V-NYI #12 coming this summer! June 24-July 10, 2026
The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies
NYI Winter Intensive: January 8-16, 2026
Advanced Certificate Program

Lectures and Events

Past lectures and events
V-NYI #10 Lectures, July, 2025:
'Cold War Art Worlds' (Simone Wille)

'Cold War Art Worlds' (Simone Wille)

'No Phase Impenetrability Condition in the Phonology (and beyond)' (Heather Newell)

'No Phase Impenetrability Condition in the Phonology (and beyond)' (Heather Newell)

What is Crip Linguistics? (Jenny Singleton)

What is Crip Linguistics? (Jenny Singleton)

Some Issues in the Theory of Locality (Luigi Rizzi)

Some Issues in the Theory of Locality (Luigi Rizzi)

Saturday Night at the Movies with Polly Gannon ('Harold & Maude')

Saturday Night at the Movies with Polly Gannon ('Harold & Maude')

Inside/Loko: Reframing Hawaiʻi’s Carceral Narratives through Art & Prison-based Programming (Yola Monakhov Stockton)

Inside/Loko: Reframing Hawaiʻi’s Carceral Narratives through Art & Prison-based Programming (Yola Monakhov Stockton)

Under Western Eyes” a book talk by Katharina Wiedlack (University of Vienna)

Under Western Eyes” a book talk by Katharina Wiedlack (University of Vienna)

'Singing Socialism Now: Communal Forms of Artistic Engagement in the Face of Neoliberal Exhaustion' a book talk by Ana Hofman

'Singing Socialism Now: Communal Forms of Artistic Engagement in the Face of Neoliberal Exhaustion' a book talk by Ana Hofman

Garbocracy: Towards a Great Human Collapse a book talk by Sayan Dey (Bayan College, Oman)

Garbocracy: Towards a Great Human Collapse a book talk by Sayan Dey (Bayan College, Oman)

Saturday Night at the Movies

Saturday Night at the Movies

Dr. MaryLouise Patterson: "The Life and Times of a Black Red Diaper Baby" July 10, 12 noon,(NY)

Dr. MaryLouise Patterson: "The Life and Times of a Black Red Diaper Baby" July 10, 12 noon,(NY)

V-NYI #10 Opening Ceremony: July 10, 10 am (NY)

V-NYI #10 Opening Ceremony: July 10, 10 am (NY)

V-NYI #10 Lectures, July, 2025:
Pronoun Typology Festival!

Pronoun Typology Festival!

Neda Todorović, Reed College

Neda Todorović, Reed College

Susanna Rabow-Edling, Uppsala University

Susanna Rabow-Edling, Uppsala University

Steven Mithen, University of Reading

Steven Mithen, University of Reading

Tanja Petrović, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Tanja Petrović, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University

Jaklin Kornfilt, Syracuse University

Maria Williams, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Maria Williams, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Sat. Night at the Movies with Polly Gannon: Harold & Maude

Sat. Night at the Movies with Polly Gannon: Harold & Maude

Mark Aronoff, Stony Brook University

Mark Aronoff, Stony Brook University

Writing against Borders

Writing against Borders

Cafe Elsewhere, New Season!!

Cafe Elsewhere, New Season!!

Quentin Williams (University of the Western Cape)

Quentin Williams (University of the Western Cape)

Kevin Potter (University of Vienna)

Kevin Potter (University of Vienna)

Aron Hirsch (University of Maryland)

Aron Hirsch (University of Maryland)

Saturday Night at the Movies with NYI!

Saturday Night at the Movies with NYI!

Hongchen Wu (Georgia Tech University)

Hongchen Wu (Georgia Tech University)

Joseph Pierce (Stony Brook University)

Joseph Pierce (Stony Brook University)

Sayan Dey (Alliance University, Bangladore)

Sayan Dey (Alliance University, Bangladore)

Markus Pöchtrager (University of Vienna)

Markus Pöchtrager (University of Vienna)

Barbara Partee (UMass, Amherst)

Barbara Partee (UMass, Amherst)

Tory Sampson (BU)

Tory Sampson (BU)

Special 3-part Series at SPECIAL TIME

Special 3-part Series at SPECIAL TIME

Anna Miler, Gdansk

Anna Miler, Gdansk

Vera Gor (Meta)

Vera Gor (Meta)

Roumyana Pancheva (UC Santa Cruz)

Roumyana Pancheva (UC Santa Cruz)

The Consequences, Applications and Dangers of AI

The Consequences, Applications and Dangers of AI

Distinguished Linguist Hedde Zeijlstra

Distinguished Linguist Hedde Zeijlstra

Distinguished Linguist: Gillian Ramchand

Distinguished Linguist: Gillian Ramchand

Decolonial Dialogues #3: Aditya Nigam

Decolonial Dialogues #3: Aditya Nigam

Distinguished Linguist 3: Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook)

Distinguished Linguist 3: Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook)

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #2: Andrew Nevins

Distinguished Linguist Lecture #2: Andrew Nevins

Decolonial Dialogues

Decolonial Dialogues

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Café Elsewhere

Café Elsewhere

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Distinguished Linguist Lecture Series

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023

Writing against Borders, Spring 2023