36.3069, Calls: EVOLANG XVI: International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Bulgaria)

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Subject: 36.3069, Calls: EVOLANG XVI: International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Bulgaria)

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Date: 10-Oct-2025
From: Dimitar Kazakov [evolang2026 at gmail.com]
Subject: EVOLANG XVI: International Conference on the Evolution of Language


Full Title: EVOLANG XVI: International Conference on the Evolution of
Language
Short Title: EVOLANG 2026

Date: 07-Apr-2026 - 10-Apr-2026
Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Contact Person: Dimitar Kazakov
Meeting Email: evolang2026 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://evolang2026.org/

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science;
Discipline of Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics

Call Deadline: 26-Oct-2025

Call for Papers:
1.About the Conference
https://evolang2026.org
The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG) conference series is the leading
international forum for researchers investigating the origins and
evolution of language. Contributions are invited from all relevant
disciplines, including—but not limited to—anthropology, archaeology,
biology, cognitive science, genetics, linguistics, computational
modelling (mathematical, agent-based, and neural-network approaches),
palaeontology, physiology, primatology, philosophy, semiotics, and
psychology.
The 2026 edition of EVOLANG will feature invited talks by Gary Lupyan
(University of Wisconsin, USA), Katie Slocombe (University of York,
UK) and Alessandro Treves (SISSA, Italy).
Full details:
https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/evolang2026/invited-speakers
EVOLANG 2026 will also host six thematic workshops:
 - Primary Iconic Coinage in Spoken Languages
 - AI in Language Evolution
 - Great-Ape Pragmatics
 - Swarm Robotics for the Study of Language Emergence
 - Triangulating Human Diversity through Linguistic, Biological and
Socio-Cultural Differences
 - The Geography of Linguistic Evolution
Details: https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/evolang2026/workshops .
The conference will take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria—often described as
Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city, renowned for its rich
historical layers and lively cultural scene. Plovdiv offers affordable
accommodation and excellent transport links by land and air, including
daily low-cost flights to nearby Sofia and direct flights from London,
Milan, and Bratislava.
Bulgaria is an EU member state, part of the Schengen Area, and is
expected to have joined the Eurozone by the time of the conference.
2. Submission Link and Deadline
The deadline for submissions to EvoLang XVI (Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 7–10
April 2026) is 26 October 2025 (Anywhere on Earth). Submit via
OpenReview:
https://openreview.net/group?id=EVOLANG.org/2026/Conference
3. Submission Guidance
Submissions must meet normal standards of academic excellence. Papers
should clearly state how they advance the study of language evolution
and relate their findings to up-to-date scientific literature. Each
submission should articulate:
​- the substantive claim being made,
​- the method by which that claim is supported, and
​- the nature of the relevant data and/or theoretical argument.
Empirical studies should be based on completed analyses, not
preliminary results. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least
three experts, and acceptance decisions are based on a scoring scheme
that aggregates reviewers’ reports.
In recent conferences, the acceptance rate has been around 50%.
​E​VOLANG features both oral and poster presentations.
Please read the submission guidelines and consult the templates
provided before uploading your paper. Alongside your submission, you
will be asked to supply a 150-word summary of your contribution.​
​Submissions that lack clear relevance to the field or that fail to
adhere to the formatting requirements may be rejected without review.
If you experience any difficulties with the submission system, please
contact: scientific-committee at evolang.org
The conference language will be English, with additional accessibility
support in the form of captions.
All submission information and templates are available here:
https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/evolang2026/submission



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