The department hosted the virtual Workshop on Clause-Embedding Predicates from March 31-April 2, organized by Craige Roberts and former faculty member Judith Tonhauser. Scholars from all over the world participated, with invited speakers presenting work on clause-embedding predicates from a variety of perspectives and approaches.
The virtual format provided a unique experience for workshop participants: videos of invited talks were prerecorded and posted for viewing prior to the event, so that the live sessions were dedicated to discussion among speakers and participants. After separate discussions dedicated to each speaker's contribution, each day concluded with a discussion of all of the invited contributions that had been discussed so far. On the final day of the workshop, a longer discussion session was set aside to reflect on the themes that had come out of the workshop in the previous days. While this was a new format for many, it provided more opportunity for discussion and reflection than is usually possible at in-person conferences.
