<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><blockquote style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-width: 3px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(200, 200, 200);"><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dear colleagues,<br><br>We are pleased to announce the 28th Himalayan Languages Symposium, which will take place in Eugene, Oregon, USA, <span dir="ltr">on August 2-3, 2025</span>.<br><br><u>Abstract Submission</u><br>We invite papers that address any aspect of the languages and linguistics of the Himalayan and Trans-Himalayan region. Topics may include, but are not limited to:</div><ul><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, typology, language documentation, field reports, ethnographic studies, language technology, computational linguistics</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Contributions from related disciplines (e.g., history, archaeology, ethnobotany, genetics, anthropology) that inform the history and development of Himalayan languages</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Papers are not limited to the Trans-Himalayan language family but may also cover Indo-Aryan, Tai-Kadai, Austro-Asiatic, Hmong-Mien languages, as well as isolates, pidgins, and creoles traditionally spoken in the region.</li></ul><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Submission Guidelines</u></div><ul><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Abstract deadline: <span dir="ltr">March 1, 2025</span> (no extensions)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Abstracts should be anonymized, with a maximum length of one page, excluding references.</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Include author information (name, title, institutional affiliation, and contact details) in the body of your email.</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Submit abstracts as a PDF attachment to <span dir="ltr">himalayanlanguagessymposium28@gmail.com</span>.</li></ul><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Request for Reviewers</u></div><ul><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We kindly invite colleagues to volunteer as reviewers for the conference abstracts. If you are interested, please complete the form at the following link: <span dir="ltr">https://forms.gle/1r91qoykGHxQYtVK6</span>.</li></ul><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The HLS website is currently under construction and is expected to go online again by the end of the month.</div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Best,</div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nate</div></blockquote><div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please let me know if you have any questions.<br><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best regards,</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ludwig</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div id="Signature" class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Ludwig Adisiswoyo</b> (he/him) | PhD Student</div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">University of Oregon | Department of Linguistics</div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">STB 265 | <span dir="ltr">1451 Onyx St., Eugene, OR 97403</span></div><div style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(15, 92, 26);"><a href="mailto: ladisisw@uoregon.edu" id="OWA51ccdbf8-1a97-b648-6d28-71f9e597d431" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto: ladisisw@uoregon.edu" style="color: rgb(15, 92, 26);">ladisisw@uoregon.edu</a></div></div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my phone</div></body></html>