<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">James Hawkey</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:0000d158c378801d-dmarc-request@jiscmail.ac.uk">0000d158c378801d-dmarc-request@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:38 AM<br>Subject: HiSoN 2025 CfP<br>To: <<a href="mailto:VAR-L@jiscmail.ac.uk">VAR-L@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg3004275416391840411">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are now accepting abstracts for the next Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference, which is taking place at the University of Bristol from 21 to 23 May 2025. Please find the Call for Papers
below. <b>The deadline for submitting abstracts is 1 October 2024.</b> Further details about the conference will be posted on the conference website in due course:
<a href="https://hison2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/" target="_blank">https://hison2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are looking forward to your abstracts!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Anna & James<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Conference theme: HiSoN 20 years on: past, present, future</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The 20-year anniversary edition of the historical sociolinguistics network conference is taking place
<b>at the University of Bristol (UK) from 21 to 23 May 2025.</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">In 2005, Nils Langer, Stephan Elspaß, Joachim Scharloth, and Wim Vandenbussche organised a conference on<i> Language History from Below: Linguistic Variation in the Germanic Languages from 1700–2000</i> at
the University of Bristol, which led to the foundation of the <i>Historical Sociolinguistic Network</i>. Since then, research in historical sociolinguistics has flourished and the network has grown beyond its Germanic roots. At the 20-year anniversary edition
of the Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference, we will return to and build on the study of language history ‘from below’ by looking at current trends in historical sociolinguistic research, such as the study of historical multilingualism and research
on linguistic impacts of colonialism, to identify future directions of the field.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Over the past decades, historical sociolinguistics has grown and diversified considerably, contributing to our increasingly multifaceted understanding of language histories. We would like to take
this opportunity to return to origins of the Historical Sociolinguistics Network, both geographically and figuratively. The first conference sought to offer an alternative to the traditional historiography of the Germanic languages by moving beyond ‘teleological
and isolationist approaches’ that ‘focused on standard or prestige varieties’. This view ‘from below’ has undergone significant development in scope, having moved beyond its original Germanic focus, and this conference will provide a moment for us all to reflect
and take stock. Where have we come from – how are the original aims of the Network reflected in our current practice? Where are we now – how can we use historical sociolinguistic theories and methods to address current challenges? And where are we going –
how will our discipline grow and adapt in an ever-changing world?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We invite suggestions for papers
<b>dealing with aspects of language and society in the past</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Topics and (sub)disciplines might include, but are not limited to:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Language variation and change<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Historical multilingualism, language contact, and multilingual practices<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Language maintenance, language shift and heritage languages<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Language standardization, norms, prescriptivism and purism<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Language policy and planning in the past<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Language ideologies, beliefs and attitudes in the past<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Language history ‘from below’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Historical text types, registers, genres and domains<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Methods for historical sociolinguists, including corpus linguistics<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Historical dialectology and geolinguistics<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Historical pragmatics and discourse analysis<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">History of linguistics and history of language teaching.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">All papers need to include historical as well as sociolinguistic aspects. We welcome abstracts for two different formats (individual papers and thematic panels):<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Individual papers</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> are formal presentations on original research by one or more authors, who will be allotted 30-minute slots at the conference
(20 minutes for presentation plus 10 minutes for discussion). Abstracts for individual paper presentations must not exceed 500 words (incl. title and references).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thematic panels, roundtables
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">or<b> workshops</b> should follow the 30-minute structure of the conference. We have a strong preference for shorter, focused events (e.g. an introductory paper, 3–4 papers by different contributors, and
a final discussion). Panel convenors are expected to invite contributors and discussants in advance, and submit
<i>one</i> full proposal. This proposal includes the overall aims and rationale of the event (max. 500 words) as well as the names, affiliations, and short abstracts of 200–300 words for each contribution (incl. introductory paper and/or final discussion).
Please note that panel convenors take active responsibility for the quality of all contributions and are expected to guide their invited participants through the formal process as well as to chair the panel.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Keynote speakers:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
Prof. Nils Langer (Europa-Universität Flensburg)<br>
Prof. Joanna Kopaczyk (University of Glasgow)<br>
Prof. Israel Sanz-Sánchez (West Chester University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please submit your abstract via
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/HiSoN2025/" target="_blank">https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/HiSoN2025/</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The deadline for submitting abstracts is
<b>1 October 2024</b>. We anticipate that notifications about the outcome of proposals will be sent on 16 December 2024.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please contact us if you have any questions: <a href="mailto:hison-conference2025@bristol.ac.uk" target="_blank">hison-conference2025@bristol.ac.uk</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Conference organisers: Anna Havinga & James Hawkey, School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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