The 5th Brown Undergraduate Linguistics Event will be held November 14th 2026. This event is a chance for undergraduate students to feature interesting work done in courses, UTRAs, independent studies, etc. during the previous year.
ANNOUNCING BUGLE 5 - NOV. 14 2026
This is an event for Brown undergraduates to present work they have done in the previous year as well as any current work. Students are encouraged to present any interesting projects they have done - this can be work from a term paper, a course project, a squib, independent study work, ongoing projects, etc. Work completed elsewhere is also very welcome, though in that case we do ask that you be in touch with one Brown faculty member (from our core, secondary, or affiliated faculty) to discuss the material and presentation.
Talks will be 15 to 30 minutes, including time for questions. Students can elect to present in a 15 minute slot (typically 10 minute presentation + 5 minutes for question), a 20 minute slot (typically 15 minute presentation + 5 minutes for questions), or a 30 minute slot (typically 20 presentation, 10 questions). We welcome any work on topics related to linguistics.
We encourage everyone who feels they have done interesting work recently to present. Works in progress are welcomed. BUGLE is a great chance to get some feedback and discussion on your project, network with fellow undergraduates and faculty in the Linguistics Program, and enjoy a day of great Linguistics!
If interested, please contact Polly Jacobson at pauline_jacobson@brown.edu by October 23rd with a title and preferred time allowance. Any submissions after this date will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Those who are participating are asked to submit a paragraph abstract to be featured on this website. Please provide your abstract to Polly Jacobson at pauline_jacobson@brown.edu by October 30th.
This year, our keynote speaker will be Spencer Caplan, a computational linguist and psycholinguist who is now an Assistant Professor at CUNY Graduate Center. Spencer graduated with Honors from Brown University in 2015 with concentrations in both Linguistics and Computer Science. After leaving Brown, he went on to receive a Ph.D. in Linguistics at UPenn.
Whether you are giving a talk or not, all are encouraged to attend!