Conference

DN33 - Discourse, Sustainability, and Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate and Communication

ThomasJacobs — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:49:39 +0000

DN33 - Discourse, Sustainability, and Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate and Communication Thomas Jacobs Tue, 09/09/2025 - 12:49

Category

Conference

Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (UNINT), Via Cristoforo Colombo 200, 00147
00147 Rome RM
Italy

Date

Thursday, 26 March 2026 - Friday, 27 March 2026

Registration deadline

Thursday, 15 January 2026

Call for papers ending on

Sunday, 15 November 2026

Call for Papers DN33 - Discourse, Sustainability, and Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate and Communication

26-27 March 2026, University of International Studies (UNINT) in Rome, Italy

In recent decades, the discourse surrounding sustainability and climate change has become central to global public debates, policy-making, activism, education, and everyday life. Discourses on the environment frame not only what is perceived as the climate crisis but also what solutions, responsibilities, and futures are imaginable or excluded (Hajer, 1995; Dryzek, 2013; Stibbe, 2021). This framing takes shape through media narratives, political communication, and institutional discourses that both reflect and influence public engagement (Carvalho & Burgess, 2005; Boykoff, 2008; Cox & Pezzullo, 2019; Moser, 2010).

Education has also emerged as a key arena for cultivating sustainable mindsets and practices, where language, texts, and multimodal communication play crucial roles in influencing knowledge, instilling values, and guiding actions at all levels—from higher education curricula to narrative design in climate change education (UNESCO, 2020, 2021; Sonetti, 2020; Deriu, 2024; D’Orto, 2025). At the same time, discourse-oriented research has shown how pedagogical strategies, framing devices, and communicative practices affect learners’ agency, identity, and capacity for transformative change (Sterling, 2011; Russo & Bevitori, 2023, 2024).

This conference invites scholars to critically examine how sustainability and climate issues are communicated, contested, and enacted through discourse in diverse social, institutional, and technological contexts. We seek to explore how discourse contributes to constructing environmental problems, mobilising collective action, and framing pedagogical approaches to sustainability education. Contributions that interrogate how discursive practices may reinforce inequities, marginalise certain voices, or limit transformative change (Fairclough, 2015; Whyte, 2017; Wodak, 2021; Sultana, 2022) are also welcome.

We invite papers from across the full spectrum of discourse studies—including but not limited to critical, multimodal, narrative, ethnographic, interactional, corpus-based, and practice-oriented approaches—and encourage interdisciplinary perspectives drawing from linguistics, education, media and communication studies, sociology, environmental humanities, and political science (van Dijk, 2008; Charteris-Black, 2018; Kress & van Leeuwen, 2021).

Possible topics and questions include (but are not limited to):

How are climate change and sustainability represented in media, policy, and public discourse?
What discursive strategies seem to encourage or hinder sustainable behaviour and collective action?
How do the ways we talk and write about climate issues in educational settings influence learners’ attitudes, knowledge, and sense of agency?
How are ideas of climate responsibility and justice constructed across institutional, corporate, and activist discourses?
What part do digital media, AI-generated content, and algorithmic systems play in shaping environmental narratives?
How can discourse analysis contribute to interdisciplinary dialogue and inspire meaningful action for sustainability?

We hope the conference will foster theoretical, methodological, and ethical reflection on how discourse studies can contribute to more sustainable, inclusive futures.

Keynote speaker
Hermine Penz is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Graz (Austria). Her research centres on pragmatics and discourse, intercultural communication, and ecolinguistics. At the University of Graz, she leads and collaborates on research projects exploring the intersection of language, culture, society and ecology. In one of her main projects she studied strategies for achieving understanding in intercultural projects on education in English as a lingua franca.

Her recent work has focused on ecolinguistics and climate change, including the article “Communicating climate change: how (not) to touch a cord with people and promote action” (2022) in Text & Talk, in which she examines communication strategies across actors such as climate scientists, deniers and activists, to promote more effective public engagement with climate change.

Penz co-edited The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics (2018) alongside Alwin F. Fill, a foundational text in the field, and has contributed chapters such as “‘Global Warming’ or ‘Climate Change’?” which investigates discourse, framing and terminology in environmental communication. She is currently preparing the second edition of the handbook (with Martin Döring, Georg Marko and Alwin F. Fill).

