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Cfp: SHESL Conference 2027

History of terminology – Diachronic terminologyThe emergence of a terminological conscienceness organized by Danielle Candel (SHESL / HTL), Pascaline Dury (CeRLA) & John Humbley (ALTAE) 28 – 29 January 2027Maison de la recherche, 4 rue des Irlandais, Paris 5e This

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – March 2026

Miras, Grégory, Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Nathalie Blanc & Shona Whyte, ed. 2026. 60 Years of Applied Linguistics. Toward more engaged research. Amsterdam: Benjamins (AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 22) . 204 p. ISBN 9789027233929Publisher’s websiteBook in open access For sixty years,

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cfp: 13th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics

13th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics Contributions to the Safeguarding of the World’s Linguistic and Cultural Heritage University of Vigo, Spain (March 31 – April 1, 2027) University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal (April 2–3, 2027) Web:

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – February 2026

Вельмезова, Екатерина, ред. 2025. Тарту в истории славянской филологии, Вып. 3: Из истории Тартуско-московской семиотической школы. [Tartu in the History of Slavic Philology, Issue 3: From the History of the Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School]. University of Tartu Press. 204 стр. ISBN 978-9908-57-136-2Publisher’s website История

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – January 2026

Historiographia Linguistica 52(2). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 211 p. ISSN 0302-5160Publisher’s website ArticlesThe conjunction between coordination and subordination in missionary grammars of Aymara and QuechuaAnnamaria Bartolotta The many lives of a dictionary: An analysis of how Dutch lexicography was received and repurposed

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CHSTM History of Language Sciences spring program 2026

CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online. The meetings of the CHSTM working group on the history of the language sciences continue in spring 2026. We have an exciting program lined up over the next few months:

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Cfp: Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2026

The 2026 annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will be held on 2–4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham, UK. Confirmed plenary speaker: Cécile Van den Avenne (EHESS) As ever, we cordially invite papers or panel proposals on

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Recent publications in the history and philosophy of the language sciences – October 2025

Histoire Epistémologie Langage 47(1). 2025. Grammaticalisation : histoire et perspectives, dossier thématique sous la direction de Benjamin Fagard. Paris: SHESL. 340 p. ISSN:  0750-8069Publisher’s websiteJournal in open access Hommage Wolf FeuerhahnClaude Blanckaert (1952-2024) Grammaticalisation : histoire et perspectivesDossier thématique dirigé par Benjamin Fagard

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Jobs: LMU docs and postdocs in philology

The Cluster of Excellence Cross-Cultural Philology has just been launched at the LMU in Munich. The research cluster takes a cross-cultural approach to the study of philological practices and cultural dynamics over a 5,000-year period. They are now advertising a

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CHSTM History of Language Sciences autumn program 2025

CHSTM Working group History of the Language Sciences. Meetings online, September 2025–May 2026 The CHSTM working group on the history of the language sciences holds online seminars every month on topics related to the history of linguistics and neighbouring fields.

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Upcoming events


2-4 September 2026
Nottingham (UK)
Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2026
(Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas


10-11 September 2026
Fribourg (Switzerland)
The Prague Linguistic Circle in Geneva and Paris: Circulations and Decenterings


19-21 November 2026
Sofia (Bulgaria)
La linguistique ‘fonctionnelle’ cent ans après la fondation du Cercle linguistique de Prague


28-29 January 2027
Paris (France)
SHESL Conference 2027
History of terminology – Diachronic terminology The emergence of a terminological conscienceness


31 March–3 April 2027
Vigo (Spain), Vila Real (Portugal)
13th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics


23-27 August 2027
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
ICHoLS XVII