The Expression, Communication, and the Origins of Meaning (ECOM) research group was established in 2010 by Dorit Bar-On at UNC-Chapel Hill, as part of a 4-year NSF grant for collaborative research received in 2009 [award #0925896]. In the summer of 2014 ECOM moved to the University of Connecticut, where it has received a start-up grant from the UConn Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. ECOM is affiliated with the UConn Philosophy Department, the UConn Cognitive Science Program, the CT Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and the UConn Humanities Institute.
To date, ECOM has brought together hundreds of researchers, faculty, and students, from several disciplines (philosophy, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, biology, and more), through its regular meetings, speaker series, workshops, and conferences. Members of ECOM have worked on different aspects of the ECOM research areas, while collaborating and contributing to its central themes. To learn more, visit our members page, our research page, and our list of publications. Members also participate in various ECOM events, including reading groups, speaker series, workshops and seminars.
Please contact Dorit (dorit.bar-on@uconn.edu) with questions or comments. To be added to the ECOM listserv, please contact Aliyar Ozercan (aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu).
Millikan Fest! (Oct 5-6, 2023)
Upcoming Events
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10/5
Millikan Fest
Millikan Fest
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
All Day
UConn Foundation
A celebration of Millikan’s groundbreaking contributions to philosophy and the 40th anniversary of her seminal book Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories (LTOBC) bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines - philosophy, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and biology - to engage both critically and creatively with Millikan’s work. Registration form is here: https://ecomresearchgroup.com/millikanfest/
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10/6
Millikan Fest
Millikan Fest
Friday, October 6th, 2023
All Day
UConn Foundation
A celebration of Millikan’s groundbreaking contributions to philosophy and the 40th anniversary of her seminal book Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories (LTOBC) bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines - philosophy, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and biology - to engage both critically and creatively with Millikan’s work. Registration form is here: https://ecomresearchgroup.com/millikanfest/
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11/9
ECOM Spotlight Series: William Snyder
ECOM Spotlight Series: William Snyder
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Zoom
Prof. William Snyder (Uconn Linguistics) will give a talk titled “Relating Child Language Development to Neurodevelopment.”
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11/30
ECOM Spotlight Series: Christopher Rahlwes
ECOM Spotlight Series: Christopher Rahlwes
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Zoom
TBA