The following events at UCSC were previously organized by the LRC:
- 2009: AFLA 16 (Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association), May 1 – 3, 2009
- 2008: Alumni Conference, September 12 – 13, 2008
- 2008: TREND, May 10, 2008
- 2007: Workshop on Dialogues in Language and Poetry. April 21, 2007.
- 2006: Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 21). March 31 – April 2, 2006.
- 2004: Workshop on Modality and Its Kin. June 5, 2004: Semanticists from UCLA, Stanford, and UCSC presented their research.
- 2004: Southwestern Optimality Theory Workshop (SWOT). May 2004.
- 2003: TREND 11 (Trilateral Phonology Weekend).
- 2002: West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 21), April 5–7, 2002. The proceedings of the conference may be ordered here.
- 2000: TREND 10 (Trilateral Phonology Weekend).
- 1999: Workshop on Optimal Typology, a joint Stanford/UCSC workshop. October 1999.
- 1999: Scandinavian Phonology at Santa Cruz (SCASC). May 1999.
- 1999: Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) IX. February 1999.
- 1997: TREND 7 (Trilateral Phonology Weekend).
- 1996: Western States Conference on Linguistics (WECOL).
- 1995: TREND 4 (Trilateral Phonology Weekend).
- 1993: West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL) XII.
- 1993: TREND 1 (Trilateral Phonology Weekend): the first meeting of TREND. Research presentations by phonologists at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and Stanford.
- 1991: LSA Summer Institute.
- 1986: HAAS Conference, in honor of Mary Haas. June 1986. Organized by Bill Shipley.
- 1984: West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL) III.
Each year the Linguistics Department and the Linguistics Research Center also organize a graduate student research conference (LASC) and an undergraduate student research conference.