37.152, Confs: Linguistic Cartographies: Narratives of Displacement and Belonging Through Language Contact in Political Literature (United Kingdom)

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Date: 12-Jan-2026
From: Natasha Jane Kennedy & Anna Bourges-Celaries [N.Kennedy at brighton.ac.uk]
Subject: Linguistic Cartographies: Narratives of Displacement and Belonging Through Language Contact in Political Literature


Linguistic Cartographies: Narratives of Displacement and Belonging
Through Language Contact in Political Literature
Short Title: Linguistic Cartographies

Date: 27-May-2026 - 28-May-2026
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Ling & Literature
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Multiple languages (mul)
                     Polish (pol)

Submission Deadline: 13-Mar-2026

Keynote with Charlotte Bosseaux with a Screening and Q&A of Surviving
Translation
Roundtable discussion with poets and translators Anna Błasiak, Maria
Jastrzębska, and Piotr Florczyk
Political literature encapsulates and brings to light how the
political permeates our everyday lives and situations, using a range
of literary devices and genres as tools to share ideas and
observations, thus actively taking part into shaping societies and
individuals. As there are laws supporting some languages, there are
laws constraining others. People(s) and languages have been moved
across lands and maps, leading to a constant renegotiation of senses
of belonging and identity. The topic of language contact in political
literature can naturally underscore that harsh reality. At the same
time, there are other areas where language plays either a more subtle
role, or is used to illustrate situations that are made more visible
through language.
We are planning on structuring this event around two main themes:
1. Finding the political in the mundane
2. Language contact and the subject
We are interested in, but not limiting ourselves to the following
questions:
 - “minor”/endangered languages: contact and development of languages
 - Language and gender: gender affirmation, fluidity, voices of
representation, queering language(s)
 - Citizenship, belonging and identity: heritage, intimacy,
“famiolects”, estrangement
 - Language in context: code-switching, choice of vocabulary, language
acquisition and associated experiences
 - Linguistic creativity: creative/“ludique” choices of code-switching
and linguistic aesthetics
 - Language exchange and dissemination, and politics of translation:
rapport (or absence of) between writers and translators
This event will take place at the University of Brighton (UK), on
Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th May 2026. The registration fee is
£65. There will be a dinner on the evening of the Wednesday.
Please send your abstract (300 words) and bio (100 words) to
N.Kennedy at brighton.ac.uk and anna.bourges-celaries at umontreal.ca by
Friday 13th March 2026. All proposals will receive an answer by Monday
30th March 2026. Successful applicants will be notified on full
registration shortly after acceptance.



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