36.1574, Calls: Fundamentals and Advances in Balkan Linguistics II: Folk, Areal and Balkan Linguistics (FABL II) (Serbia)

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Subject: 36.1574, Calls: Fundamentals and Advances in Balkan Linguistics II: Folk, Areal and Balkan Linguistics (FABL II) (Serbia)

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Date: 14-May-2025
From: Đorđe Božović [balkanlinguistics at gmail.com]
Subject: Fundamentals and Advances in Balkan Linguistics II: Folk, Areal and Balkan Linguistics (FABL II)

Full Title: Fundamentals and Advances in Balkan Linguistics II: Folk,
Areal and Balkan Linguistics (FABL II)
Short Title: FABL II

Date: 31-Oct-2025 - 02-Nov-2025
Location: University of Belgrade, Serbia

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Historical Linguistics; Typology

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2025

Call for Papers:
We are pleased to announce that, since the first Call for Papers was
published, Prof. Andrey N. Sobolev of the RAS Institute for Linguistic
Research and University of Marburg has joined the list of invited
speakers at this year's FABL II, so that there will be four invited
talks. Also, conference website is now up, featuring additional info
and updates at: https://www.klasicnenauke.rs/fabl2/ Please find the
second Call for Papers below.
Background & motivation:
Following the successful event in 2023, the University of Belgrade –
Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for the Study of Antiquity and
Classical Heritage will host the second FABL-themed conference on 31
October – 2 November 2025.
Like its predecessor, Fundamentals and Advances in Balkan Linguistics
II: Folk, Areal and Balkan Linguistics (FABL II) aims to foster
networking and to provide a forum for high-quality research in all
(sub)domains of Balkan linguistics and linguistic anthropology,
language contact studies and areal linguistics, by creating an
opportunity for both established and emerging researchers in the field
to meet, present and discuss their work in a friendly and stimulating
atmosphere.
To this end, this year’s FABL topics will specifically revolve around
folk, cultural and ethnolinguistics (in/about the Balkans, in
Antiquity and today) and areal linguistics (past and present
linguistic areas and language contacts in/with the Balkans and
neighbouring zones).
As the year 2025 also marks the semicentennial of the passing of Milan
Budimir (1891–1975), Academician and Professor of Classics at the
University of Belgrade and a doyen of Palaeo-Balkan linguistics, we
especially invite papers that deal with issues of linguistic and
cultural continuities and discontinuities in Southeastern Europe since
Antiquity to the present day, the area in which Budimir has made an
unparalleled contribution.
Invited speakers:
Eleni Bužarovska (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje)
Andrey N. Sobolev (RAS Institute for Linguistic Research/University of
Marburg)
Matej Šekli (University of Ljubljana)
Bilyana Mikhaylova (St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia)
Research topics:
Abstracts are invited for 20-minute presentations, followed by a
10-minute discussion, on any aspect of folk, areal or Balkan
linguistics, including but not limited to:
 • structure of Balkan languages and dialects in synchrony and
diachrony
 • (micro)variation in Balkan languages and dialects
 • divergent and convergent features in Balkan languages and dialects
 • linguistic corpora and corpus languages in the Balkans
 • (historical) sociolinguistics in the Balkans
 • bilingualism and multilingualism in the Balkans
 • mechanisms of contact-induced language change and retention
 • linguistic areas, micro and macro areas in the Balkans and
neighbouring zones
 • history of Balkan linguistics / history of linguistics in the
Balkans
 • folk linguistics and etymology in the Balkans: language myths,
legends, and tales
 • linguistic anthropology, cultural and ethnolinguistics in Antiquity
and today
Submission details:
Abstracts should not exceed one page (including examples and figures,
excluding references). They should have 2.5 cm or 1 inch margins and
be written in a font size not smaller than 12 pt. The abstracts,
including authors’ name, affiliation and email address, should be sent
as a doc(x) or pdf file to balkanlinguistics at gmail.com. The organisers
will anonymise all submissions and send them for review to the members
of the Programme Committee.
In order to guarantee diversity, one person may be the first author of
only one submission. Preferred language of submissions as well as
presented papers is English.
The deadline for abstract submission is 15 June 2025. Notification of
acceptance will be given by 15 July 2025.
The meeting is planned as an in-person event only. Looking forward to
welcoming you in Belgrade!
FABL II Organising Committee
Đorđe Božović (Belgrade)
Orsat Ligorio (Belgrade)
Danilo Savić (Belgrade)
Aleksandar Trifunović (Ljubljana)

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