She is the Special Issues Editor of the journal Pragmatics and Society (Editor-in-Chief: Daria Dayter, John Benjamins). In addition, she serves as the Chair of the Austrian Association of the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) in Graz, reinforcing her engagement with language, culture and education in the context of the Council of Europe at a more administrative level.

Topics and Panels
We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations (followed by 10 minutes of discussion) that align with the conference theme and fit into one of the broad panels. Proposals on related topics are also welcome.

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts should be 250 words (excluding title and references) and anonymous.
Include the title of your paper, your name, affiliation, and email address in a separate title page (.doc or .docx format).
Use APA 7th edition style for references.
Submit your abstract via email to dn33rome2026@gmail.com.
Presentations are expected to be in English. Multilingual panels may be considered if sufficient interest arises.

Important dates
Abstract submission deadline: 15 November 2025
Notification of acceptance: 28 November 2025
Registration deadline: 15 January 2026

Fees & Registration
Participants are required to hold an active DiscourseNet membership (€60 for 2 years) and pay a €60 participation fee which additionally covers:

Catering (refreshments, lunches)
Social dinner

You can obtain a valid DN membership via this link. More information can be found here. The participation fee is to be paid directly via the DiscourseNet website. Payment instructions will be sent along with the acceptance notification. Participants will be considered registered once DN membership and the participation fee have been paid.

The DN33 is open to non-presenting participants on condition that they hold an active DiscourseNet membership.

An exception concerning the DN membership fee is made for non-presenting participants of the host institution (UNINT).

Venue & Practical Information
The conference will take place in person at Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (UNINT), Via Cristoforo Colombo 200, 00147 Rome, Italy.

Further details about the venue, travel, accommodation, and the conference programme will be published on the conference webpage hosted on the DiscourseNet portal and on the UNINT website (Events section).

Audience & Participation

We welcome participation from early-career researchers, established scholars, and professionals interested in the interdisciplinary intersections of discourse, education, and climate communication.

Publication Opportunities

Selected contributions may be considered for publication in the DiscourseNet Work-in-Progress Series, the Palgrave Book Series, or UNINT’s forthcoming interdisciplinary journal on climate and discourse.

Committees and Organisation

Local Organising Committee (UNINT): Marina Brancaccio and Cristina Benicchi

International Organising Committee: Thomas Jacobs and Benno Herzog

Scientific Committee: Cinzia Bevitori (UNIBO); Cristina Benicchi (UNINT); Maria Bortoluzzi (UNIUD); Michael S. Boyd (ROMA TRE); Marina Brancaccio (UNINT); Maria Cristina Caimotto (UNITO); Manuela Frontera (UNINT); Kim Grego (UNIMI); Benno Herzog (UV.ES); Thomas Jacobs (UCLouvain); Denise Milizia (UNIBA); Laura Mori (UNINT); Salvatore Patera (UNINT); Anna Re (IULM); Katherine E. Russo (UNIOR); Laura Tommaso (UNIUPO); Franco Zappettini (SAPIENZA)

