36.3487, Summer Schools: International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) Summer School 2026, Uppsala, Sweden (Sweden)

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Subject: 36.3487, Summer Schools: International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) Summer School 2026, Uppsala, Sweden (Sweden)

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Date: 14-Nov-2025
From: Claire Childs [secretary at isle-linguistics.org]
Subject: International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) Summer School 2026, Uppsala, Sweden


International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) Summer
School 2026, Uppsala, Sweden

Host Institution: Uppsala University
Website:
https://www.uu.se/en/department/scandinavian-languages/study/isle-summer-school-2026

Dates: 07-Jun-2026 - 13-Jun-2026
Location: Uppsala, Sweden

Focus: Theme: 'English in transition: Socio-cultural encounters across
time and space'
Description:
The ISLE Summer School 2026 will take place at Uppsala University,
Sweden, from 7th to 13th June 2026. The Summer School theme is
'English in transition: Socio-cultural encounters across time and
space'. The academic programme includes courses, plenaries, roundtable
disucssions, poster sessions, expert consultancy, and a day trip to
see selected runic inscriptions in the area.
Our six courses and their instructors are as follows. You can opt for
three courses in total (one of 1 or 2, one of 3 or 4, and one of 5 or
6):
1. Historical sociopragmatics of Irish English
Patricia Ronan (TU Dortmund)
2. Corpus linguistics and the evolution of style in English
Dan McIntyre (Uppsala University) and Brian Walker (Queen’s University
Belfast)
3. Genre variation and the study of change: Challenges and rewards
Erik Smitterberg (Uppsala University)
4. Studying grammatical change with the Penn parsed corpora of
historical English
George Walkden (University of Konstanz)
5. Studying language variation and change in handwritten texts
Peter J. Grund (Yale University)
6. Psycholinguistics and language change: Novel interdisciplinary
insights
Marianne Hundt (University of Zurich)
We will also have four plenary lectures by Patricia Ronan, Erik
Smitterberg, Marianne Hundt and Peter J. Grund, and roundtables led by
Dan McIntyre and Nina Tahmasebi.
For full details of the programme, please see the Summer School
website:
https://www.uu.se/isle2026
ISLE has also made available a limited number of bursaries for
graduate students/early career researchers who wish to attend in
person. The bursary consists of a fixed sum to partly cover travel
costs and accommodation, and the registration fee will be waived. For
details of the eligibility criteria and how to apply, please go to the
website above and navigate to the 'Deadlines and registration' section
where you will find a link to the necessary information. The deadline
for bursary applications is 30th November 2025.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Registration Open until 30-Apr-2026

Apply on the web:
https://www.uu.se/en/department/scandinavian-languages/study/isle-summer-school-2026

Registration Instructions:
Please see the above website for details of the Summer School, how to
register, and details of how to apply for the early career bursaries
towards your attendance.



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