Department of Linguistics Events Events Events expand_more Upcoming Events Colloquium and Talks Whatmough Lecture LangCog Reading Groups SALT35 Conference Past Events calendar_today Upcoming Events Calendar of our department's upcoming events. event_available Past Events Browse past department events. event SALT35 Conference The Department of Linguistics is proud to host the 35th annual SALT Conference in Cambridge, MA on May 20 – 22, 2025. chat Colloquium and Talks At the Colloquium in Linguistics and the Indo-European and Historical Workshop, invited speakers present works on a variety of linguistic topics. reviews Whatmough Lecture The department presents the Annual Joshua and Verona Taylor Whatmough Lecture in an area of linguistics that varies from year to year. Joshua Whatmough (1897–1964) was the founder of the Department of Linguistics at Harvard. psychology LangCog Harvard LangCog (Language and Cognition) is offered jointly by the Language Development Lab (SnedLab) & the Meaning and Modality Lab. menu_book Reading Groups The FoRiM (Forum on Research in Morphology) Reading Group is led by Professor Jonathan Bobaljik.