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Refer to the resources below for information on past LSA Institutes:

Year Institution (Including archive) Director(s) View Poster

2019

 

University of Califonia, Davis

Transcripts Unavailable (see below)*

Raul Aranovich

Georgia Zellou

2019 Poster

Alternate Poster

2017

 

University of Kentucky

(Transcript Request)

Andrew Hippisley

Rusty Barrett

2017 Poster

 

2015

 

University of Chicago

(Transcript Request)

Karlos Arregi

Alan Yu

2015 Poster

 

2013

 

University of Michigan

(Transcript Request)

Robin Queen

Andries Coetzee

2013 Poster

 

2011

 

University of Colorado at Boulder

(Transcript Request)

Martha Palmer

 

2011 Poster

 

2009

 

University of California, Berkeley

(Transcript Request)

Andrew Garrett

 

2009 Poster

 

2007

Stanford

Peter Sells

2007 Poster

2005

MIT/Harvard

Sabine Iatridou

2005 Poster

2003

Michigan State U

Dennis Preston

2003 Poster

2001

U California-Santa Barbara

Charles Li

2001 Poster

1999

U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana

Adele Goldberg

1999 Poster

1997

Cornell U

Sally McConnell-Ginet

1997 Poster

1995

U New Mexico

Joan Bybee

1995 Poster

1993

Ohio SU        

Brian Joseph

1993 Poster

1991

 

U California-Santa Cruz

 

Jorge Hankamer

William Ladusaw

1991 Poster

 

1989

U Arizona

Susan Steele

1989 Poster

1987

 

Stanford U

 

Ivan Sag

Elizabeth C. Traugott

1987 Poster

 

1986

 

City U of New York

 

D. Terence Langendoen

 

1986 Poster

Alternate Poster

1985

Georgetown U

Deborah Tannen

1985 Poster

1983

U California-Los Angeles

Robert Stockwell

1983 Poster

1982

 

U Maryland-College Park

 

John L. Locke

Harry Whitaker

1982 Poster

 

1980

U New Mexico

Garland D. Bills

1980 Poster

1979

U Salzburg

Gaberell Drachmann

1979 Poster

1978

U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana

Braj B. Kachru

1978 Poster

1977

U Hawaii-Manoa

Byron W. Bender

 1977 Poster

1976

SUNY-Oswego

Carol F. Justus

 

1975

U South Florida

Roger W. Cole

 

1974

 

U Massachusetts-Amherst

 

Donald C. Freeman

S. Jay Keyser

1974 Program

 

1973

U Michigan

William Gedney

 

1972

U North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Maria Tsiapera

 

1971

SUNY-Buffalo

David G. Hays

 

1970

Ohio SU

Ilse Lehiste

 

1969

U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana

Robert B. Lees

 

1968

U Illinois-Champaign/Urbana

Robert B. Lees

 

1967

U Michigan

Herbert Paper

 

1966

U California-Los Angeles

Jaan Puhvel

 

1965

U Michigan

Herbert Paper

 

1964

Indiana U

Thomas A. Sebeok

 

1963

U Washington

Sol Saporta

 

1962

U Washington

Sol Saporta

 

1961

U Texas-Austin

Archibald H. Hill

 

1960

U Texas-Austin

Archibald H. Hill

 

1959

U Michigan

Albert H. Marckwardt 

 

1958

U Michigan

Albert H. Marckwardt 

 

1957

U Michigan

Albert H. Marckwardt 

 

1956

U Michigan

Albert H. Marckwardt 

 

1955



 

Georgetown U*

U Chicago

U Michigan

Archibald H. Hill

George J. Metcalf

Albert H. Marckwardt

 

1954



 

U Chicago*

U Michigan

Georgetown U

George V. Bobrinskoy

Joseph K. Yamagiwa

Archibald A. Hill

 

1953

Indiana U

C. F. Voegelin

 

1952

Indiana U

C. F. Voegelin

 

1951

U California-Berkeley

C. Douglas Chretien

 

1950

U Michigan

Hans Kurath

 

1949

U Michigan

Hans Kurath

 

1948

U Michigan

Hans Kurath

 

1947

U Michigan

Hans Kurath

 

1946

U Michigan

 

 

1945

U Michigan

Charles C. Fries

 

1944

U Wisconsin-Madison

Einar Haugen

 

1943

U Wisconsin-Madison

Einar Haugen

 

1942

U North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Urban T. Holmes

 

1941

U North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Urban T. Holmes

 

1940

U Michigan

Charles C. Fries

 

1939

U Michigan

Charles C. Fries

 

1938

U Michigan

Charles C. Fries

 

1937

U Michigan

Charles C. Fries

 

1936

U Michigan

Charles C. Fries

 

1931

City C of New York

Edgar Sturtevant 

 

1930

City C of New York

Edgar Sturtevant 

 

1929

Yale U

Edgar Sturtevant 

 

1928

Yale U

Edgar Sturtevant 

  

 

* Due to a technical malfunction in the course management software used for the 2019 Institute, all transcript records were lost. Certificates of Completion are available to attendees upon request.