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Cfp: Discussions on Legacy Materials (DiLegMa) – opportunities and challenges for descriptive linguistics

The numerous political and ecological crises of the last years have palpably demonstrated that access to field sites can quickly be severely restricted for linguists engaged in language description around the world. Furthermore, issues of environmental responsibility and sustainability are

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Cfp: Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2025

The 2025 annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will be held from Wednesday 3 September to Friday 5 September 2025 at the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA, Reims, France). The general theme of

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Making of the Humanities XI, Lund, 9–11 Oct 2024

In 2024, the eleventh conference on the history of the humanities will be hosted by the Lund Center for the History of Knowledge (LUCK), Lund University between 9 and 11 October 2024.The call for papers and panels is now open: https://www.historyofhumanities.org/upcoming-meetings/the-making-of-the-humanities-xi-lund-2024/

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ICHoLS 16 Thematic Workshops

The deadline for abstract submission to ICHoLS 16 is March 1, 2024.  The submission web page for ICHoLS 16 is  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ichols16 Here is information about the open thematic workshops (see below).  Please see the attachments and send your abstract to the organizers

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Cfp: “Legacy materials as data sources for language description and documentation”

Workshop“Legacy materials as data sources for language description and documentation”Paris, Université Paris CitéApril 11-12th, 2024 This workshop, to be held on April 11th and 12th 2024 in Paris, will bring together descriptive linguists who engage with legacy materials on their

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Invitation to CHSTM online working group History of the Language Sciences

Online working group: History of the Language SciencesConveners: Judith Kaplan (CHSTM), Floris Solleveld (University of Bristol) Hosted by the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Monthly meetings: Tuesday 12 Sep, 10 Oct, 14 Nov, 12 Dec, 9 Jan, 13

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Cfp – SHESL conference 2024 – Ethnolinguistics – Linguistic anthropology: history and current trends

Call for papersSHESL conference 2024Ethnolinguistics – Linguistic anthropology: history and current trendsorganized by Chloé Laplantine (HTL), Cécile Leguy (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – LACITO), Valentina Vapnarsky (LESC & EPHE) Paris, 1-2 February, 2024 Please send abstracts for contributions by 21 July

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Cfp: XXXII. International Colloquium of the “Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS), 6-9 Sept 2023, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal

The XXXII International Colloquium of the Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft’” (SGdS) will be held at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal) from Wednesday, September 6 to Saturday September 9, 2023. The general theme of the

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CfP: Henry Sweet Society colloquium 4-6 Sept 2023, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal

The 2023 annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will be held from Monday 4 September until Wednesday 6 September 2023 at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal).  The

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Cfp: SHESL Conference 2023

Call for papersSHESL Conference 2023New historical and diachronic perspectives on grammaticalization Paris, 12–13 January 2023 The Société d’histoire et d’épistémologie des sciences du langage (SHESL) invites abstracts for the 2023 annual conference on the topic “New historical and diachronic perspectives

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New Orleans, United States
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Paris
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Versification and the History of Linguistic Ideas


17–20 March 2026
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain)
XV Congreso Internacional de la Sociedat Española de Historiografía Lingüística
Prescriptivism and descriptivism from the peripheries


23–25 March 2026
Montpellier (France)
Asian Languages in the History of Lexicography


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


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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


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