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Roman Jakobson Symposium

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The Roman Jakobson Symposium was established to advance the study of language and semiosis (sign processes) in the social sciences. Hosted by the Department of Anthropology at Harvard, the symposium emphasizes comparative, empirical research and...

About the Symposium

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The Roman Jakobson Symposium was established to advance the study of language and semiosis (sign processes) in the social sciences. Hosted annually by the Department of Anthropology at Harvard, the symposium emphasizes comparative, empirical research and...

Program

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10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks Nicholas Harkness, Department of Anthropology Steven Caton, Department of Anthropology 10:30 – 12:00 Strategies of Lexical Excavation: Making Covertly Racist Language Hearable Elaine Chun, University of South...

Roman Jakobson Symposium 2021-2022

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SEMINARS WITH THE HARVARD-YENCHING PROGRAM IN LINGUISTIC AND SEMIOTIC ANTHROPOLOGY FALL 2021 5 November Franciscu Sedda, University of Cagliari, Sardinia Invisible Translations: Bridging Pragmatist and Structuralist Approaches to Semiotic Analysis 12...

2019 INAUGURAL THEME: SIGNS OF RACE, RACIALIZING SIGNS

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27 September 2019 For more than a century, Sociocultural Anthropologists have argued for a critical reconceptualization of “race” to counter dominant and naturalized assumptions about the biological and hierarchical classification of human beings. This...

The Total Linguistic Fact

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THE TOTAL LINGUISTIC FACT: STRUCTURE, PRACTICE, IDEOLOGY Reflections on the Work of Michael Silverstein March 31 - April 1, 2023 The Total Linguistic Fact is the first of three linked conferences across three universities celebrating the work and memory...