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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are delighted to announce that Lavender Languages and Linguistics 32 will be held at the University of Edinburgh from Wednesday 2<sup>nd</sup> – Friday 4<sup>th</sup> September 2026. The theme of the conference is ‘Queer (Dis)Belonging’
(description <a href="https://lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk/">on our website</a>). We are excited to host the following keynote speakers:
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<a href="https://thedoctorlane.com/">Dr. Nikki Lane</a> (Duke University)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="https://kevinguyan.com/">Dr. Kevin Guyan</a> (the University of Edinburgh, School of Business)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="https://erezlevon.com/">Prof. Erez Levon</a> (Universität Bern)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="https://www.acg.edu/faculty/stamatina-katsiveli/">Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli</a> (The American College of Greece)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="https://mxeddie.github.io/">Dr. Eddie Ungless</a> (the University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can access our website <a href="https://lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk/">
here</a> which we will update as more information becomes available. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026, and we invite contributions on language and sexuality from multiple theoretical perspectives.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please save the date and we look forward to receiving your submissions in the new year!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Christian Ilbury <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(on behalf of the LavLang32 Organising Committee) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr. Christian Ilbury (he/him)<br>
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Director of Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion (PPLS)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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