We are delighted to announce the Sixth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS-6), hosted by Sapienza University of Rome from June 4 to 6, 2026. E-mail: labsil@uniroma1.it Conference Theme: (In)determinacy of Meaning Cognitive semiotics, repeatedly reimagined over recent decades, responds to a longstanding demand within both philosophical-linguistic and semiotic traditions: the need to investigate the semiotic mediation of cognition—both phylogenetically

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for XPRAG.it 2026, the 6th edition of the Experimental Pragmatics in Italy Conference, hosted by the University of Genoa and the XPRAG.it network. This year, XPRAG.it drops anchor at Genoa’s Old Port. The conference will take place on its historic pier, an iconic venue where sea, city, and history meet – long a site of exchange of goods, ideas, and cultures, and reminiscent of the settings of many Plato’s dialogues. We welcome submissions on any t

We are pleased to announce that the 17th international roundtable conference UZRT 2026, hosted by the SLA and TEFL Section of the Department of English at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, will take place on June 12th, 2026. Continuing with the long-standing tradition, the conference invites researchers and doctoral students working across the field of applied linguistics to share their current work, exchange ideas and build collaborations. We invite proposa

The Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) will hold its 60th Annual Meeting virtually from Saturday, June 6 to Sunday, June 7, 2026. The 2026 CSSN conference will not be held in conjunction with the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) of Canada and will take place entirely online. The general theme of this 2026 CSSN Conference is “Onomastics and Toponymy as reflections of our World”. Papers on any onomastic or toponymic topic are welcome, from any discipline, per

Digital transformations are profoundly affecting research practices in the humanities and social sciences (HSS). Massive access to heterogeneous corpora, the rise of computational methods and computing resources, the widespread use of data infrastructures, and the proliferation of collaborative tools are transforming the ways in which knowledge is captured, produced, analysed and shared. These transformations are enabling the development of new research methodologies and contributing to the deve

The modern era we are living in is marked by a significantly rapid pace of globalization and pervasive diffusion of technological advancements. These synergistic forces have effectively eradicated geographical barriers and forged what van Dijk (1991) and Castells (1996) refer to as the “network society,” which metamorphoses disparate national entities into an intricately interconnected tapestry of societies and cultures (Castells, 2000). The nature of this global structure places new, urgent dem

We are pleased to invite scholars to participate in the 10th International Conference on Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, to be held on November 6–7, 2026, at National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan). Under the theme “New Trends in the Study of Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in Eastern and Western Contexts,” the conference welcomes contributions from researchers in Taiwan and abroad. Through perspectives from linguistics, literary studies, history, cultural studies,

The Department of Linguistics at Purdue University is announcing its annual Purdue Linguistics Symposium (PLS) 2026. We invite scholars working within all theoretical and applied areas of linguistics to submit their research and join us at PLS 2026. Topics include, but are not limited to syntax, semantics, syntax-semantics interface, phonetics, phonology, morphology, L2 acquisition, bilingualism, pragmatics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, sign language, and corpus linguistics. PLS 202

Disinformation is commonly discussed through a set of dominant narratives, such as the claim that we live in a post-factual era, that we are witnessing an unprecedented boom of disinformation and conspiracy theories, that disinformation is the main driver of societal polarization, or that language itself is losing its meanings. Regardless of the empirical validity of these narratives, disinformation and conspiracy theories have become a central topic across many scientific disciplines. The pr

The UC Davis Cluster on Language Research is pleased to announce our 12th annual Symposium on Language Research, taking place in May 22nd and 23rd, 2026. The current theme is "Language at a Crossroads: History, Innovation, and Change." The UC Davis CLR is a very interdisciplinary, fully student-run and organized conference hosting research on "language" in any capacity. Every year, we have presentations on work done in departments of linguistics, education, psychology, cognitive science, for

