Events
The National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics serves the public by presenting its ongoing research through a variety of programs, some designed for specialists, some for general audiences, and some for young people. The major programs are listed below.
Programs for Specialists
The NINJAL International Symposium
The Institute holds international symposia dealing with topics of current interest on which cutting-edge research is being carried out within the Institute and in collaboration with other institutions. By involving researchers from abroad, the symposia serve to deepen understanding of the issues and to communicate recent advances to the international scholarly community.
The NINJAL Colloquium
The NINJAL Colloquium is a series to which distinguished domestic and foreign researchers are invited as lecturers to talk about cutting-edge research findings in various fields of Japanese language, linguistics, and Japanese language education. This is open to the public, so please feel free to join us whether you are a teacher or a graduate student.
The NINJAL Salon
The NINJAL Salon provides an opportunity primarily for researchers working at the Institute (including project collaborators) to introduce their work to colleagues and exchange information.
NINJAL Collaborative Research Project Meetings and Symposia
Each project group holds a meeting or symposium several times a year at which interim reports on the collaborative research are presented.
Programs for the General Public
The NINJAL Forum
In an effort to contribute actively not just to the scholarly community but to the larger society, the Institute sponsors the NINJAL Forum to keep the general public informed about the results of the research being carried out within the Institute and in collaboration with other institutions. Previous Forum themes have been "Preservation of Dialect Diversity in Japan," "Fusion of Teaching and Research in Japanese Language Education: Connecting to the Past and Future," and "Future Perspectives on Japanese Linguistics.
The NINJAL Seminar
The NINJAL Seminar provides an opportunity for the participants in a collaborative project to present their research in a variety of formats to member of the general public.
Programs for Young People
The NINJAL Vocation Program (for junior-high and high-school students)
Designed for junior-high and high-school students, this program aims to convey the wonder and the joy of learning by introducing students to research on linguistics, Japanese language, and Japanese language teaching.
The NINJAL Junior Program (for elementary-school students)
This program encourages elementary-school students to see that "Language is fun."
