Information about the 164th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan is updated (online registration system started.) The registration period is from May 10th to June 12th. Please register as soon as possible. Please check the webpage for the 164th Meeting. *The registration fee is 2,000 yen for general members, 1,000 yen for student members, 3,000 yen for non-members and 2,000 yen for student non-members.

Information about the 164th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan is updated (Program uploaded). Please check the webpage for the 164th Meeting.

(1) Dates and Venue: August 30th (Tue) – September 3rd (Sat), 2022, Online (Tohoku University)
(2) Entry: April 1st (Fri)—August 23rd (Tue), 2022 For details, please see the link below.
(3) The Institute offers nine courses. Each course consists of 4 sessions of 100 minutes each, and participants can take up to three courses.
(4) Non-members as well as members of the LSJ can participate in the Institute.

For details, please visit the following link.
https://sites.google.com/view/lsjsummer2022

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(1) Dates and Venue: June 18th (Sat) and 19th (Sun), 2022, Online
(2) Call for papers: Mar. 1st -- 20th, 2022 For details, please check the link.
(3) Oral presentations and poster presentations will be held on the first day (10:00-17:00). Workshops and the open symposium will be held on the second day (10:00-17:00).
(4) Presentations and workshops will be on Zoom. The meeting IDs will be sent from LSJ via e-mail.
(5) Assistance at the 164th Meeting: If you plan to attend this meeting and need any assistance such as a sign language interpreter or notetaker, Please contact the LSJ office (lsj@nacos.com) as soon as possible. The deadline is May 16th, 2022.

Professor Tetsuya Kunihiro, a former president and advisor of our society, passed away on February 6, 2022. We would like to express our deepest condolences.

The Linguistic Society of Japan is delighted to announce the Best Presentation Award for the 163rd Annual Meeting.
＜The Best Presentation Award for the 163rd Annual Meeting (Online, November 2021)＞（1 winner）

• Shun NAKAMOTO
  "What is a contour tone? From Ayautla Mazatec contour tones"

[Presentation Award LSJ 163]

The Linguistic Society of Japan is pleased to announce the publication of Gengo Kenkyu Anthology, an e-journal designed for the dissemination of selected articles in Japanese published in Gengo Kenkyu (Journal of the Linguistic Society of Japan). The first volume of the Gengo Kenkyu Anthology includes the five most recent Presidents' Inaugural Lectures. For details, please see the webpage for Gengo Kenkyu Anthology.

Information about the 163rd Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan was updated (handbook and pariticipants' manual uploaded!). Please check the webpage for the 163rd Meeting.

A job opening for a position of professor or assistant professor specializing in Japanese linguistics at Aoyama Gakuin University. The application deadline is June 27, 2022. For details, please visit the site (in Japanese).

A job opening for a position of assistant professor or lecturer specializing in linguistics (semantics and pragmatics) at Ochanomizu University. The application deadline is July 25, 2022. For details, please visit the site (in Japanese).

Applications from Japanese applicants are now being accepted for the 2023 Fulbright Scholarship. For more information, please visit below: https://fulbright.jp/scholarship/

The Department of European Cultural Studies at Seijo University seeks candidates for a position of lecturer, associate professor or professor specializing in linguistics. The application deadline is May 16, 2022. For details, please visit the site (in Japanese).

specializing in applied linguistics, Communication Studies, Intercultural Communication Studies,　English Linguistics at Shizuoka University. The application deadline is March 31, 2022. For details, please visit the site (in English).

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba is seeking applications for an Associate Professor or an Assistant Professor in the field of French linguistics. The application deadline is March 22 (Tue.), 2022. For details, please visit the JREC-IN site. 　　　　　　　　

The Gender Equality Association for Humanities and Social Sciences (GEAHSS) will hold an on-line symposium on interdisciplinary gender studies. If you are interested in participating as speaker, please contact yoshiharama [at] gmail.com.

The Gender Equality Association for Humanities and Social Sciences　(GEAHSS) is soliciting the participants of an on-line survey on the issue of sexual harassment during fieldwork. To participate in the survey, available from Jan. 15 to Feb 15. 2022, click here (in Japanese).

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