Keynote(s): name(s) to be announced soon

Contact

For questions, please contact the organising team at: dn33rome2026@gmail.com

Selected References

Bortoluzzi, M., & Zurru, E. (Eds.). (2024). Ecological communication and ecoliteracy: Discourses of awareness and action for the lifescape. Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350335851
Boykoff, M. T. (2008). Media and scientific communication: A case of climate change. In D. G. E. Liverman, C. P. G. Pereira, & B. Marker (Eds.), Communicating environmental geoscience (pp. 11–18). Geological Society of London. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP305.3
Carvalho, A. (2007). Ideological cultures and media discourses on scientific knowledge: Re-reading news on climate change. Public Understanding of Science, 16(2), 223-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662506066775
Carvalho, A. (2010). Media(ted) discourses and climate change: A focus on political subjectivity and (dis)engagement. WIREs Climate Change, 1(2), 172-179.
Carvalho, A., & Burgess, J. (2005). Cultural circuits of climate change in UK broadsheet newspapers, 1985–2003. Risk Analysis, 25(6), 1457–1469. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00692.x
Carvalho, A., & Peterson, T. R. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change Politics: Communication and Public Engagement. Cambria Press.
Carvalho, A., van Wessel, M., & Maeseele, P. (2017). Communicating the Environment: Challenges and Futures for Environmental Media and Communication. Palgrave Macmillan.
Catenaccio, P., Garzone, G., & Reisigl, M. (2023). Introduction. Dimensions of framing: Representation, cognition, interaction [Editorial]. Textus, 1(1), 7–24. https://doi.org/10.7370/108616
Charteris‑Black, J. (2018). Analysing political speeches: Rhetoric, discourse and metaphor (2nd ed.). Bloomsbury Academic.
Charteris-Black, J. (2021). Crisis and Coronavirus: Metaphor, Symbol and Schema. Cambridge University Press.
Corner, A., Whitmarsh, L., & Xenias, D. (2012). Uncertainty, scepticism and attitudes towards climate change: Biased assimilation and attitude polarisation. Climatic Change, 114(3-4), 463-478.
Cox, R., & Pezzullo, P. C. (2019). Environmental communication and the public sphere (5th ed.). Sage.
Demata, M. (2017). Representations of climate change refugees in The Guardian and The New York Times. Anglistica AION, 21(2), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.19231/angl‑aion.201722
Deriu, F. (2024). Sustainable green educational paths in the Italian higher education landscape: An analysis of green degree programmes. Sustainability, 16(13), 5497. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16135497
D’Orto, E. (2025). Narrativity and climate change education: Design of an operable narrative framework. Sustainability, 17(4), 1587. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17041587
Dryzek, J. S. (2013). The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Entman, R. M. (2004). Projections of Power: Framing News, Public Opinion, and U.S. Foreign Policy. University of Chicago Press.
Fairclough, N. (2015). Language and Power (3rd ed.). Routledge.
Freire, P. (2000). Pedagogy of the Oppressed (30th anniversary ed.). Continuum.
Hajer, M. A. (1995). The politics of environmental discourse: Ecological modernization and the policy process. Oxford University Press.
Hansen, A., & Machin, D. (2019). Media and Communication Research Methods (2nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan.
Hulme, M. (2009). Why we disagree about climate change: Understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511841200
Kress, G., & van Leeuwen, T. (2021). Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design (3rd ed.). Routledge.
Lakoff, G. (2010). Why it matters how we frame the environment. Environmental Communication, 4(1), 70-81.
Lorenzoni, I., Nicholson-Cole, S., & Whitmarsh, L. (2007). Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications. Global Environmental Change, 17(3–4), 445–459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.01.004
Machin, D. (2013). What is multimodal critical discourse analysis? Critical Discourse Studies, 10(4), 347-355.
Moser, S. C. (2010). Communicating climate change: History, challenges, process and future directions. WIREs Climate Change, 1(1), 31–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.11
Nerlich, B., Koteyko, N., & Brown, B. (2010). Theory and language of climate change communication. WIREs Climate Change, 1(1), 97–110. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.2
Pearce, W., Holmberg, K., Hellsten, I., & Nerlich, B. (2014). Climate change on Twitter: Topics, communities and conversations about the 2013 IPCC Working Group 1 report. PLOS ONE, 9(2), e87431.
Pink, S., Horst, H., Postill, J., Hjorth, L., Lewis, T., & Tacchi, J. (2016). Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice. Sage.
Russo, K. E., & Bevitori, C. (2023). Environment, climate and health at the crossroads: A critical analysis of public policy and political communication discourse in the EU. In P. Cap (Ed.), Handbook of Political Discourse (pp. 328–344). Edward Elgar.
Russo, K. E., & Bevitori, C. (2024). The language of crisis in the “virocene”: A critical corpus-informed analysis of COVID-19 and climate change discourse in the EU. Iperstoria, (23). https://doi.org/10.13136/2281-4582/2024.i231444
Sonetti, G. (2020). A review of current strategies within Italian universities’ education for sustainability initiatives (2016–2019). Sustainability, 12(13), Article 5246. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135246
Sterling, S. (2011). Transformative learning and sustainability: Sketching the conceptual ground. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 5, 17-33.
Stibbe, A. (2021). Ecolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By (2nd ed.). Routledge.
Sultana, F. (2022). Critical climate justice. The Geographical Journal, 188(1), 118-124.
UNESCO. (2020). Education for sustainable development: A roadmap. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000374802
UNESCO. (2021). Getting every school climate-ready: How countries are integrating climate change issues in education. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379566
van Dijk, T. A. (2008). Discourse and power. Palgrave Macmillan.
Whyte, K. (2017). The Dakota Access Pipeline, environmental injustice, and U.S. colonialism. Red Ink, 19(1), 154-169.
Wodak, R. (2021). The Politics of Fear: The Shameless Normalization of Far-Right Discourse. Sage.

