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_STILL A FEW OPEN PLACES…_ Historical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum _Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2-3 March 2018, Brussels_ The HISTORICAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS NETWORK (HiSoN), as sponsored by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) as part of its HISTORICAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAM, is proud to announce the first edition of the HISTORICAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS YOUNG RESEARCHERS FORUM (HSYRF). This new yearly event is aimed at early career researchers - MA and PhD students, postdocs, and other young (at heart) researchers -, offering a mix of lectures, classes and hands-on workshops on various topics relevant to anyone interested in historical sociolinguistics or language history more generally. The first edition of the event will take place on 2-3 MARCH 2018 at the VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (Brussels, Belgium). http://hsyrf.blogspot.be [1] FEATURING: TWO HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS: Data visualization in historical sociolinguistics by Tanja Säily (University of Helsinki) Analyzing historical handwriting by Markus Schiegg (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen - Nürnberg) A MASTER CLASS ON EGO DOCUMENTS by Gijsbert Rutten (Universiteit Leiden) and THE BAD DATA PLENARY LECTURE by Terttu Nevalainen (University of Helsinki) ORGANIZERS: - Rik Vosters (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) - Gijsbert Rutten (Universiteit Leiden) - Iris Van de Voorde (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) - Charlotte Verheyden (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) STUDENT-ASSISTANT: - Eline Lismont ([log in to unmask]) SPONSORS: Historical Sociolinguistics Research and Training Program Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN) FWO Vlaanderen Doctoral School of Humanities (DSh) Vrije Universiteit Brussel -- Prof. dr. Rik Vosters Nederlandse taalkunde Vrije Universiteit Brussel [log in to unmask] http://www.rikvosters.be/ -- Links: ------ [1] http://hsyrf.blogspot.be/