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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">The organising committee proudly announces that the 15th Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN) Conference will take place at the University of Salzburg (Austria) from 28 – 30 September
2026.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><a href="https://hison2026.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://hison2026.com/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Confirmed <b>
plenary speakers</b> are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><a href="https://langsci.wisc.edu/staff/joe-salmons/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Prof Joseph Salmons</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> (University of Wisconsin, Madison, US)<br>
</span><a href="https://torun-pl.academia.edu/Micha%C5%82G%C5%82uszkowski" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Prof Micha³ G³uszkowski</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> (Toruñ University, Poland)<br>
</span><a href="https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/rose/personen/grosse.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Prof Sybille Große</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> (Heidelberg University, Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">The 2026 <b>conference theme</b> is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Spoken and written discourse in historical sources</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US">.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">We welcome abstracts for two different formats – individual papers and thematic panels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">All papers need to include historical as well as sociolinguistic aspects. For more details see the CfP on the conference webpage
</span><a href="https://hison2026.com/call/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://hison2026.com/call/</span></a><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">ABSTRACT SUBMISSION</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Abstracts should be submitted through
</span><a href="https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/HiSoN2026/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">EasyAbs</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> maintained by the LINGUIST List. Please ensure that the abstract is properly anonymised in order to allow for blind
review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">The call opens on 1 October 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">Please submit your abstract by 15 December 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance by 15 March 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">Organising committee</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Marina Albers, Stephan Elspaß, Laura Fischlhammer, Imke Mendoza, Tatsiana Nazaranka, Konstantin Niehaus, Simon Pickl, Bernhard Pöll & Erik Schleef<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Please contact us at
</span><a href="mailto:Hison2026@plus.ac.at" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">Hison2026(at)plus.ac.at</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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