[Ads-l] 2nd Call for Abstracts: NARNiHS 2026 Annual Meeting

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All,


Please find below our Call for Abstracts for the next Annual Meeting in
2026. We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!


NARNiHS 2026 Annual Meeting

North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics


100% IN PERSON

Co-Located with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

8-11 January 2026


This event offers an opportunity for historical sociolinguistics scholars
from all over the world to gather and share leading research. We encourage
our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars in related fields from
our global scholarly community to join us in New Orleans for our Eighth
Annual Meeting.



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Abstract submission online:

https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_26/


Deadline:  Friday, 15 August 2025, 11:59 PM US Eastern Time.

Late abstracts will not be considered.


The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics
(NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its Eighth Annual Meeting in New
Orleans, Thursday, January 8 – Sunday, January 11, 2026. The 8th edition of
this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment
where presenters bring fully developed work for presentation and
enrichment. We see the NARNiHS Annual Meeting as a place for showcasing
excellent projects in historical sociolinguistics, seeking feedback from
peers, and engaging in productive development of the field’s enduring
questions.


NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which
is understood as the application and/or development of sociolinguistic
theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language
variation and change over time–or more broadly, the study of the
interaction of language and society in historical periods and from
historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas,
subdisciplines, methodologies, and adjacent disciplines easily find their
place within historical sociolinguistics, and we encourage submission of
abstracts that reflect this broad scope.

Abstracts will be accepted for both 20-minute papers and posters. Please
note that, at the NARNiHS annual meeting, poster presentations are an
integral part of the conference (not second-tier presentations). Abstracts
will be assigned a paper or a poster presentation based on determinations
in the review process about the most effective format for the submission.
However, if you prefer that your submission be considered primarily for
poster presentation, please specify this in your abstract.

Successful abstracts will demonstrate thorough grounding in historical
sociolinguistics, scientific rigor in the formulation of research
questions, and promise for rich discussion of ideas. Successful abstracts
will be explicit about which theoretical frameworks, methodological
protocols, and analytical strategies are being applied or critiqued. Data
sources and examples should be sufficiently presented, so as to allow
reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research.
Please note that the connection of your research to the field of historical
sociolinguistics should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Failure to
adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection.


Abstract Format Guidelines:

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   Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format.
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   Abstracts must fit on one 8.5x11 inch page, with margins no smaller than
   1 inch and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point.
   You are encouraged to use the entire page, providing a full and robust
   description of the research. All additional supporting content
   (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and
   references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to
   these requirements are allowed; abstracts longer than one page or with more
   than one additional page of supporting content will be rejected without
   review.
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   Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a
   poster presentation.
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   Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is
   not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the
   research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing
   (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to anonymize your PDF
   file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on “File”, then
   “Properties”, removing your name if it appears in the “Author” line of the
   “Description” tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use
   your name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names will
   not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use
   non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your
   name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract
   submission. Papers that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible
   will be rejected without review.


General Requirements:

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   Abstracts must be submitted electronically using the following link:
   https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/submit/NARNiHS_26/
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   Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts: One single-author
   abstract and one co-authored abstract.
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   Authors may not submit identical abstracts for presentation at the
   NARNiHS annual meeting and the LSA annual meeting or another LSA sister
   society meeting (ADS, ANS, NAHoLS, SCiL, SPCL, or SSILA).
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   After submission, no changes of author, title, or wording of the
   abstract may occur. If your abstract is accepted, adjustment of
   typographical errors is permitted before a final version of the abstract is
   printed in the conference booklet.
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   Papers and posters must be delivered as projected in the abstract or
   represent bona fide developments of the same research.
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   Authors are expected to attend the conference in-person and present
   their own papers and posters. This will not be a hybrid event.


Contact us at NARNiHistSoc at gmail.com with any questions.


Yours,
K.

Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright
NARNiHS Convenor
Assistant Professor | Language Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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