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3 July 2026, PhD Defense, Xiaoyu Tong

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Candidate: Xiaoyu Tong
Title: Dissecting Incongruity: Metaphor and Humor Understanding of Large Language Models
Date: Friday 3 July 2026
Time: 11:00
Location: Aula UvA (Singel 411, 1012 WN Amsterdam)
Promotor: Rens Bod
Copromotor: Ekaterina Shutova and Martha Lewis

PhD candidate Xiaoyu Tong will defend her thesis "Dissecting Incongruity: Metaphor and Humor Understanding of Large Language Models" at Aula UvA on 3 July. It will be preceded by a mini-workshop at LAB42 on 2 July, featuring talks by Pia Sommerauer from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Desmond Elliott from University of Copenhagen.

For more information, contact Xiaoyu Tong at .

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