Spring semester begins
Today (Monday, January 27) is the first day of spring term classes. Please note that this Friday, January 31, is Study Card day as well as the last day of registration. Check the FAS Academic Calendar for more information.
Brain and Language Workshop 
The McGill/MIT Workshop on Gradability and Quantity in Language and the Brain will take place at MIT this Friday, January 31 - Saturday, February 1. The workshop is open and all are welcome to attend. For more information, please visit the workshop website.
The 'McGill/MIT Workshop on Gradability and Quantity in Language and the Brain' is a two day workshop that brings together a group of neuroscientists with an interest in language and a group of experimental and formal linguists interested in the brain, in an attempt to enhance the dialogue between the linguistic and the neurophysiological cultures, and help to close the gap between these two growing groups of researchers. The theme of the workshop is centered on aspects of gradability and quantity as it pertains to the cognitive domains of Number, Space, and Time.
Harvard at the 6th International Vedic Workshop in India
Several Harvard scholars, including Prof. Kevin Ryan, Prof. Michael Witzel, Finnian Gerety, and Caley Smith, visited Kerala, India over winter break to present papers on Vedic Sanskrit and observe Vedic chanting at various traditional sites in Kerala. Pictured below, Tamil Brahmins recite the Sāma-Veda in the village of Kodunthirappilly, Kerala (photo credit: Toni Rogers).