We look forward to welcoming you to Rome!

Organizer

Marina Brancaccio and Cristina Benicchi

Institution

Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (UNINT)

Contact person

Marina Brancaccio

Contact person email address

dn33rome2026@gmail.com

Network

DiscourseNet

Internet address

https://discourseanalysis.net/DN33

ALED-DN2026 - Panoramas discursivos: voces, perspectivas, retos y desafíos en sociedades de crisis globales

jangermuller — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:46:37 +0000

ALED-DN2026 - Discursive panoramas: voices, perspectives, challenges in societies of global crisis Johannes Angermuller Sat, 08/30/2025 - 11:02

Category

Conference

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
BUAP
Puebla, Pue.
Mexico

Date

Tuesday, 25 August 2026 - Friday, 28 August 2026

Registration deadline

Sunday, 31 May 2026

Call for papers ending on

Monday, 15 December 2025

Poster

Home · Thematic Axes · Contributions · Registration · Tourist Information · Organization

OBJECTIVE

This congress aims at bringing together research and reflections that critically analyze discourses that emerge, circulate, and transform in contexts of global crises. Through interdisciplinary approaches, it seeks to explore how different voices—whether institutional, media, academic, artistic, or community-based—shape meanings, construct realities, and dispute narratives about the challenges faced by contemporary societies. The event proposes a space to make diverse perspectives visible, including those traditionally silenced, in order to understand the discursive dynamics that accompany processes of conflict, resistance, exclusion, or social transformation in a world marked by uncertainty and change.

PROPOSAL REGISTRATION:

ALED-DN 2026 - ConfTool Pro

THEMATIC AXES

Discursive configurations of crisis in political, social, health, or climate contexts
Discursive genres in times of crisis
Ideology and meaning-making in crisis discourses
Mediatized discourses
Reception, appropriation, and resignification of crisis discourses
Institutional narratives and counter-discourses in digital networks
Affect, trauma, and emotionality in crisis discourses
Discourse, memory, and agency in the face of crisis

Official languajes: spanish, english, portuguese and french

Organizer

Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios del Discurso (ALED); DiscursoNet Asociación Internacional de Estudios del Discurso (DN); Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)

Report

ALED-DN_Panoramas_Convocatoria_ENGLISH.pdf533.67 KB

2026 Positioning Theory Research Conference

bkruk — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:35:35 +0000

2026 Positioning Theory Research Conference Bartłomiej Kruk Sun, 11/09/2025 - 22:35

Category

Conference

Collegium Heliodori Święcicki
ul. Grunwaldzka 6
60-780 Poznań
Poland

Date

Saturday, 30 May 2026 - Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Registration deadline

Thursday, 30 April 2026

Call for papers ending on

Sunday, 1 February 2026

We are pleased to announce the call for proposals for the 2026 Positioning Theory Research Conference (May 30 – June 3, 2026), which will be hosted by the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. The conference will be entirely on-site and in-person.

The conference is intended for early-career to senior academics, higher degree students, community researchers and practitioners interested in connecting with research related to Positioning Theory.

There are three types of papers for the conference: 1) Empirical research papers, 2) Theoretical/Conceptual papers and 3) Methodological papers. There is also a half-day Data Analysis Workshop following the conference, which has an additional fee and requirements. Please see the Call for Papers and our website for the specific criteria on writing paper proposals and data analysis workshop proposals.

Proposals should be submitted as MS Word or PDF files by February 1, 2026 via e-mail to:positioningtheoryconference@gmail.com

Decisions about acceptance/rejection will be communicated by in March, 2026. Following formal acceptance, the responsible (presenting) authors must register their participation. Registration opens in early March, 2026.

Please visit the conference website (https://ptconference2026.web.amu.edu.pl) or send an email to positioningtheoryconference@gmail.com for further details regarding submission guidelines or for additional information about the conference.

Organising Committee:
Conference Chair:
Dr. Mary McVee (University at Buffalo, SUNY)

Conference Co-chairs:
Dr. Katherine Frankel (Boston University)
Dr. Bo Allesøe Christensen (Aalborg University)
Dr. Pasi Hirvonen (University of Eastern Finland)

Local Organising Committee Members:
Dr. Michael Bamberg (Clark University)
Dr. Joanna Pawelczyk
Zuzanna Jechna, M.A.
Bartłomiej Kruk, M.A.
Wiktoria Babijów, M.A.
Joanna Bury, M.A.
Agnieszka Bury-Galubińska, M.A.

