About UTLVC@Komaba

The University of Tokyo Language Variation and Change @ Komaba (UTLVC@Komaba) is a scholarly association that provides a forum for staff, students and international visitors working on issues related to both diachronic and synchronic variation and change in a wide range of languages, including Japanese, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese and various contact varieties.

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NEWS

The UTLVC 43 invited lecture (Raymond Hickey) will be held on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025.

(Updated in Oct. 2025)

The UTLVC 42 invited lecture (Naho Orita) will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.

(Updated in Sep. 2025)

The UTLVC 41 conference will be held on Tuesday, Sep. 16, 2025.

(Updated in Jul. 2025)

The UTLVC 40 conference will be held on Friday, Mar. 21, 2025.

(Updated in Jan. 2025)

The UTLVC 39 invited lecture (Umberto Ansaldo) will be held on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

(Updated in Dec. 2024)

The UTLVC 38 invited lecture (Chloe Diskin-Holdaway) will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

(Updated in Nov. 2024)

The UTLVC 37 invited lecture (Tong King Lee) will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024.

(Updated in Oct. 2024)

The UTLVC 36 conference will be held on Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2024.

(Updated in Jul. 2024)

The UTLVC 35 conference will be held on Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2024.

(Updated in Jan. 2024)

The UTLVC 34 invited lecture (Ikuko Nakane) will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

(Updated in Oct. 2023)

The UTLVC 33 conference will be held on Monday, Sep. 25, 2023.

(Updated in Jul. 2023)

The UTLVC 32 invited lecture (Yasuhiro Arai) will be held on Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2023.

(Updated in June 2023)

The UTLVC 31 conference will be held on Monday, Mar. 20, 2023.

(Updated in Jan. 2023)

The UTLVC 30 conference will be held on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022.

(Updated in Jul. 2022)

Information about UTLVC@Komaba will be presented at the new student orientation to be held on Monday, April 4 from 10:00 a.m. on Zoom. If you are interested, please check it out!

(Updated in Mar. 2022)

The UTLVC 29 conference will be held on Friday, Mar 18, 2022.

(Updated in Feb. 2022)

The UTLVC 28 conference will be held on Friday, Sep 10, 2021.

(Updated in Jul. 2021)

The UTLVC 27 invited lecture (Jun Terasawa) will be held on Saturday, Mar 20, 2021.

(Updated in Jan. 2021)

The UTLVC 26 conference will be held on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2020.

(Updated in June 2020)

The UTLVC 26 conference has been postponed due to the public health danger posed by the novel coronavirus.

(Updated in Mar. 2020)

Information about UTLVC@Komaba will be presented at the new student orientation to be held on Thursday, April 2 from 10:00 a.m. at Building No. 18. Please check the departmental website for any change due to the public health danger posed by the novel coronavirus.

(Updated in Feb. 2020)

The UTLVC 25 conference will be held on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Leading researchers from the outside of the University of Tokyo will present their latest research.

(Updated in Feb. 2020)

The UTLVC 24 invited lectures (Satoshi Nambu) will be held on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.

(Updated in Nov. 2019)

The UTLVC 23 invited lecture (Keiko Hirano) will be held on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.

(Updated in Oct. 2019)

The UTLVC 22 invited lecture (Tong King Lee) will be held on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.

(Updated in Sep. 2019)

The UTLVC 21 conference will be held on Tuesday, Jul. 23, 2019.

(Updated in June 2019)

The UTLVC 20 invited lecture (Rika Yamashita) will be held on Monday, Jun. 17, 2019.

(Updated in May 2019)

The UTLVC 19 conference will be held on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019.

(Updated in Jan. 2019)

The UTLVC 18 invited lecture (Sachi Yoshida) will be held on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018.

(Updated in Nov. 2018)

The UTLVC 17 invited lecture (Mayumi Adachi) will be held on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.

(Updated in Oct. 2018)

The UTLVC 16 conference will be held on Friday, Jul. 27, 2018.

(Updated in June 2018)

Information about UTLVC@Komaba will be presented at the new student orientation to be held on Monday, April 2 from 10:00 a.m. at Building No. 18.

(Updated in Feb. 2018)

The English version of the UTLVC@Komaba website is under construction.

(Updated in Jan. 2018)

The UTLVC 15 conference will be held on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018.

(Updated in Dec. 2017)