Lecture Series: Language Diversity – Past and Present

Name: Lecture Series: Language Diversity – Past and Present
Start: 2026-02-18T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-02-18T13:00:00-06:00
Location: 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK, United States, Oklahoma 73072

Schedule

Wed Feb 18 2026 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK, United States, Oklahoma 73072 | Norman, OK

Speakers: Dr. Raina Heaton, Associate Curator of Native American Languages, Sam Noble Museum, and Associate Professor, Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma.
While discussions of “diversity” and “extinction” often center around the biological and geological sciences, very similar processes are taking place with respect to historic and contemporary languages. Dr. Raina Heaton presents an overview of both historic and contemporary language shift, and what is being done to address the loss of our planet’s linguistic diversity.