36.3274, Confs: Workshop at Evolang 2026: The Geography of Linguistic Evolution (Bulgaria)

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Date: 27-Oct-2025
From: Rik van Gijn [e.van.gijn at hum.leidenuniv.nl]
Subject: Workshop at Evolang 2026: The Geography of Linguistic Evolution


Workshop at Evolang 2026: The Geography of Linguistic Evolution
Short Title: EVOLANG
Theme: The geography of linguistic evolution

Date: 07-Apr-2026 - 10-Apr-2026
Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Contact: Judith Verstegen
Contact Email: j.a.verstegen at uu.nl
Meeting URL: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/JAVerstegen/Extra1

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

Submission Deadline: 30-Nov-2025

Workshop at the EVOLANG conference, 7-10 April 2026
Conveners: Judith Verstegen, Sietze Norder, Nicholas Q. Emlen, Derek
Karssenberg & Rik van Gijn
Linguistic diversity is unevenly distributed across the globe:
hotspots of language, genealogical, and structural diversity are
surrounded by large areas with a low linguistic variation. This
non-random spatial distribution suggests that, mediated through
cultural behavior, the biophysical environment plays a key role in the
evolution of linguistic diversity. This workshop brings together
linguists, geographers, and scientists from related domains (e.g.
ecology, anthropology) to discuss current research and future research
directions on connections between geography and linguistic evolution.
We will cover theoretical frameworks, case studies with empirical
data, simulation and statistical modelling studies, as well as
research directed towards innovation of research methodologies to
study connections between geography and linguistics.
In this workshop, we will have a 15-minute introduction, six half-hour
slots for presentations with two 30 minute breaks and one half-hour
round table at the end. Out of the six presentation slots, one will be
for an invited speaker, Peter Ranacher, from the University of Zürich,
Department of Geography. The other six slots will be allocated to
participants. Interested participants are requested to submit an
abstract of their planned presentation.
Call for Abstracts:
We welcome abstracts of one page maximum (excluding references),
written in English. They may cover theoretical frameworks, case
studies with empirical data, simulation and statistical modelling
studies, as well as research directed towards innovation of research
methodologies to study connections between geography and linguistics.
The work may be preliminary, recently finished, or already published;
in the latter case, please make this clear in the abstract. The
abstracts will be reviewed by the workshop conveners based on
1) fit to the workshop theme,
2) scientific quality, and
3) novelty of the methodology.
Accepted abstracts will get one of the six available presentation
slots. The submission deadline is November 30. Please submit your
abstract by emailing the abstract to Judith Verstegen
(j.a.verstegen at uu.nl).
More information:
Conference website:
https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/evolang2026/home?authuser=0
Workshop website: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/JAVerstegen/Extra1



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