Institution

Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University

Contact person

Michael Bamberg

Contact person email address

positioningtheoryconference@gmail.com

Cfp Call for papers

2026 Positioning Theory Conference - 1st Call for Proposals.pdf131.17 KB

Internet address

https://ptconference2026.web.amu.edu.pl

The European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference (Gothenburg, 1-3 July 2026)

ben.clarke@ait.gu.se — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:46:43 +0000

The European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference (Gothenburg, 1-3 July 2026) Ben Clarke Fri, 11/07/2025 - 10:46

Category

Conference

Gothenburg
Sweden

Date

Wednesday, 1 July 2026 - Friday, 3 July 2026

Call for papers ending on

Saturday, 31 January 2026

Apologies for any cross-posting

Dear All,

The 34th edition of the European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference will be held at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden on 1st-3rd July 2026.

The theme will be, the ecosocial environment: a social community and the various material ecosystems that enable, support, and constrain it (humans, human practices, other species with which humans have co-evolved; buildings, tools, landforms, climate, education, politics, warfare, etc.).

Confirmed plenary speakers:

Professor John Bateman (University of Bremen)
Professor Annabelle Lukin (Macquarie University) - virtually
Professor Charlotte Taylor (University of Sussex)

We will also have a workshop on writing system networks (John Bateman & Jim Martin) and a panel on Positive Discourse Analysis (including Tom Bartlett & Jim Martin).

We intend to stream some of the main sessions, such as the plenary talks, virtually (but more details to follow in due course).

Please see the full Call for Papers attached. The deadline for abstracts (papers, posters, colloquia) is 31st January 2026, submitted on Oxford Abstracts.

More information can be found at our conference website (further updates here to follow).

If you have questions, please e-mail us.

Please circulate among your networks.

Best wishes,

Ben, Chiao-I, Daniel and John

Institution

University of Gothenburg

Contact person

Benjamin Clarke

Contact person email address

ben.clarke@ait.gu.se

Telephone

0766183539

Cfp Call for papers

ESFLC2026. Call for Papers.pdf342.64 KB

Internet address

https://www.gu.se/en/applied-information-technology/34th-european-systemic-func…

Forensic Linguistics and History Symposium

kplaczynta — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:34:00 +0000

Forensic Linguistics and History Symposium Karolina Placzynta Mon, 10/13/2025 - 19:34

Category

Conference

Date

Friday, 7 November 2025

Dear all,

In addition to regular research seminars, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics runs a series which sheds light on forensic linguistics from an interdisciplinary perspective. The next in the series is the Forensic Linguistics and History Symposium on 7th November 2025, 13:00-17:00 UK time.

It can be attended either in person or online; for information on registration, detailed agenda, location, speakers and abstracts please go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forensic-linguistics-and-history-symposium-tickets-1746913608629. The event is free to attend but registration is required.

Institution

Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics

Internet address

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forensic-linguistics-and-history-symposium-ticke…

The Sixth Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation (HEPP6)

daolaozu — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:19:30 +0000

The Sixth Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation (HEPP6) Alexander Alekseev Wed, 09/17/2025 - 12:19

Category

Conference

00170 Helsinki
Finland

Date

Monday, 18 May 2026 - Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Call for papers ending on

Friday, 31 October 2025

The Sixth Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation (HEPP6) will be held 18-20 May 2026 at the University of Helsinki and online. The call for papers and panel proposals is open until 31 October 2025.

Since 2019, the HEPP conferences have provided a space to explore themes related to populist mobilisation, polarisation, and the dynamics of emotional engagement in various political and mediatised contexts. In addition to this thematic core, the HEPP6 conference will include a special focus on the emotional dynamics of grievance politics and their impact on democracy. This is in line with the PLEDGE Horizon Europe project, which is supporting HEPP6, where, for example, PI Mikko Salmela has advanced his theorization of ressentiment as “sour grapes” in connection to populism.

