Christmas at the IAS - Guest Lecture from Professor Elizabeth Stokoe

Please join us for a celebration at the IAS this December.

We will have a festive lecture from Professor Elizabeth Stokoe from 2pm to 3pm, followed by some refreshments and informal gathering time to get into the festive spirit!

Professor Elizabeth Stokoe - How to speak human(ely)

Our daily lives are full of conversations, connections, and communications. Nothing much would happen without them. Yet despite all the practice, we are surprisingly bad at remembering, reporting on, simulating, or otherwise reproducing how we actually talk to each other. This matters when it comes to turning ‘conversation’ into processes, products, and services of all kinds, from communication training, policy, and assessment to chatbot and voice-based technologies. In this lecture, drawing on three strands of collaborative research that were all supported by the IAS, I will describe the work of conversation analysts in identifying and explaining how talk works and how research insights can be put to use with practitioners, industry, and policymakers. Along the way, I will show you what is at stake in understanding the very nature of our voices and the human and humane things we do with them. Including how one word can make children less selfish at Christmas.

Arrivals from 1:45 pm for a 2:00 pm start. For those joining in-person, refreshments will be served after the seminar from 3:00pm.

This event is hybrid format for the lecture portion only, please use the required booking button at the bottom of the page to choose either in-person or online lecture attendance.
(Please note that in-person spaces are limited and booking is required, so we can manage numbers for catering and also the space in the seminar room)

By booking a place at this event, attendees agree to behave in a respectful manner such that everyone feels comfortable contributing as they wish. The IAS reserves the right to eject anyone who does not abide by this policy.

IAS seminars are typically recorded, minus any Q&A sessions at the end, again to encourage contributions. The recordings are then uploaded to our website on a Fellows bio page and/or Programme page, along with our IAS YouTube Channel. If you are not able to attend a seminar live, please do still register as we will email everyone who registered to let them know once the recordings are made available.