37.3161, Calls: International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (Finland)

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Subject: 37.3161, Calls: International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (Finland)

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Date: 01-Oct-2026
From: Jenni Räikkönen [jenni.m.raikkonen at helsinki.fi]
Subject: International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English


Full Title: International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval
English
Short Title: ICAME48
Theme: The Times They Are A-Changin’

Date: 18-May-2027 - 22-May-2027
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Web Site: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/icame48

Linguistic Field(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics
Language Family(ies): English based

Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2026

Call for Papers:
The ICAME48 will take place in Helsinki (Finland) on 18–22 May 2027.
ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English)
is an annual international conference and one of the longest-standing
organisations of linguists and data scientists working with English
language corpora. The conference theme is The Times They Are
A-Changin’, honouring the University of Helsinki English Unit’s
longstanding tradition of studying language change with corpus-based
methods. We invite all submissions on corpus-based approaches to
English, and especially abstracts addressing the theme of the
conference, such as submissions engaging with language change,
shifting methods, new corpus materials or interdisciplinary
approaches.
The following plenary speakers have confirmed their participation:
Axel Bohmann, University of Cologne
Tuomo Hiippala, University of Helsinki
Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham
Merja Stenroos, University of Stavanger
The social programme will include a welcome evening reception, a boat
trip, and the conference dinner and disco.
Pre-Conference Workshops:
We invite proposals for pre-conference workshops on Tuesday, 18 May
2027. If you would like to convene a workshop (full or half day),
please send your proposal as a Word document (.docx) by 31 October
2026 directly to the organisers at icame48 at helsinki.fi. The proposal
should contain the title of the workshop, name and contact details of
the organisers and of the proposed participants as well as a short
description of the topics to be discussed (between 400 and 700 words,
excluding references). Please use APA style of referencing.
Notifications of workshop acceptance will be sent out in mid-November
2026. If the workshop is accepted, workshop conveners will be
responsible for putting the individual abstracts together, including
peer reviewing. This should be completed & notified to the conference
organisers before 20 December 2026.
Abstracts:
The call for abstracts closes on 1 December 2026. Notification of
acceptance will be sent out by January 2027. Abstracts should be
anonymous and between 400 and 500 words (excluding references). They
should clearly state research question(s), approach, data, method and
(expected) results. Please use APA style of referencing. Authors may
submit a maximum of two abstracts if at least one paper is
co-authored. We invite abstracts for the following presentation
formats:
Full paper: 20 + 10 mins discussion
Short paper/Work-in-progress report: 10 + 5 mins discussion
Software demonstration: 20 + 10 mins discussion
Poster: on display and presented in special poster sessions
Please register and submit your abstract via
https://www.conftool.org/icame48 .
Bursaries:
John Sinclair Bursary: 300 EUR to the best paper by an early-career
ICAMEr. Eligible candidates should indicate their bursary application
in the abstract submission procedure. Eligible applicants are doctoral
students or postdoctoral researchers who defended their PhD no earlier
than three years before the year of the conference.
Stig Johansson Bursary: 150 EUR to the best poster presentation.



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