We invite submissions that explore a diverse range of themes, reflecting our ongoing work and recently completed projects, well beyond PLEDGE. We are excited about methodological innovations that, for example, combine discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis with computational methods, including those that make use of LLMs and AI. This includes our EP election study, which gathered an extensive dataset of short campaign videos from across the political spectrum during the 2024 European Parliament elections, capturing not only the data but also the experiences of our researchers. Additionally, we encourage participants to draw inspiration from HEPPsters’ individual project topics, such as discursive constructions of war in political rhetoric and imaginaries of sexuality and gender in culture politics and activism.

Our past research has delved into (de)radicalization, societal resilience in transatlantic contexts post-COVID-19, and the interplay of time, space, and memory in populist movements. Notably, Emilia Palonen's recently published book, The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary, critically proposes a framework for the study of the logic and dynamics of populist politics and hegemony while analysing the evolution of Hungary's political landscape. This also opens the door to discussions of democratic resilience, autocratisation, and polarisation in all of its forms. We encourage applicants to consider these themes and other related topics as we strive to foster a rich dialogue at our conference.

We welcome contributions from political science, media studies, social psychology, history, anthropology, sociology, memory studies, gender studies, urban studies, and other related fields. Traditionally, HEPP conferences have featured discussions on semi-peripheral regions such as the Global South and East Central Europe, and we hope to continue that this year. We also invite papers addressing ongoing conflicts, such as those in the Middle East, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Venezuela. HEPP6 invites papers and panels on the following and other related themes:

Affects, a(nta)gonism, and political polarisation
Audiovisual political communication
Authoritarianism and illiberalism
Climate, crises, and grievances
Cultural populism, conspiracy theories, and misinformation
Emotional mechanisms of grievance and populist politics
Gender and intersectional positions in populism and polarisation
Grievance politics and the politics of victimhood
Hegemony, common grounds, and epistemic populisms
LLM and computational methods in large social media data on HEPP themes
Mediatised populism
Memory politics and the political (mis)use of time and space
Political frontiers and “us” building
Political humour and populist rhetoric
Political theory of populism
Populist challenges to democracy
Populist logics and dynamics
Post- and de-colonialism
Religion and populism
Tribalism, nationalism, and racism
Vulnerability, stigmatisation and self-representation
War and violent conflict

After the conference, presenters are invited to submit their papers to be considered for the 5th volume of the HEPP Working Papers series.

We always aim to cultivate a friendly, fun atmosphere at the HEPP conferences. To this end, we seek to gather international researchers at all career stages from a variety of fields to engage in conversation around our critical areas of interest.

The conference is organised in collaboration with the PLEDGE Horizon Europe project and is co-funded by the European Commission. Views expressed here only reflect the views of the conference organising team, not the position of the European Commission.

Important dates and submission details

HEPP6 will take place on 18-20 May 2026 at the University of Helsinki and online (as with previous conferences, HEPP6 will be fully hybrid).

The deadline for paper and panel submission is 31 October 2025.

Paper submissions should include:

A paper title
A 200-word abstract (max 1000 characters)
Five keywords answering the paper’s topic, method, theory, data, country case (if applicable)

We further encourage the submission of panel proposals comprising three to five papers with a panel chair. Please include the abstract of the panel and paper abstracts according to the description above.

You can submit your paper HERE or at the link below.

You can submit your panel HERE or at the link below.

Please note: we do not provide funding for travel or accommodation. You can find the conference fees here.

Submit your paper proposal here

Submit your panel proposal here

The conference is organised by HEPPsinki - The Helsinki Research Hub on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation.
The Organising Committee

HEPP6 Organising Committee

Chairs: Alina Mozolevska, Co-chair Laura Horsmanheimo

Organising Team: Alexander Alekseev, Gwenaëlle Bauvois, Eurídice Hernández Gomes, Amanuel Kebede, Emilia Palonen, Olena Siden, Viljami Vaarala

HEPP6 conference secretary: Ilana Hartikainen

Institution

University of Helsinki

Contact person

HEPP6 conference secretary Ilana Hartikainen

Contact person email address

hepp@helsinki.fi

Internet address

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/emotions-populism-and-polarised-politics…

Twitter

https://twitter.com/heppsinki

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/HEPPresearchhub/

Languaging Crises

jenniraikkonen — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:49:08 +0000

Languaging Crises Jenni Räikkönen Thu, 09/04/2025 - 07:49

Category

Conference

Helsinki
Finland

Date

Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - Thursday, 5 March 2026

Call for papers ending on

Friday, 31 October 2025

Poster

In a world characterised by the presence of multiple, simultaneous and overlapping crises, language and communication have an increasingly important role. For example, in the context of large-scale, societal crises, effective communication during and about a crisis keeps people calm and informed by carefully controlling the flow of information, and by providing guidelines and directions that are understood and accepted by all segments of the populace. Similarly, during organisational, political or personal crises of reputation, language use becomes an essential tool for minimising and mitigating the effects of the crisis. The different parties involved in the crisis communicate their own interpretations of the situation, while also interacting with other affected parties.

