[Ethnocomm] Conferences in Helsinki in 2027

[Poutiainen, Saila H]

Dear all,

Greetings from Helsinki!
I'm sure most of you know that ICA will meet in Glasgow in 2027. Before and after Glasgow there are interesting meetings taking place in Helsinki.

In 24-27 May 2027 we are organizing Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication Conference in Helsinki. Yours truly is in organizing committee and our Leah Sprain (Univ of Colorado Boulder, USA) is one of the keynote speakers. Other keynotes are Hanna-Máret Outakoski (Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Norway), Sari Pietikäinen (Univ of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Ben Rampton (King's College London, UK). The theme of the conference is "Language, Communication and Environments."

This is a bi-annual meeting of the Linguistic Ethnography Forum (LEF) which is a Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics. The webpage and the call for papers opens in August 2026, and the deadline for submission of abstracts is October 2026.

ICA takes place in Glasgow 3-7 June 2027. There are direct flights to/from/to Helsinki/Edinburgh. By train, you would travel via Sweden, Denmark.. and from Paris to London to Edinburgh/Glasgow. I believe there is also a boat connection from the Netherlands to UK.

And finally, IPrA Conference takes place in Helsinki from 27 June to 2 July 2027. Call for papers below, DL 15 October 2026.

Hyvää kesää! Trevlig sommar! Enjoy your summer!
Hope to see you in 2027!

Saila

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Saila Poutiainen, Ph.D.

Master's Programme in Intercultural Encounters, Director
Humanistinen tiedekunta - Faculty of Humanities
Helsingin yliopisto - University of Helsinki
+358 (0)2941 29345, +358 (0)50 4154666
saila.poutiainen at helsinki.fi
https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/saila-poutiainen




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20th International Pragmatics Conference

The 20th International Pragmatics Conference will be held at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, from 27 June to 2 July 2027.

 The Call for Papers<https://458rl1jp.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fpragmatics.international%2Fpage%2FCfP2027/1/0100019df7310625-bab1e821-f34f-48a2-bb0d-cf08e3010794-000000/T4enYkN7f-e6SBKmQGDd2xQqA08=473> is now open!

 Deadlines

- Deadline for panel proposals: 5 June 2026 (midnight CEST)
- Contributions to accepted panels, and submissions for posters and lectures must be sent in by 15 October 2026 (midnight CEST)

Plenary speakers

In addition to the Presidential Address (Michael Haugh) and the plenary lectures to be delivered by the recipients of

·       the John J. Gumperz Lifetime Achievement Award and

·       the Innovation Award,

the following plenary speakers are being scheduled (titles to be announced):

  *   Akin Odebunmi (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
  *   Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki, Finland)
  *   Maite Taboada (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
  *   Michelle M. Lazar (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
  *   Xinren Chen (Nanjing University, China)

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Conference co-chairs, University of Helsinki:

  *   Dr. Johanna Isosävi, Associate Professor of French,
  *   Dr. Minna Nevala, Professor of English Language

The Local Organizing Committee, University of Helsinki, also consists of:

  *   Dr. Ylva Biri, University Lecturer of English
  *   Krista Leipivaara, PhD student
  *   Dr. Hanna Limatius, University Researcher of English,

The International Conference Committee is composed of the members of the Local Organizing Committee, together with the following members of the IPrA Consultation Board representing IPrA:

Lucien Brown, Pilar Blitvich, Xinren Chen, Zoe Xi Chen, Jonathan Culpeper, César Félix-Brasdefer, Hartmut Haberland, Christiane Hohenstein, Cornelia Ilie, Dennis Kurzon, Ritva Laury, Miriam Locher, Melissa Moyer, Neal Norrick, Tsuyoshi Ono, Yongping Ran, Marina Sbisà, Valeria Sinkeviciute, Mieke Vandenbroucke, Jef Verschueren





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