1st Biennial European Meeting on Ecolinguistics (BEME I)

BEME I

Exploring the disintegration of human-ecological relations: Ecolinguistic responses to automation, alienation, and crises

Intentionally designed to complement the International Conference on Ecolinguistics (ICE), the Biennial European Meeting on Ecolinguistics (BEME) aims to convene scholars and research communities working across different disciplines. BEME provides a focused space for scholars who, mainly within Europe’s socio-cultural context, explore how linguistic and communicative practices shape and affect our relationship with the more-than-human world. This is particularly critical in relation to climate change and socio-ecological transformations which are experienced, represented, and addressed differently across European regions. BEME aims to foster international scholarship while developing a distinctive profile through its focus on Europe, with particular attention to the multilingual realities of European societies. The first BEME is organized under the theme “Exploring the disintegration of human-ecological relations: Ecolinguistic responses to automation, alienation, and crises”. The focus is not only on the ecological crises and technological change, but the erosion of human capacity to notice and respond to what is being/has already been lost. BEME I warmly invites contributions that explore how language and multimodality function as meaningful dimensions of the contemporary human-ecological realities, and how they can help us repair the fractured relationships with ourselves, others, and the environment. Creative and artistic contributions relevant to ecolinguistic research are also welcome.

Submission guidelines

Please submit your abstract no later than 15 February 2027. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words, excluding title and references. In your abstracts, please specify theoretical framework, analytical approaches, and data under investigation. Submissions will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee by 15 April 2027. The official language of BEME is English. All submissions are managed via ConfTool: www.conftool.pro/beme1-2027