37.2344, Confs: 17th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (Japan)

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Date: 13-Jul-2026
From: Yukinori Kimoto [kimoto_yukinori at yahoo.co.jp]
Subject: 17th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics


17th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics
Short Title: 17-ICAL

Date: 01-Aug-2027 - 05-Aug-2027
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Contact Email: austronesianlinguistics at gmail.com
Meeting URL: https://sites.google.com/view/17ical/

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Language Family(ies): Austronesian (aust1307)

Submission Deadline: 31-Jan-2027

We are pleased to announce that the 17th International Conference on
Austronesian Linguistics will take place at Meisei University, Tokyo,
on August 1-5, 2027 (on-site only). Scholars are invited for 20-minute
talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion) on any aspect of language or
linguistics specifically related to Austronesian languages.
Call for Individual Papers:
Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per
author. Abstracts should be single-spaced, 12-point font, with 1-inch
or 2.5-cm margins on all sides. The main text must be limited to one
page, and only the data/tables/examples and references may appear on
the second page. Authors’ names should not appear (on the abstract
itself), but the abstract should include a title. Abstracts should be
submitted as pdf on the ICAL-17 submission website. Further details on
submission will be provided in the second circular of Call for Papers.
Deadline for individual abstract submission: January 31, 2027
Notification of acceptance for individual abstracts:  March 31, 2027
Call for Panels:
Theme- or area-related panels are also invited. Organizers are
responsible for recruiting their own participants. Abstracts must be
submitted by the same deadline as individual paper submissions.
Further details on submission will be provided in due course.
Keynote Speakers:
We are happy to have the following keynote speakers:
Ritsuko Kikusawa (National Museum of Ethnology)
Bradley McDonnell (University of Hawai‘i)
Elizabeth Zeitoun (Academia Sinica)
Steering Committee:
Alexander Adelaar (Palacký University Olomouc & The University of
Melbourne)
Isabelle Bril (CNRS, France)
Rik de Busser (National Chengchi University, Taiwan)
Shirley Dita (De La Salle University, the Philippines)
Emily Gasser (Swarthmore College, USA)
David Gil (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History,
Germany)
Atsuko Kanda Utsumi (Meisei University, Japan)
Daniel Kaufman (The City University of New York, USA)
František Kratochvíl (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Bill Palmer (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Narivelo Rajaonarimanana (Université d’Antananarivo, Madagascar)
Baholisoa Simone Ralalaoherivony (Madagascar)
Alexander Smith (National University of Singapore)
Antonia Soriente (University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy)
Tamisha Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Elizabeth Zeitoun (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Organizing Committee of 17-ICAL:
Atsuko Kanda Utsumi (Meisei University)
Yukinori Kimoto (The University of Osaka)
Kenichiro Kurusu (University of the Philippines)
Local and travel information:
The conference will take place at Meisei University, Tokyo. Please
check our conference website for updates:
https://sites.google.com/view/17ical/
Updates will automatically be sent to all members of the AN-LANG list
and LINGUIST List. Any email inquiries can be sent to
austronesianlinguistics at gmail.com.



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