmingham | 11-16.05.2025 | Morphology and iconicity in BSL – the SignMorph project |