FEAST 2024 is happening!

For virtual/remote attendance, you can join the webinar via bit.ly/FEAST2024.

To see the posters, please go to bit.ly/2024FEASTPosters.

For our in-person venue (Kahn Auditorium) and other venues (evening performance, and the conference dinner), please check our Venues & Livestream/Webinar page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/feast2024/venue-logistics/

You can find the detailed conference program for Day 1 on this page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/feast2024/conference-program/ and right below:

Conference Program

DAY 1 – AUGUST 6

To see the posters, please go to bit.ly/2024FEASTPosters.

The timestamps in the program are in Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4).

9:00 am – 9:30 am  Registration & Light Breakfast

9:30 am – 9:45 am – Opening

9:45 am – 10:30 am – Stage Presentation (In-person)

Diane Lillo-Martin, Linghui Eva Gan, Julie Hochgesang, Deborah Chen Pichler: Assessing the Development of ASL by Deaf Children: Longitudinal Spontaneous Production Data

10:30 am – 11:00 am – 5-Minute Presentations (In-person)

To see the posters, please go to bit.ly/2024FEASTPosters.

11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Crip Linguistics: Plenary panel in honor of Dr. Jonathan Henner

Listening Flexibly: Crip Linguistics in Practice

  • Octavian Robinson (Gallaudet University)
  • Erin Moriarty (Gallaudet University)
  • Lina Hou (UC Santa Barbara)
  • Anna Lim (Boston University)

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – Lunch by FedUp

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm – Stage Presentation Session (Remote)

Raquel Veiga Busto, Marco Degano, Floris Roelofsen: Quexistentials in Catalan Sign Language (LSC): An online experiment

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm – 5-Minute Presentations (Remote)

To see the posters, please go to bit.ly/2024FEASTPosters.

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm – Coffee Break

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm – Stage Presentation Session (In Person)

Shengyun Gu: Crossing the boundary, but with a limit: Non-dominant hand spread in Shanghai Sign Language

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Evening performance titled “Voices Through Sign Langauge: Celebrating Deaf Artistry and Creativity” in ASL with local artists at the Keene Theater in East Quadrangle (This event will highlight the art of sign language and live interpreting will not be provided.)