GRADE Center Language Summer Semester 2025
Workshops:
Workshop on Contrasts and Interactions in Mixed-Effects Models
Dr. João Veríssimo (University of Lisbon)
23.05.2025 (Friday), 10:00-16:00
Campus Westend, IG. 6.201 and via Zoom
This workshop provides a tutorial to the coding and interpretation of contrasts in (mixed-effects) regression models with and without interactions. At the end of the workshop, participants will have acquired a comprehensive understanding of contrast coding, and they should be able to define and employ the regression contrasts that are best suited to their own datasets and research questions.
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Registration due date: 12.05.2025
Registration: grade-language@em.uni-frankfurt.de
GRADE Center Language Winter Semester 2024/2025
Workshops:
Generalized Additive Mixed Models for Eye-tracking Data Workshop
Dr. João Veríssimo (University of Lisbon)
February 6, 2025 (Thursday), 09:00-16:00
Campus Westend, Cas.1.802
February 7, 2025 (Friday), 09:00-16:00
Campus Westend, SH. 5.106
February 14, 2025 (Friday), 09:00-16:00
Campus Westend, SH. 5.106
Registration: grade-language@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Career Talks:
Career Lunch Talk 1: Being a learning architect
Dr. Julia Lukassek (Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, Berlin)
18.11.2024 (Mon), 12:15-13:15, Campus Westend, SH.2.101
Career Lunch Talk 2: Being a research coordinator
Yana Strakatova (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
20.01.2025 (Mon), 12:15-13:15, Campus Westend, IG 4.201
Registration: grade-language@em.uni-frankfurt.de
GRADE Center Language Summer Semester 2024
Workshops
- Object-Oriented Programming and Data Processing with Python
Dr. Anke Himmelreich (Linguist, Institute for Linguistics, GU)
April 26, 2024 (Friday), 10:00-16:00
Campus Westend, IG 6.201
May 3rd, 2024 (Friday), 10:00-14:00
Campus Westend, Cas. 1.812
Registration: grade-language@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Career Talks
- Career Lunch Talk 1: Being a consultant for RMU R3 scientists
Emine Sahingöz (Research Support, GU)
30.04.2024 (Tue),12:00-13:00, Campus Westend, IG 1.418
- Career Lunch Talk 2: Being a postdoc at an ERC Project
Dr. Abigail Bimpeh (ZAS, Berlin)
22.05.2024 (Wed), 12:00-13:00, Campus Westend, IG 1.418
- Career Lunch Talk 3: Ein promter Ingenieur sein
Dr. Larissa Specht (Kyan Health, Berlin)
04.06.2024 (Tue), 12:00-13:00, Campus Westend, IG 1.418
Registration: grade-language@em.uni-frankfurt.de
GRADE Center Language Summer Semester 2023
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April 19th, 2023 |
12:00-13:00 (Campus Westend, Sommergarten) Guests: Dr. Astrid Gößwein (DataSpark GmbH & Co KG), Dr. Sanja Srdanovic (DataSpark GmbH & Co KG) Registration: grade-language@em.uni-frankfurt.de |
Career Lunch Series-I: Data Science and Consultancy

GRADE Center Language WiSe 2022/2023
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January 19-20, 2023 |
10:00-17:00 (Campus Westend, IG-Farben-Nebengebäude NB 2.701) Instructor: Prof. Dr. Shanley Allen Registration until January 06, 2023 |
GRADE Center Language SoSe 2022
| April 12-13 |
10:00-14:00, 12:00-16:00 (online) |
| April 28-29 |
10:00-17:00 (online) |
| May 6, May 13 |
10:00-17:00 (online) |
| June 3 |
10:00-17:00 (online) |
| June 10 |
10:00-12:00 (online) |
| July 8 |
10:00-17:00 (online) |
You will find the course description and organizational information here.
To register to the events please send an e-mail to: Nuhbalaoglu@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Writing Post-doctoral Research Grants for Linguists
Organized by RTG Nominal Modification and GRADE Center Language
| Date: | Friday, 3. December 2021, 10:00 – 12:00 Dr. Bettina Maria Heiss (GU Research Support) Friday, 21. January 2022, 10:00 – 12:00 Prof. Dr. Jacopo Toregrossa (GU Romance Languages and Linguistics) |
| Target group: | Advanced Doctoral Researchers and Postdocs in Linguistics |
| Language: | English |
| Location: | Online per Zoom platform |
Description:
This workshop aims to equip junior researchers with tools and guidelines required write a
successful post-doctoral grant proposal in the area of linguistics. The workshop consists
of two parts. In the first part Dr. Heiss will introduce formal details of a post-doctoral
grants such as budget, ethics, collaboration etc. focusing on DFG applications. In the
second part Prof. Torregrossa will present guidelines on how to integrate linguistics
content into the proposal and share his experience on the process research grant
applications.
The topics which will be covered are:
• Forming a budget
• Review boards
• Specifics of Ethics approval
• Approaching hosts and collaborators
• Integrating linguistics content into the proposal
The workshop is open to all doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of linguistics who are
members of GRADE Center Language.
To register and receive access link to the meeting room please send an e-mail to Nuhbalaoglu@em.uni-frankfurt.de by November 22, 2021.