The Languaging Crises conference focuses on the ways in which language is used and abused in crisis situations or the ways in which various crises are dealt with in different texts. In particular, more research is needed on how the language used during small- and large-scale crises is targeted at, and received by, different demographic subsets within heterogeneous societies, and whether effective communication requires a messaging strategy that takes those subsets into account in different ways.

The presentation proposals can approach communication and language use during crises from various perspectives, ranging from linguistics and language studies to discourse analysis, communication and social studies. They can also deal with both diachronic and synchronic communication about global and local crises and examine texts by public figures, the media, organisations or individuals. The crises investigated may include, but are not limited to, the following:

health crises, accidents and traumas
wars, conflicts and violence
natural disasters and environmental crises
economic/financial/political crises
organisational crises and reputation crises
inter/personal crises and life changes
hateful and impolite situations

The confirmed keynote speakers are Tony McEnery (Lancaster University), Merja Koskela (University of Vaasa), Dario Del Fante (University of Ferrara), Heini Hakosalo (University of Oulu).

The language of the conference is English.

Minna Nevala, Hanna Limatius and Jenni Räikkönen (the Languaging Crises research project)

Institution

University of Helsinki

Contact person

Jenni Räikkönen

Contact person email address

lancris@helsinki.fi

Cfp Call for papers

Call for Papers-lancris.pdf204.44 KB

Internet address

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/languaging-crises/lancris-conference/

ALED-DN2026

jangermuller — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:33:51 +0000

ALED-DN2026 Johannes Angermuller Sat, 08/30/2025 - 11:33

Category

Conference

ALED-DN2026 y X Congreso ALED México

Seleccione y dé click en cada imagen para entrar a las versiones en Español, Inglés, Portugués y Francés del evento

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Languaging Diversity Conference (LD2025)

Marina Niceforo — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:03:24 +0000

Languaging Diversity Conference (LD2025) Marina Niceforo Tue, 07/15/2025 - 09:03

Category

Conference

Chieti and Pescara CH
Italy

Date

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 - Friday, 5 December 2025

Registration deadline

Sunday, 12 October 2025

Call for papers ending on

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Poster

We are pleased to share the 2nd Call for Papers for the 9th edition of the Languaging Diversity Conference (LD2025), which will take place on 3-5 December 2025 at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy (https://www.unich.it/progetti-ricerca/i-land-conference).

Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 30 July 2025.

The theme of this year's conference is "Languaging Diversity and Identity in Digital Environments". LD2025 invites contributions that explore how language, literature and culture intersect in digital spaces, with a focus on identity formation, social belonging and exclusion online. The conference encourages both theoretical and empirical work from scholars in linguistics, literary studies, cultural studies, translation, audiovisual translation (AVT), and related disciplines.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Multilingualism and translanguaging in digital discourse
• Digital vernaculars and emerging linguistic practices
• Code-switching, slang, and online identity construction
• The impact of AVT on cultural representation in social media content
• Professional and non-professional AVT practices in online platforms
• Memes, GIFs, and the role of translation in digital culture
• Accessibility and inclusion in AVT for online audiences
• Literary representations of online identities
• Digital storytelling and multilingual narratives
• Fanfiction, social media poetry, and participatory literature
• Diversity and inclusion in digital media
• Language technology and techno-linguistic biases
• Translanguaging and identity formation in digital spaces
LD2025 welcomes both theoretical and empirical approaches, as well as interdisciplinary perspectives.

The conference welcomes individual presentations (20-minute talk + 10-minute Q&A) and panel proposals (4 to 8 participants). Abstracts (300-600 words, excluding references) should be submitted by 30 July 2025, following the instructions provided on the conference website (https://www.unich.it/progetti-ricerca/i-land-conference). Please note that the conference will be held exclusively in person.

