[Histling-l] Fwd: HiSoN 2025 CfP

[Claire Bowern]

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From: James Hawkey <0000d158c378801d-dmarc-request at jiscmail.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Subject: HiSoN 2025 CfP
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Dear colleagues,



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. *The deadline for
submitting abstracts is 1 October 2024.* Further details about the
conference will be posted on the conference website in due course:
https://hison2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/.



We are looking forward to your abstracts!



Best wishes,

Anna & James



*Conference theme: HiSoN 20 years on: past, present, future*

The 20-year anniversary edition of the historical sociolinguistics network
conference is taking place *at the University of Bristol (UK) from 21 to 23
May 2025.*

In 2005, Nils Langer, Stephan Elspaß, Joachim Scharloth, and Wim
Vandenbussche organised a conference on* Language History from Below:
Linguistic Variation in the Germanic Languages from 1700–2000* at the
University of Bristol, which led to the foundation of the *Historical
Sociolinguistic Network*. 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.

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?

We invite suggestions for papers *dealing with aspects of language and
society in the past*.

Topics and (sub)disciplines might include, but are not limited to:

·         Language variation and change

·         Historical multilingualism, language contact, and multilingual
practices

·         Language maintenance, language shift and heritage languages

·         Language standardization, norms, prescriptivism and purism

·         Language policy and planning in the past

·         Language ideologies, beliefs and attitudes in the past

·         Language history ‘from below’

·         Historical text types, registers, genres and domains

·         Methods for historical sociolinguists, including corpus
linguistics

·         Historical dialectology and geolinguistics

·         Historical pragmatics and discourse analysis

·         History of linguistics and history of language teaching.

All papers need to include historical as well as sociolinguistic aspects.
We welcome abstracts for two different formats (individual papers and
thematic panels):

*Individual papers* 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).

*Thematic panels, roundtables *or* workshops* 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 *one* 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.

*Keynote speakers:*
Prof. Nils Langer (Europa-Universität Flensburg)
Prof. Joanna Kopaczyk (University of Glasgow)
Prof. Israel Sanz-Sánchez (West Chester University)

Please submit your abstract via
https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/HiSoN2025/.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is *1 October 2024*. We anticipate
that notifications about the outcome of proposals will be sent on 16
December 2024.

Please contact us if you have any questions:
hison-conference2025 at bristol.ac.uk

Conference organisers: Anna Havinga & James Hawkey, School of Modern
Languages, University of Bristol




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