36.2310, Confs: Language and Identity (Morocco)

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Subject: 36.2310, Confs: Language and Identity (Morocco)

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Date: 30-Jul-2025
From: Mina Afkir [mina.afkir at univh2c.ma]
Subject: Language and Identity


Language and Identity
Short Title: Lanid2025

Date: 03-Dec-2025 - 04-Dec-2025
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Contact: Mina Afkir
Contact Email: mina.afkir at univh2c.ma

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; General
Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation
Subject Language(s): Arabic (ara)
                     English (eng)
                     French (fra)

Submission Deadline: 21-Sep-2025

Background:
Language and identity are deeply and strongly interconnected. In
today’s world marked by globalization, digital communication,
migration (both forced and voluntary), accessibility of cultural
exchange, power dynamics, this relationship is more complex and
dynamic than ever. Identity is a complex construct that has given rise
to a range of views and perspectives. Within the essentialist
framework, it is perceived as fixed and naturally determined.
Constructivists, however, consider it as very evolving and liable to
change because it is constantly negotiated and shaped by a myriad of
factors, including biological, personal, social, economic, political
and even digital ones. Identity is described as achieved or ascribed
depending on whether it emanates from self-categorization or
other-categorization, giving rise in many cases to identity conflict
and crisis. Also, identity is multidimensional, including different
types such as social, cultural, ethnic, religious and national
identities among others. Since the beginning of humanity and
throughout history, language has been perceived as one of the defining
features of identity. A language reflects not only who we are, but
also how we relate to others who share or do not share the same space,
history, culture, ethnicity or religion. Languages are markers of
group membership, helping individuals identify with specific social,
ethnic, regional or religious groups. Dialects, accents, and
linguistic styles can signal an individual’s association with one or
more groups.
Aim of the Conference:
This conference aims to provide a platform for scholars to examine
this complex and dynamic relationship between identity and language
from linguistic, cultural, literary, historical, sociological,
psychological and political perspectives. It invites participants to
reflect on questions such as: How do languages contribute to the
building and sustaining of national identity? How do multilinguals
construct their multiple identity through code-switching and
translanguaging? How is identity shaped when there is language
contact? How do gender, age and social class shape social identity?
How do speakers of minority and indigenous languages resist
assimilation and preserve linguistic heritage? How does language
intersect with identity in diasporic contexts, leading to language
loss, language resistance, or hybrid identities?  How do marginalized
people, with limited access to power, express or are denied to express
their identity through their native languages?
Themes of the Conference:
We welcome abstracts for both oral presentations (20 min talk and 10
min discussion) and poster presentations on any one of the following
topics:
 - Language and national identity
 - Mother tongue and identity
 - Identity and minority languages
 - Dialect and identity
 - Diglossia and identity
 - Multilingualism and multiple identities
 - Language contact and identity
 - The linguistic identity of the marginalized
 - Language and identity in diaspora
 - Language and identity in literature
 - Colonial and postcolonial voices in literature
 - The formation of cultural identities
 - Modernism: Dismantling language and identity
 - Linguistic heritage and identity
 - Language and gender identity
 - Language and youth identity
Keynote Speakers: TBC
Abstract submission guidelines:
 - Abstracts should be anonymous and no longer than 300 words
(excluding references).
 - All abstracts will be evaluated through a double-blind peer review.
 - The body of the email should include authors’ full name,
affiliation, and position.
 - Authors are requested to specify in the body of their email whether
to be considered for an in-person or online presentation.
 - Abstracts are submitted to the following e-mail address:
lanid2025 at gmail.com
 - The languages of the conference are: English, Arabic, and French
 - The conference will be hybrid.
Publication:
A selection of the papers presented will be published as articles in
an indexed international journal or in a book.
Important Dates:
 - Abstract submission deadline: September 21, 2025
 - Notification of acceptance: October 8, 2025
 - Conference dates: December 3-4, 2025
Registration Fees:
Regular registration: 600 MAD
Student presenters: 300 MAD
Student attendees: Free
Fees will cover access to the conference presentations and facilities,
conference pack, participation certificate, two lunches and coffee
breaks.
Organizers:
Mina Afkir: Hassan II University of Casablanca
Halima Ouamouch: Hassan II University of Casablanca
How to contact us:
Email address: lanid2025 at gmail.com



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