Important dates:
- 15 July 2025 EXTENDED 30 July 2025: Abstract submission deadline
- 10 August 2025: Notification of acceptance
- 15 August 2025: Opening of early-bird registration
- 30 September 2025: Early-bird registration deadline
- 12 October 2025: Final registration deadline
- 3-5 December 2025: Conference dates

For full details and abstract submission, please visit the conference website https://www.unich.it/progetti-ricerca/i-land-conference

We look forward to seeing you at the conference in December!

Cfp Call for papers

2nd Call for Papers_Languaging Diversity 2025.pdf854.05 KB

Internet address

https://www.unich.it/progetti-ricerca/i-land-conference

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/ilandresearchcentre

Abstract Submission Deadline Extended – CONGIST’26

iremissima — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 17:14:25 +0000

Abstract Submission Deadline Extended – CONGIST’26 Irem Atasoy Sun, 06/01/2025 - 19:14

Category

Conference

Istanbul/İstanbul
Turkey

Date

Wednesday, 13 May 2026 - Friday, 15 May 2026

Registration deadline

Saturday, 15 November 2025

Call for papers ending on

Saturday, 15 November 2025

Poster

CONGIST’26 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

Date: 13-15 May 2026

Venue: Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Istanbul, Turkey

In the context of social sciences, crisis is broadly defined as a period of severe disruption or instability that challenges established structures, norms, or systems within societies. Crises can manifest in various forms—economic collapses, political upheavals, environmental disasters, technological shifts, wars, pandemics, climate or cultural conflicts. Historically, crises have always triggered societal change, which necessitate adaptation, reorganization, and innovation within communities. Throughout history, the impact of crises has been profound, shaping the trajectories of societies by prompting adaptation and transformation. Societies that fail to address crises effectively often face decline, while those that develop robust strategies can recover and evolve. Understanding crises within an interdisciplinary framework helps to reveal patterns, inform policies, and foster resilience in the face of contemporary and future challenges.

This international congress aims to explore the dynamics of crises from interdisciplinary perspectives. Potential themes for papers and panels include, but are not limited to:

Representations of Crises and Sustainability in Media, Cinema, and Art
The Crisis of Art Criticism
Aesthetic Reflections of the Crisis
Crisis in Performing Arts
Crisis, Sustainability, and Misinformation
Eco-Communication in Crises
War, Crisis, and Sustainability: The Impact of Conflict on Societal Continuity
Utopian and Dystopian Visions of Crisis and Sustainability
The Language of Crisis: Linguistic Perspectives
Eco-Linguistics and Sustainability
Discourse(s) of Crisis
Semiotics of Crisis
Multimodal Communication in Crisis Situations: Ecolinguistic and Ecosemiotic Perspectives
Ecocriticism, Ecofeminism, and the Climate Crisis: Literary Representations of Sustainability
Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction: Crisis, Survival, and Sustainable Futures
Literary Depictions of Resource Scarcity and Environmental Collapse
The Evolution of Crisis-Related Vocabulary: Historical and Contemporary Linguistic Trends
Narratives of Crisis and Sustainability: Literary Responses to Environmental and Social Challenges
Language and Signs of Crisis

Congress Languages: English and Turkish

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

ABSTRACTS

Abstracts of the papers presented at the congress will be published in the book of abstracts with ISBN.

FULL TEXTS

Option 1: Selected papers presented at the congress will be considered for publication in peer-reviewed edited volumes of the Congist Book Series by Istanbul University Press. IU-Press is indexed in the Web of Science Book Citation Index (BKCI) and Directory of Open Access Books – (DOAB).

Option 2: Selected papers presented at the congress will be considered for publication in special issues of international peer-reviewed journals published by Istanbul University Press, which are indexed in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Elsevier Scopus.

Submission of the Abstracts: Please submit your paper proposals (max. 1 DIN-A-Size, Times New Roman 12 point type, 2000 characters including spaces) online at https://eventedebiyat.istanbul.edu.tr/event/3/

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submission Deadline: November 15, 2025

Congress Dates: May 13-15, 2026

Assoc. Prof. Irem ATASOY

Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee, CONGIST’26 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Crisis

Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters

congist@istanbul.edu.tr

Istanbul University
The University of Arizona

Institution

Istanbul University

Contact person

Irem Atasoy

Contact person email address

irem.atasoy@istanbul.edu.tr

Network

https://congist.istanbul.edu.tr/en/_

Internet address

https://congist.istanbul.edu.tr/en/_