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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear all,<br><br>we are happy to announce our spring school of “Language, Music, and Cognition” taking place in Cologne, Germany, from February 26th to March 2nd, 2018.<br><br></span>If you wish to participate in this spring school, please apply till December 31st, 2017.<br>For more details, please visit our homepage (<a href="http://musikwissenschaft.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/36005.html?&L=1">http://musikwissenschaft.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/36005.html?&L=1</a>).<br>Important details are also summarized below.<br><br><br>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Rie Asano<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Organization committee<br>Language and Music in Cognition, Cologne, Germany<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br><b>Event title:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></b>Spring School “Language, Music, and Cognition”<br><b>Location:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></b>University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany<br><b>Dates: </b>February 26th – March 2nd, 2018<br><b>Webpage:</b> </span><a href="http://musikwissenschaft.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/36007.html?&L=1"><span lang=EN-US>http://musikwissenschaft.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/36007.html?&L=1</span></a><span lang=EN-US><br><b>Language:</b> English<br><b>Application Deadline:</b> December 31st, 2017 23:59 (UTC+1, Central European Time)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br></span><b>Overview:</b><br>“Language, Music, and Cognition” is an international spring school held from February 26th to March 2nd, 2018 at University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Participation to the spring school is free of charge.<br><br>If you are interested in participating in this spring school, please submit your application (motivation letter and CV) till December 31st, 2017.<br>You can find information about the application process here: <a href="http://musikwissenschaft.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/36007.html?&L=1">http://musikwissenschaft.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/36007.html?&L=1</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This spring school provides lectures given by experts in the respective research areas including biology, psychology, neuroscience, musicology, linguistics, and computer science. Along with the lectures, there will be group work sessions and a poster session. Applicants are invited to contribute their own work to the poster session. The abstract of the poster can be also submitted via application form till December 31st, 2017.<br><br><b>Topics & Confirmed Lecturers:</b><br><u><br>Comparative Evolutionary Biology</u><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Petkov (Newcastle University, UK)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Constance Scharff (Free University of Berlin, Germany)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><u>Social Cognition</u><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ian Cross (University of Cambridge, UK)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kai Vogeley (University of Cologne, Germany)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><u>Developmental Psychology</u><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Maria Teresa Guasti (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Barbara Höhle (University of Potsdam, Germany)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><u><br>Cognitive Neuroscience of Speech, Language, and Communication</u><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sonja Kotz (Maastricht University, the Netherlands)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Daniela Sammler (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><u><br>Computational and Biological Approaches to Language and Music</u><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Uwe Seifert (University of Cologne, Germany)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cedric Boeckx (University of Barcelona, Spain)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>