37.1186, Confs: 10th Doctoral Conference of the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy)

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Subject: 37.1186, Confs: 10th Doctoral Conference of the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy)

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Date: 22-Mar-2026
From: convegno phdlcsmsl [convegnophd.lcsmsl at unive.it]
Subject: 10th Doctoral Conference of the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

10th Doctoral Conference of the Department of Linguistics and
Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Theme: In-Naturale: Literary, Language Teaching, and Linguistic
Perspectives between the Natural and the Artificial

Date: 26-Nov-2026 - 27-Nov-2026
Location: Venezia, Italy
Contact: convegno phdlcsmsl
Contact Email: convegnophd.lcsmsl at unive.it
Meeting URL: https://www.unive.it/dslcc-phd-conference

Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics; Computational Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Ling & Literature; Neurolinguistics

Submission Deadline: 04-May-2026

Today the border between the “natural” and the “artificial” is in the
spotlight and it is going through a process of epistemological
redefinition that affects every field of the Humanities. The title of
this conference, In/Un-Natural, plays with the triple significance of
the prefix: on the one hand it underlines what lies within the concept
of nature, and on the other hand it implies the analysis of what goes
against nature and what simulates nature by means of the artifice.
This doctoral conference therefore wants to explore the various
interpretations of the concept of nature across different
interdisciplinary fields. The idea of nature in language will be
addressed through themes such as ecocriticism and climate change, but
also from ontogenetic and phylogenetic perspectives, as well as
through a more in-depth examination of the naturalness of spontaneous
acquisition as opposed to guided learning.
This event, organized by the students enrolled in the 41st cycle of
the PhD program in Modern Languages, Cultures and Societies and
Language Sciences at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, aims to reflect
on the dichotomies nature/culture and nature/artifice in literary,
linguistic and language education studies, with particular attention
to the following areas, which are not to be taken as constraining:
-Literature: “Aesthetics of the Anthropocene: The Literary Landscape
across Nature, Artifice and Hybridisation”
-Educational Linguistics: “Natural Approach and Hybrid Environments in
Language Acquisition”
-Linguistics and Psycholinguistics: “The natural component of
language”
-Computational Linguistics: “Natural and artificial language: models,
competence and cognitive plausibility”
Keynote Speakers:
Lucio De Capitani, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Paolo Balboni, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Gloria Gagliardi, University of Bologna
Key Dates:  Abstract submission: 16 March – 4 May 2026 (by 11:59 PM
CEST)
Notification of acceptance: by 30 June 2026
Registration: 1–15 September 2026
Submission Guidelines:
The Call for Papers is addressed to master students, PhD candidates
and researchers interested in contributing to the conference debate.
The abstract, of a maximum of 350 words and no more than 5
bibliographical references (excluded from word count), must be sent to
the scientific-organizing committee by May 4, 2026 by filling out the
form available on the conference website.
Contributions are to be delivered as an oral presentation up to a
maximum of 20 minutes (+ 5 minutes for questions).
The abstract must be uploaded in PDF format and renamed
Surname_CD_Unive26.
The file must also contain a short biography of about 150 words.
The conference will be held exclusively as an in-person event.
Registration is free of charge.
Conference languages: Italian and English
Conference website: https://www.unive.it/dslcc-phd-conference
For further information, feel free to contact us at
convegnophd.lcsmsl at unive.it.

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