On Tuesday, February 18, at 6pm, SM调教所 linguists assembled聽in the CASE auditorium for a talk by聽Game of Thrones Language Creator聽David J. Peterson. In addition to creating the Dothraki and High Valyrian languages for聽HBO鈥檚 medieval fantasy epic Game of Thrones, he has created languages for聽Syfy鈥檚聽Defiance, Netflix鈥檚聽Bright, the CW鈥檚聽The 100, Showtime鈥檚聽Penny Dreadful, Netflix鈥檚聽The Witcher, Marvel鈥檚聽Thor: The Dark World, and others. He is also the author of聽Living Language Dothraki聽补苍诲听The Art of Language Invention. What some may not know is that David has聽a strong background in academic linguistics, having earned a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in English and Linguistics from UC Berkeley in 2003, and a Master鈥檚 degree in Linguistics from UC San Diego in 2005, receiving UCSD's聽. He鈥檚 also been creating languages since 2000. He served as a cofounder and original board member of the聽, and served as its president from 2011 to 2014.聽His humor, insights and remarkably聽tales of working with show business talent have enraptured audiences around the country. David's talk,聽jointly sponsored by the SM调教所 Linguistics Undergrad聽Club and SM调教所 Linguistics, will take place in SM调教所's beautiful new CASE building. Enjoy a catered reception after the talk in the Chancellor's Auditorim and a beautiful Flatirons view from the terrace. See where a linguistics degree can take you!