36.3055, Confs: 79th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (USA)

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Date: 09-Oct-2025
From: Hayden Holman [kflc.admin at uky.edu]
Subject: 79th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference


79th Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
Short Title: KFLC

Date: 16-Apr-2026 - 18-Apr-2026
Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Contact: Hayden Holman
Contact Email: kflc.admin at uky.edu
Meeting URL:
https://meetinghand.com/e/kentucky-foreign-language-conference/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Historical Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics
Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic; Indo-European; Japonic;
Sino-Tibetan

Submission Deadline: 15-Nov-2025

Now in its 79th year, the KFLC has a proud tradition of welcoming
scholars of language, literary, and cultural studies to Lexington,
Kentucky to present original scholarship. Founded in 1948, the KFLC is
one of the country's longest-running literary, linguistics, pedagogy,
and technology conferences.  Our event takes place each April at the
University of Kentucky campus.
Call for Papers:
The KFLC 2026 Executive Committee is proud to open sessions devoted to
the presentation of scholarly research in the following areas:
 - Arabic and Islamic Studies
 - Eurovision Studies
 - French and Francophone Studies
 - German-Austrian-Swiss
 - Hebrew and Jewish Studies
 - Hispanic Linguistics
 - Hispanic Linguistics: History and Change
 - Indigenous Studies
 - Intercultural Studies
 - Italian Studies
 - Language Studies for the Professions
 - Linguistics
 - Lusophone Studies
 - Neo-Latin Studies
 - Russian and Slavic Studies
 - Scandinavian and Nordic Studies
 - Second Language Acquisition
 - Spanish American Studies
 - Spanish Peninsular Studies
 - Studies of Global Asias
 - Translation Studies
 - Undergraduate Studies
Paper presentations are 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute question &
answer session. In addition to individual abstracts for paper
presentations, proposals for panels of 5 papers will be considered.
Individually submitted abstracts should be no more than 250 words.
Participants should submit no more than one abstract as first author.
Panel proposals of 4-5 presentations should be submitted per the
following instructions:
 - The panel organizer MUST electronically submit a panel proposal.
The panel proposal cannot exceed one page in length and should include
the theme of the panel, the organizer's name and contact information,
and the names, contact information and affiliations of the panel
participants.
 - Each participant MUST submit an individual abstract using our
online system in addition to the panel proposal. Please indicate that
your presentation is part of a pre-organized panel and list the title
and organizer of the panel following the abstract.
Please visit our website for details pertaining to the track that
interests you. Be sure that your paper or panel is prepared according
to the track’s guidelines including, but not limited to, the format
and the language of presentation. Acceptance of a paper or complete
panel implies a commitment on the part of all participants to register
and attend the conference. All presenters must pay the appropriate
registration fee by Monday March 3rd, 2026 to be included in the
program. Failure to pay by this deadline will result in the immediate
removal of your abstract from the conference program. We will attempt
to contact you before removing your presentation.
A note on scheduling: All KFLC panels are scheduled between the hours
of 9am and 6pm on the days of the conference. We cannot accommodate
special scheduling requests, so presenters should be prepared to
present during those times on the day or days of their chosen
modality. The program will be published approximately one month in
advance of the conference.
For general information about the conference and paper presentation
guidelines, and to submit abstracts and panel proposals BY NOVEMBER
15th, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST, please visit our website:
https://meetinghand.com/e/kentucky-foreign-language-conference/



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