I am looking for a postdoc (4 years, 100%) in experimental semantics/philosophy of language, with a focus on memory: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c88… Please reach out if you are interested!
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Kristina Liefke
@kristinaliefke.bsky.social
Philosophy professor @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, Germany Philosophy of language, memory, semantics, ontology www.rub.de/phil-inf/
I am looking for a postdoc (4 years, 100%) in experimental semantics/philosophy of language, with a focus on memory: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c88… Please reach out if you are interested!
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
This should be a lot of fun - looking forward to it end of next month! Tnx to @reimenayee.com for making it happen!
The Study of Comics in Academia May 30, 6 PM EDT I'll be moderating a panel for @cartoonist.coop Nib & Ink Digital Comics Festival, with @neilcohn.bsky.social @scottmccloud.bsky.social @nsousanis.bsky.social - geeking over the developments in comics studies. nif.cartoonist.coop/event/the-st...
‘us’ that is (from back left to front right): Denis Perrin (Grenoble), Andre Sant’Anna (Seoul), @openshaw.bsky.social (Singapore), Kourken Michaelian (PI, Grenoble), yours truly (PI, Bochum), and Markus Werning (Bochum)
The deadline for the Bochum SEER postdoc is coming up soon (April 1). Apply now to work with us starting Sept. 1!
The deadline for the Bochum SEER postdoc is coming up soon (April 1). Apply now to work with us starting Sept. 1!
Three-year postdoc in our ANR- and DFG-funded project (with Kourken Michaelian) on the semantics of episodic representations: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/3... Please share widely!
Three-year postdoc in our ANR- and DFG-funded project (with Kourken Michaelian) on the semantics of episodic representations: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/3... Please share widely!
Postdoctoral researcher (m/f/x) in semantics & philosophy of memory (SEER project, 3 years)
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🤩 Emojis und unsere Forschung dazu auf Zeit.de! Wenn Ihr Zugang habt, könnt Ihr auch selbst noch mit (über 50k anderen) abstimmen, was Emojis für euch bedeuten: @vicom #linguistik #emojis https://www.zeit.de/digital/2026-03/emojis-bedeutung-smiley-symbole-unterschiede
Bedeutung von Emojis: Ihre Tochter hat Ihnen ein 🙂 geschickt? Oha, da ist jemand sauer!
Von Boomer bis Gen Z: Jede Generation nutzt Emojis ein wenig anders. Die Feinheiten entscheiden. Machen Sie den Test und vergleichen Sie sich mit anderen!
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Three-year postdoc in our ANR- and DFG-funded project (with Kourken Michaelian) on the semantics of episodic representations: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/3... Please share widely!
Postdoctoral researcher (m/f/x) in semantics & philosophy of memory (SEER project, 3 years)
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Thrilled to announce that Kourken Michaelian’s and my ANR/DFG-funded project ‘SEER: The Semantics of Episodic Representations’ has received funding for 3 years. Stay tuned for project-related workshops and two postdoc positions (recruitment in spring 2026)!
Call for European Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information 2026 Lectures and Workshop More information here: 2026.esslli.eu Submit here: easychair.org/my/conferenc...
Welcome to ESSLLI 2026
Welcome to ESSLLI 2026
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This was a fun paper to write, and one that fits nicely with some recent work I've been doing on the role of counterfactual simulation in memory encoding. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Episodic details are better remembered in plausible relative to implausible counterfactual simulations - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
People often engage in episodic counterfactual thinking, or mentally simulating how the experienced past might have been different from how it was. A commonly held view is that mentally simulating alt...
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Weekend project: checking the page proofs for my new paper on episodic memory and picture semantics. Really excited about this one!! (to appear here: link.springer.com/collections/...)
Philosophische Fragen mathematisch lösen? Dem ging schon Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz selbst nach. Der Mathematiker und Philosoph Prof. Hannes Leitgeb @lmumuenchen.bsky.social hat konkrete Antworten gefunden - und erhält dafür den #LeibnizPreis 2025 der #DFG. Sein Kurzportrait: youtu.be/DfpbZSv3xBU?...
Hannes Leitgeb - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preisträger 2025 im Portrait
YouTube video by DFG bewegt
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Ruhr University's popular science magazine RUBIN has published a piece on Emil's and my work on memory reports: news.rub.de/english/2025... German version: news.rub.de/wissenschaft... Thanks @meid.bsky.social for the fun interview! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @for2812.bsky.social #memory
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Unsere Wortwahl verrät mehr, als uns bewusst ist. Zum Beispiel darüber, ob wir etwas, wovon wir erzählen, selbst erlebt haben, oder nicht.
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36th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information https://2025.esslli.eu/ Registration is now open for students! Boosts are appreciated. #logic #computerscience
Welcome to ESSLLI 2025
ESSLLI 2025
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If you didn’t already have FOMO, for PhOMO, you will after reading @openshaw.bsky.social post The Memory Palace today. A great overview of the philosophy of memory organization and its recent initiatives and developments. Check it out! #philsky #philscisky
Great post from on the past, present, and future of the Philosophy of Memory Organization, authored by James Openshaw (Nanyang Technological University). open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
Happy to announce the call for papers for our _Philosophical Studies_ special issue on Semantics and Memory: link.springer.com/collections/... Please submit your work & share widely!
Semantics and Memory
Paper submissions are invited for the special issue of Philosophical Studies entitled: Semantics and Memory. DESCRIPTION: Over the last decade, philosophy of ...
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Very much looking forward to this year’s workshop on accuracy in perception and memory!
I'm pleased to announce the 2nd edition of the workshop Accuracy in Perception and Memory. It will be held online from 25-27/03/2025. More information, including registration, can be found here: philevents.org/event/show/1...
The #IPM4.5 call for papers is open! Taking place on 22–23 May, this year's conference introduces a new format. We invite early career researchers to submit abstracts by 1 March. Submit here:
Philosophy of Memory Early Career Online Conference (IPM4.5)
This is the submission form for Philosophy of Memory Early Career Conference (IPM 4.5). Abstracts must be anonymized and no longer than 500 words. Contact: IPM4.5 organizing committee (issuesinphilom...
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The sequel Element _Reduction and Unification in Natural Language Ontology_ will be available until 8 January. cup.org/3D64VLY #cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics
Reduction and Unification in Natural Language Ontology
Cambridge Core - Semantics and Pragmatics - Reduction and Unification in Natural Language Ontology
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Don't miss your chance to read my new Cambridge Element _Natural Language Ontology and Semantic Theory_ Free access available until 1 January. cup.org/4f4xeaX #cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics
Natural Language Ontology and Semantic Theory
Cambridge Core - Semantics and Pragmatics - Natural Language Ontology and Semantic Theory
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What do pictures and episodic memories have in common? In today's post, Kristina Liefke (Ruhr University Bochum) investigates this important question through the tools of picture semantics. open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
Memories as Pictures
Kristina Liefke (Ruhr University Bochum)
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Finally finished: last year’s Sinn und Bedeutung proceedings 🎉 Coming soon! #semantics #linguistics #rub #sub28
First 2 titles in the series Elements in Semantics (CUP), both by Kristina Liefke! 1. Natural Language Ontology and Semantic Theory tinyurl.com/3kv5wcdj 2. Reduction and Unification in Natural Language Ontology tinyurl.com/bdk5ufat available for free until early Jan (1/3)
Natural Language Ontology and Semantic Theory
Cambridge Core - Semantics and Pragmatics - Natural Language Ontology and Semantic Theory
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