[Linganth] Spring School on Quantitative Methods May 2016 | MPI Science of Human History, Germany

[Fiona Jordan]

Dear Linguistic Anthropology colleagues,

Within anthropology and linguistics, research in cultural and linguistic
evolution is a growing field. New scholars need to quickly grasp a range of
computational and quantitative methods from across different disciplines,
to learn to organise and present data, and to critically evaluate the right
approaches for their research. Recognising a need for interdisciplinary
training from within the field, the *Max Planck Institute for the Science
of Human History will be holding its first Spring School on Quantitative
Methods from May 13th-18th 2016. *

This five-day residential intensive course will be open to postgraduate and
postdoctoral researchers in anthropology, linguistics, psychology, history,
and other relevant disciplines. Attendees will be tutored by researchers
who are expert users of a range of relevant methods and skills, including:

   - Databases and software pipelines
   - Phylogenetic inference and phylogenetic comparative methods
   - Simulation techniques
   - A range of statistics relevant for linguistic and cultural data
   - Visualisation
   - Asking good research questions

Attendees will benefit from a highly interactive mixture of theoretical and
conceptual material, practical hands-on exercises, and the chance to
workshop their own research project and data with a varied group of
experts.

Only *14 places are available* as the Spring School is residential at the
MPI-SHH in Jena, Germany, and *all on-site accommodation and economy travel
will be fully-funded*. Places are therefore competitive by application and
we particularly encourage applications from qualified students at
institutions in low- and middle-income countries. Attendees will benefit
from both the skills of tutors and their wide range of collaborative ties
across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The Spring School
will also feature guest plenary lectures, tailored micro-sessions, and
numerous opportunities to socialise and network with fellow attendees,
tutors, and researchers at the MPI-SHH.

Please circulate this notice and attached flyer to your networks and to any
PhD students, postdoctoral or early-career researchers you think might
benefit. Further information will be available on the MPI-SHH website in
early February: https://www.shh.mpg.de/qmss16. Applications are due March
1st. Finally, informal enquiries to the Spring School Directors should be
sent via Kerstin Schück-Tittmann (schueck at shh.mpg.de).

Very best wishes,

Fiona Jordan
Russell Gray
Directors

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*Dr Fiona Jordan*
<http://www.bristol.ac.uk/school-of-arts/people/fiona-m-jordan>
*Senior Lecturer in Anthropology*
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Bristol
43 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UU
Tel: +44 (0)117 954 6078

research: excd.org
twitter: @fiona_jordan
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