37.35, Confs: Personal Identity through a Language Lens (Poland)

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Subject: 37.35, Confs: Personal Identity through a Language Lens (Poland)

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Date: 30-Dec-2025
From: Kamila Ciepiela [pillconferences at uni.lodz.pl]
Subject: Personal Identity through a Language Lens


Personal Identity through a Language Lens
Short Title: PILL
Theme: Modern linguistic tools and methodologies of identity research

Date: 24-Sep-2026 - 26-Sep-2026
Location: Łódź, Poland
Meeting URL: https://www.uni.lodz.pl/pill

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis;
Ling & Literature; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics

Submission Deadline: 31-May-2026

The PILL Conference Series brings together scholars and researchers to
explore one of the most compelling questions in linguistics and
discourse studies: How is identity constructed, performed, and
negotiated through language?
This year’s edition of PILL invites scholars to critically engage with
the concept of identity in (post)modernity, with particular attention
to the challenges and dilemmas that arise in both the discursive
construction of identity and the methods used to investigate identity
through language. We aim to explore how individuals position
themselves and are positioned by others, and how researchers can
respond to these complexities through refined linguistic and narrative
tools.
Drawing inspiration from Bamberg and Dege’s call to decenter dominant
identity narratives, we seek contributions that examine identity as a
discursive and interactional phenomenon. We are particularly
interested in the dilemmas of identity, i.e., moments of tension,
contradiction, and ambiguity, not only as they emerge in everyday
talk, institutional discourse, and mediated communication, but also as
they challenge the methodological assumptions and analytical
frameworks of identity research.
Join us as we explore the intersections of language, discourse, and
identity, and uncover how narratives, interactional practices, and
linguistic resources reveal the dynamic processes of identity
construction in contemporary society.



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