International Congress U. Paris Sorbonne, 11-12 septembre 2026, 28 rue Serpente 75005 Paris University of Paris La-Sorbonne, Organisators : Irina Shakhovskaya-Thomières (University of Paris la Sorbonne, CeLiSo EA 7332) Marc Ruiz-Zorrilla Cruzate (U. of Barcelona) "Au Cœur Du Verbe: Classifier, Explorer, Relier" Ce colloque se veut un espace de discussion sur l’un des sujets majeurs de la linguistique. Il sera centré sur le domaine verbal. S’inscrivant dans le prolongement d’une importan

The Student Session of the 37th European Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information (ESSLLI) will take place at ESSLLI 2026, on August 3-14, 2026, Charles University Prague, Czechia. We invite submissions of original, unpublished work from students in any area at the intersection of Logic & Language, Language & Computation, or Logic & Computation in the form of long or short papers. Submissions will be reviewed by several experts in the field. Accepted long papers will be presented as ta

We are pleased to announce the Call for Workshops for the 3rd edition of the conference “Languages and Language at the Crossroads of Disciplines” (LLcD), organized within the CNRS Thematic Network LLcD, which will take place at Aix-Marseille University from 14 to 16 December 2026. The 2026 LLcD conference will include a plenary session, thematic workshops, poster sessions, as well as a roundtable discussion on the theme “Linguistics and Language AI: Foundations and Reciprocal Challenges” W

In a world living under the threat of war, natural disasters, pandemics, and all other kinds of tragedies, humour acts as a beacon of hope and makes almost any hardship easier to bear. Humour appears everywhere, deliberately or incidentally; it is an intrinsic part of human existence. Thus, we considered that the Seventh International Conference on Onomastics “Name and Naming” (ICONN 7) should focus on the connections one can establish between names and humour. In anthroponymy, humour occurs in

"The Power and Norms of Critique“, Uferstudios Berlin, 11–13 February 2026 International and interdisciplinary conference organized by the Graduiertenkolleg „Normativity, Critique, Change“ in Berlin on February 12th and 13th 2026 with an opening reception on February 11th 2026. Critical impulses play a central role in the development of society while they are tied, in their turn, to the normative frameworks established within social contexts. In this respect, critique is always in tension

Social Media Mining for Health Applications and Health Real-World Data (#SMM4H-HeaRD) 2026 Workshop and Shared Tasks Workshop: The Social Media Mining for Health Applications and Health Real-World Data (#SMM4H-HeaRD) Workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum for presenting and discussing advances in natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, and artificial intelligence at the intersection of health and web-based data. Now in its 11th edition, the #SMM4H-HeaRD 2026 Workshop wil

La cinquième édition du Colloque francophone international de l’Université de Zagreb aura lieu du 26 au 28 novembre 2026 à la Faculté de philosophie et lettres. Le Colloque vise à réunir les chercheurs intéressés par les problématiques qui portent sur les liens entre l’humain et la technologie du point de vue théorique et/ou pratique, dans les domaines des sciences du langage, de la didactique du FLE, de l’activité traduisante et des études littéraires. Le Colloque, en conciliant tradition et mo

Bi-SLI 2026 is the 6th international conference dedicated to research on language acquisition in bi/multilingual children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), in comparison with typically developing peers. The conference will be held at the University Campus Borongaj in Zagreb, Croatia, on April 23–24, 2026. The Bi-SLI conferences bring together researchers and clinicians working on the linguistic and cognitive mechanisms that shape language development in bi/multilingual contexts, wit

Papers presented at ISMIL are concerned with the Malay/Indonesian language in any of its varieties. In addition to the standardized versions of Bahasa Melayu/Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia, papers are particularly welcome dealing with non-canonical isolects such as regional dialects of Malay and Indonesian, contact and heritage varieties, as well as other closely related Malayic languages. Papers may be in any of the subfields of linguistics, and may represent variegated approaches and div

LESLLA (Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults) engages and supports research initiatives, teaching approaches, and policies that contribute to high-quality and inclusive learning opportunities for adult migrants who face the dual challenge of learning a new language while at the same time learning to read and write for the first time or consolidating their existing literacy skills. LESLLA’s 21st Annual Symposium will be held in Brno (Czech Republic) from 20 to 22 August 202