37.2941, Confs: 58th Annual Conference on African Linguistics and Georgetown University Round Table 2027 (USA)

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Date: 14-Sep-2026
From: Michael Obiri-Yeboah [michael.obiriyeboah at georgetown.edu]
Subject: 58th Annual Conference on African Linguistics and Georgetown University Round Table 2027


58th Annual Conference on African Linguistics and Georgetown
University Round Table 2027
Short Title: GURT 2027 & ACAL 58

Date: 05-Mar-2027 - 07-Mar-2027
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Contact: Michael Obiri-Yeboah
Contact Email: gurt at georgetown.edu
Meeting URL:
https://gurt.georgetown.edu/gurt-2027/gurt-2027-call-for-papers/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics;
Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology

Submission Deadline: 23-Nov-2026

The organizing committee invites submissions for the 58th Annual
Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 58), in conjunction with the
2027 Georgetown University Round Table (GURT), which will be held from
March 5 through March 7, 2027 on the Georgetown University Main Campus
in Washington, D.C.
Submissions may address topics related to any area of African
linguistics, and will be accepted for both talks (20 min + 10 min
questions) and posters. In addition to general sessions, we will hold
three special themed sessions on the following topics:
 - Non-Bantu Languages of Northeast Africa
 - Phonetics/Phonology Methodology
 - Underrepresented Languages in Linguistics
We especially welcome abstracts on topics related to the themes of
these sessions. Please indicate in the submission form if you prefer
that your abstract should be considered for any of the workshop
sections. NB: If an abstract does not qualify for the selected
workshop it will be considered for the general conference.
Due Dates:
Early Deadline (for those requiring a visa*): October 15, 2026
Final Deadline: November 23, 2026
*For those authors requiring a visa to enter the United States, we
strongly encourage abstracts to be submitted as soon as possible.
Abstracts submitted by the October 15th deadline will be reviewed on a
rolling basis, by no later than November 30. Participants should
indicate visa application timelines in the ‘Visa Information’ section
of the submission so that these abstracts may be prioritized. After
the early deadline, please reach out to conference organizers by email
(gurt at georgetown.edu) with any requests for expedited review, which we
will do our best to accommodate.
Abstract Guidelines:
Abstracts should be written in English and submitted in PDF format.
Abstracts should not exceed 1 page, with text no smaller than 11 pt,
and margins no smaller than 1 inch on all sides. References, data,
tables, and figures may extend to a second page. Any non-English data
should be glossed according to Leipzig Glossing Rules.
In order to preserve the blind review process, abstracts must be
completely anonymized: authors should not include their names or
reveal their identity anywhere in the abstract, including the
references and the pdf document properties.
Participants may be listed as an author for up to two submissions,
with a limit of one submission as the sole author, and the other as a
collaborative paper. The conference will be held in person at
Georgetown University’s Main Campus in Washington, D.C., with hybrid
presentations and sessions offered as needed for those unable to
attend in person.



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