CFL Conferences and Seminars

: : 13 May 2008

Centre for Forensic Linguistics Launch Seminar, 10:30am - 5:00pm

10:00 - 10:30 Registration and coffee

10:30 - 10:50 Opening remarks by Prof. Julia King, Vice-Chancellor of Aston University and Dr Tim Grant of CFL

10:50 - 11:30 Malcolm Coulthard: The work of the forensic linguist

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 - 12:45 Krzysztof Kredens: Interpreters in legal and forensic contexts

12:45 - 13:00 Tim Grant: Professional Development Training at CFL

13:10 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 M. Teresa Turell: The international development of forensic linguistics: past, present and future     [Abstract and bio note]

14:30 - 15:30 Tim Grant: Developing investigative linguistics as a forensic science

15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 - 16:45 Larry Solan: Lawyers as insincere actors     [Abstract and bio note]

16:45 - 17:00 Closing remarks


! 18.30 Malcolm Coulthard will give his Inaugural Lecture entitled 'The Linguist as Detective and Expert Witness'