Free #TrustInKnowledge Talk Prof Carl T. Bergstrom 'The impediments to high-risk, high-return research’ Friday 17 Nov 2023 3-4 pm AEDT In person @ HR Carne Lecture Theatre, Camperdown NSW Free rego👇Sydney Science Sydney Uni Media @alexh.bsky.social Holcombe Nick Enfield eventbrite.com.au/e/trust-in-kno…

"Outrage over words is often outrage over the existence of people whose views we hate." -Nick Enfield archive.ph/IFvJE#selectio…

Academy Fellow Nick Enfield writes how the ‘war of words’ is making peace more elusive in the Israel-Hamas war🕊️#peace #socialsciences For a copy of the article click the twitter link here⬇️ University of Sydney

Congrats new Fellow Professor James Curran of University of Sydney. Author, Professor of Modern History + international affairs specialist, James is renowned for his expertise in Aus diplomatic history + engagement with policy debates + writes weekly for Financial Review James Curran

“For our beliefs to guide our decision-making, they need to be active just when it matters. And here is where framing works its magic.” Nick Enfield explores how words can limit or expand our understanding of reality. iai.tv/articles/langu…

This just out in IAI.TV, an extract from "Language vs. Reality" @artSS_Sydney Philip Laughlin

Language vs. Reality now out in paperback!

The first plenary of #EvolangXV #Evolang2024 is by Nick Enfield: The enchronic envelope: A privileged locus in the life cycles of language

Revolutionizing the way we write and speak (Nick Enfield) the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-f…

More specifically: "university leaders can and should speak out publicly to promote and protect the core function of the university, which is to create an environment suitable for pursuing truth through research, scholarship and teaching." Not on other matters. 2/

Dutch RCT finds that withholding grant proposal from judges (& just giving them cv & abstract) did not affect rankings. Resources devoted to writing & evaluating grants may not have the intended effect of optimizing selection of the most promising science. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Let's call it cover reveal day! My new book about first words of babies, last words of the dying, and the things that unite them will be out in February 2025. You can preorder it here: bit.ly/4dIfTFc

Via Nick Enfield's review, my book "The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall" made the cover of this week's The TLS ("Cancelled left and right")!

'It is hard not to see a certain arrogance in those who accept claims that Kroeber was racist and unethical despite his advocacy for Native Americans.' N. J. Enfield (Nick Enfield): How Alfred Kroeber’s anti-racist credentials have been posthumously chal... the-tls.co.uk/politics-socie…

'Well, which is it? Was Kroeber good or bad? Ethical or unethical?' N. J. Enfield on how Alfred Kroeber’s anti-racist credentials have been posthumously challenged the-tls.co.uk/politics-socie…

Stanford Linguistics is hiring!!! We have an open area, open rank faculty position! Apply here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/4947…

Just received the sad news that sociolinguist Barbara Horvath, from University of Sydney, has passed away. 💔 She was a pioneer in the variationist study of Australian English, and as Trevor Johnston’s PhD supervisor, played a pivotal role in the first linguistics research on Auslan.