37.1727, Calls: Personal Identity through a Language Lens (Poland)

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LINGUIST List: Vol-37-1727. Tue May 12 2026. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 37.1727, Calls: Personal Identity through a Language Lens (Poland)

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Date: 08-May-2026
From: Kamila Ciepiela [pillconferences at uni.lodz.pl]
Subject: Personal Identity through a Language Lens


Full Title: 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
Web Site: https://www.uni.lodz.pl/pill

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

Call Deadline: 31-May-2026

Call for Papers:
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.
We welcome contributions that adopt linguistic, cognitive linguistic,
discourse-analytic, sociolinguistic, or narrative methodologies to
examine:
 - The tension between individual agency and structural constraints in
identity discourse
 - The role of language and narrative in shaping identity across
diverse social contexts
 - The methodological implications of studying identity in fragmented,
fluid, and transitory environments
 - The interplay between big narratives (e.g., institutional,
ideological) and small stories (e.g., everyday talk)
 - The evolving nature of positioning theory, interactional
sociolinguistics, and narrative inquiry
 - The impact of language ideologies on identity construction and
perception
 - The tensions of multilingual identity negotiation in transnational
contexts
 - The employment of multimodality in identity construction and
research
Submission Guidelines:
We invite proposals for:
 - Individual papers (20-minute presentation + 10-minute discussion)
Abstracts should be:
 - No more than 200 words
 - Submitted in English
 - Accompanied by a short biographical note (max. 100 words) and 3–5
keywords
Please send your submissions through the form on the conference
website: https://www.uni.lodz.pl/pill
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 May 2026
Notification of acceptance: 14 June 2026
Registration and fee payment deadline: 24 August 2026
Contact: pillconferences at uni.lodz.pl
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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