The Centre for Corpus Research organises research events such as conferences and seminars, and it also runs workshops and training events.
Conferences and seminars
The most recent major event that the Centre ran was Corpus Linguistics 2011, which was held at the International Conference Centre in Birmingham, 20-22 July 2011. This was attended by over 250 corpus linguists from around the world, and conference proceedings will appear on this website soon.
Workshops
Corpus Linguistics in the Midlands: Issues in Corpus Development and Analysis, May 8-9, 2012
This is a two-day event for postgraduate students who have an interest in Corpus Linguistics and are based in the Midlands. This event is intended to give participants the opportunity to learn about and discuss current issues in Corpus Linguistics and to network with other postgraduates.
Invited speakers are from the University of Birmingham, Coventry University and Aston University.
Corpus Linguistics in the Midlands website: https://sites.google.com/site/corpuslinguisticsinthemidlands/
The Centre is also contributing to the Birmingham/Melbourne Summer School in Applied Linguistics, 2-13 July 2012, which will feature courses in Language Testing, Multilingualism, Corpus Linguistics and Academic Writing. For further details, visit the Summer School web page:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/education/departments/language-discourse-society/birmingham-melbourne-school/school-applied-linguistics.aspx
Training
During the Spring Term 2012, the Centre provided, in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced Research in English, training workshops for PhD students and CARE visitors:
24 Feb 2012: Wordsmith Tools (Paul Thompson)
2 March 2012: Sketch Engine (Paul Thompson)
9 March 2012: Bank of English (Caroline Tagg)
13 March 2012: WMatrix (Paul Thompson)