37.2512, Confs: 11th Conference of the International Association of Literary Semantics (Poland)

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Date: 28-Jul-2026
From: Dariusz Jan Skotarek, University of Warsaw [ials2027 at uw.edu.pl]
Subject: 11th Conference of the International Association of Literary Semantics


11th Conference of the International Association of Literary Semantics
Short Title: IALS 2027
Theme: Hybrid Semantics: Media, Modes, and Meaning

Date: 17-Jun-2027 - 19-Jun-2027
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Contact: Dariusz Jan Skotarek
Contact Email: ials2027 at uw.edu.pl
Meeting URL:
https://ils.uw.edu.pl/international-association-of-literary-semantics-conference/

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Philosophy of Language;
Semantics; Translation

Submission Deadline: 15-Jan-2027

11th Conference of the International Association of Literary
Semantics:
“Hybrid Semantics: Media, Modes, and Meaning”
University of Warsaw, 17th – 19th June 2027
(social and cultural events possible on 16th & 20th June, to be
confirmed)
Proposal deadline: 15 January 2027
The 2027 edition of the IALS conference invites contributions that
explore hybrid semantics – the ways meaning is produced, transformed,
and negotiated when literary texts intersect with multiple media,
languages, technologies, genres, and identities.
In this context, 'media' refers to the material and technological
forms through which texts circulate, modes to the semiotic and
representational systems through which meaning is articulated, and
meaning to the interpretive effects that emerge from their
interaction.
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Moving beyond models of meaning grounded in singular systems (one
language, one medium, one authorial voice), this conference focuses on
semantic emergence through hybridity: moments when meaning arises
precisely because forms, modes, and interpretive frameworks collide.
We welcome scholars interested in how meaning is created in literary
texts, understood in a broad and integrative sense. The conference
aims to bring together a wide range of methodological approaches,
including, but not limited to: theoretically informed close readings;
stylistic, pragmatic, and discourse-based analysis; corpus-based,
computational, and digital humanities methods; comparative,
transnational, and historically grounded research. By fostering
dialogue across methodologies and disciplines, the conference seeks to
advance new perspectives on literary semantics in hybrid contexts. We
warmly welcome submissions that engage with literary semantics from
other perspectives, concern other periods, and harness theoretical
traditions not explicitly listed here.
We invite proposals for papers of 20 minutes (+10 minutes for
discussion).
Please submit your proposal via the form on the Conference website by
15 January 2027.
Participants will be notified of acceptance or rejection by 22
February 2027.
Those wishing to propose a Special Interest Group should submit their
proposal by email (IALS2027 at uw.edu.pl) by 15 December 2026.
There will be a registration fee that covers participation, lunches
and coffee breaks.
Please note that all participants are required to hold valid
membership in the International Association of Literary Semantics for
2027. Membership details are available here:
https://ials.ac.uk/membership/
Selected contributions, subject to positive reviews, may be published
in a special issue of the Journal of Semantics. Further details
regarding this  will be announced on our website soon.
For more information, key areas of interest for the conference, and
the registration form, visit our webiste:
https://ils.uw.edu.pl/international-association-of-literary-semantics-conference/



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