Cfp – XV Congreso Internacional de la Sociedat Española de Historiografía Lingüística XV CISEHL2026

Date : 17-20 March 2026
Place : Barcelona (Spain)

Prescriptivism and descriptivism from the peripheries

The Department of Translation and Language Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, with the collaboration of the research group Infolex, is pleased to announce the celebration of the XV Congreso Internacional de la Sociedat Española de Historiografía Lingüística, with the title: Prescriptivismo y descriptivismo desde las periferias. It will be held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Poblenou campus) on 17, 18, 19 and 20 March 2026.

Following the consolidated trajectory in the holding of on-site conferences, this event will include plenary lectures, round tables and communications. This edition will deal particularly with the historiography of prescriptive and descriptive works, although the general topics of linguistic historiography (history of theoretical problems, history of linguistic models and theories, etc.) will be present, as usual in the international congresses that the SEHL dedicates to this discipline.

As in previous editions, the main objective is to provide an opportunity for philologists and linguists specialized in Linguistic Historiography to meet and exchange ideas, as well as a space for updating their knowledge in different areas of study through the presentation of scientific research results, with the aim of learning from each other and networking.

Organizing Comittee (InfoLex)

• Jenny Brumme
• Marta García Casado
• Pol Garriga Martínez
• Laia Panadès Pérez

Scientific Comittee

1. Alfonso Zamorano Aguilar (Universidad de Córdoba)
2. Carsten Sinner (Universität Leipzig)
3. Cordula Neis (Universität Flensburg)
4. Elisenda Bernal (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
5. Esteban T. Montoro del Arco (Universidad de Granada)
6. Filomena Gonçalves (Universidade de Évora)
7. Gerda Hassler (Universität Potsdam)
8. Guillermo Toscano y García (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
9. Hugo E. Lombardini (Università di Bologna)
10. Margarita Lliteras (Universidad de Valladolid)
11. Maria del Mar Massanell Messalles (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
12. María José García Folgado (Universitat de València)
13. Mercè Lorente Casafont (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
14. Narcís Iglesias Franch (Universitat de Girona)
15. Pierre Swiggers (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
16. Rolf Kailuweit (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
17. Rosa Maria Calafat Vila (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
18. Soledad Chávez Fajardo (Universidad de Chile)

Proposals

Proposals for the XV CISEHL2026 can be submitted in the following languages: Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque, English, French, Italian, Portuguese. Each participant may submit a maximum of two proposals. In the case of submissions by more than one author, all authors must register for the conference. For the oral interventions, there will be a maximum of 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. 

The abstract of the proposals will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee considering the scientific quality and originality of its content in the field of Linguistic Historiography.

Proposals for oral communications must be between 300 and 400 words in length, with up to 5 keywords and up to 5 bibliographical references, and must be submitted as Word documents using this template. 

Proposals must be sent by e-mail to the academic office (xvcisehl2026@upf.edu). The deadline for submitting proposals is the 17th of October 2025 at 23:59 hours. 

After the evaluation process of the received proposals, a written acceptance or refusal will be sent by e-mail no later than the 14th of December 2025.

Deadlines

The deadline for the submission of proposals is the 17th of October 2025.

Abstracts will be subject to a double-blind evaluation process by the Scientific Committee, whose decisions of acceptance or refusal will be communicated by e-mail no later than the 14th of December 2025.