37.518, Confs: Philological Society Early Career Event (United Kingdom)

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Subject: 37.518, Confs: Philological Society Early Career Event (United Kingdom)

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Date: 04-Feb-2026
From: Laura Bailey [l.r.bailey at kent.ac.uk]
Subject: Philological Society Early Career Event


Philological Society Early Career Event
Short Title: PhilSoc ECR event

Date: 16-Oct-2026 - 16-Oct-2026
Location: London, United Kingdom
Contact: Kersti Borjars
Contact Email: secretary at philsoc.org.uk

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics;
Linguistic Theories; Sociolinguistics

Submission Deadline: 02-Mar-2026

The Philological Society invites abstracts for consideration for the
Early Career event, to take place on Friday 16 October 2026 at
University College London (UCL).
The Philological Society (PhilSoc) was established in 1830 and is the
oldest learned society in Great Britain devoted to the scholarly study
of language and languages. As well as encouraging all aspects of the
study of language, PhilSoc has a particular interest in historical and
comparative linguistics, and in the structure, development, and
varieties of Modern English. The event will be immediately followed by
the public Philological Society meeting, at which the speaker will be
Dr Guyanne Wilson (UCL). Therefore, we anticipate that part of the
Early Career event will be linked to the talk and themed around the
sociolinguistics of World Englishes and part of it will be a general
session. As such, we invite abstracts focussed on any aspect of
linguistics as well as abstracts specifically addressing World
Englishes.
We welcome work in its early stages, as well as more developed work.
We define ‘Early Career’ relatively loosely: postgraduate students,
post docs, and researchers within 5 years of the award of their PhD
are welcome to submit. If you are unsure if you would qualify, feel
free to reach out to the organisers.
There is no registration fee, and lunch is provided. There is
financial support available to assist with travel and other attendance
costs. Further details about this will be circulated shortly.
Participants are invited to present work either in a 15-minute slot
followed by questions, or as a poster. Please indicate your preference
at the top of your abstract. Abstracts for proposed presentations or
posters should not exceed 300 words (excluding references) and be
submitted in PDF format to the Secretary of PhilSoc at
secretary at philsoc.org.uk.
Deadline for submission: Monday 2 March 2026
Notification of acceptance: Friday 27 March 2026
Event dates: Friday 16 October 2026, 12.30–6pm (followed by an
informal dinner).
The event will take place at University College London.



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