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We warmly invite scholars, researchers, doctoral students, and all members of the academic community interested in ethnolinguistics to participate in the 2nd International Congress of Ethnolinguistics “Between Language and Culture: New Horizons of Ethnolinguistics”.

The Congress will take place on 22–25 September 2027 at the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University (Universiteto St. 5, Vilnius, Lithuania).

Participants are kindly requested to submit their registration form and abstract (300–500 words) via the following link:
https://etnokongresas.flf.vu.lt/en/submission-form 

The deadline for the submission of registration forms and abstracts is 31 December 2026.

For more information about the Congress, please visit the website linked below.

The Congress is organized by the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University in cooperation with its partners, the Institute of the Lithuanian Language and Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.

Applications for the specialisation Baltic Linguistics within the international Master Empirical Linguistics at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main are now being accepted. The full programme description can be found here. The requirements and application procedure can be found here.

Applications will be accepted until July 31, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. habil. Jolanta Gelumbeckaitė: gelumbeckaite@ em.uni-frankfurt.de 

Applications for the specialisation Baltic Linguistics within the international Master Empirical Linguistics at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main are now being accepted. The full programme description can be found here. The requirements and application procedure can be found here.

Applications will be accepted until July 31, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. habil. Jolanta Gelumbeckaitė: gelumbeckaite@ em.uni-frankfurt.de 

We kindly invite you to submit abstracts for the 31st Jonas Jablonskis Conference "Language as a System and Process", which will be held on October 1–2, 2026, at the Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University. Abstracts may be submitted to the general session or to one of the proposed workshops. The list of accepted workshops is available here.
 
Abstract submission is open until May 31 via the conference website at:
http://www.jablonskio-konferencija.flf.vu.lt/lt/pateikti-santrauka/ 
 
For more information, please check the conference website: http://www.jablonskio-konferencija.flf.vu.lt/lt/. 

The Subdepartment of Baltic Studies at the University of Warsaw – together with our Partners from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – is delighted to host the 13th Baltic Student Conference BRIDGES IN THE BALTICS, which will take place in Warsaw (Poland) on September 25–26, 2026.

BB 2026 call for papers

We kindly invite you to participate in the 31st Jonas Jablonskis Conference "Language as a System and Process" and to submit workshop proposals. The conference will take place at Vilnius University, Faculty of Philology, on October 1–2 2026.

Conference topics

• Studies of language structure
• Features and patterns of language(s) use
• Changes in the language system
• Peculiarities of language development
• Sociolinguistics
• Cognitive linguistics
• Interdisciplinarity
• Other issues

Workshop proposals may be submitted by two or three researchers by filling out the form on the conference website. The deadline for the submission of workshop proposals is 5 April 2026. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 April 2026.

On the 14th to the 15th of May, 2026, the 8th International Lithuanian Congress will take place at Wrocław University. We invite researchers and every person interested in Lithuania, its language, culture, history, politics, and the relations between Lithuania, Poland, and the countries they neighbor. This year’s Congress commemorates anniversaries that matter both for Lithuania’s history and current affairs.

The year 2026 marks the celebrations of the 35th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and Lithuania. Following Lithuania’s 1990 declaration of independence, and its international recognition in 1991, on the 5th of September 1991, a declaration was signed, regulating Polish-Lithuanian neighborly relations, which paved way for a new degree of cooperation. The contemplation of this process undoubtedly interlaces with the ideas of Jerzy Giedroyć, whose 120th birth anniversary will be celebrated this year. His political ideas, especially the concept of ULB (Ukraine-Lithuania-Belarus), underlining the significance of Eastern European states’ sovereignty and partnership with Poland, remain as a point of reference in contemporary studies of the region’s security, international cooperation and the future of Polish-Lithuanian relations.

This year’s Congress will also serve to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Liudvikas Rėza‘s (Ludwig Rhesa‘s) birth. Rėza was a researcher, publisher, and promoter of Lithuanian literature, which creates numerous opportunities to reflect upon his contribution to research of the Enlightenment era’s Lithuanian language, literature, and culture. 

Continuing the tradition of past editions, the 8th International Lithuania Congress invites researchers of various fields, as well as social and cultural activists to submit papers to be presented in the following sections of the Congress:

·         Lithuanian language and comparative linguistics

·         culture, literature and folklore

·         history of Lithuania, Lithuanian-Polish relations

·         politics, law and society

During the 8th International Lithuania Congress a diverse cultural program, and expert debates will be presented.

The official languages of the Congress are: Polish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, English. Suggested speech duration: 15 minutes. There are plans of publication of the Congress’ materials.

Administrative fee (for speakers): 60 PLN/15€.

Application deadline: 1st of April, 2026.

We invite you to submit abstracts for a scholarly conference dedicated to the 100th birthday of Prof. Vytautas Mažiulis, to be held on October 8–9, 2026, at Vilnius University.

The conference welcomes papers on topics related to the principal areas of Prof. Mažiulis’s scholarly work, including:

• Old Prussian language and texts;
• Baltic and Balto-Slavic historical grammar;
• Baltic and other Indo-European languages.

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EN Call for Papers

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We invite you to submit an abstract to the 61st International Conference on Baltic Linguistics "Language Variations in Synchrony and Diachrony".

The conference is dedicated to research on elements of the Baltic language and dialect system, examined from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives across various levels of linguistic analysis. Research topics and methodologies range from early texts and onomastics to sociolinguistics and computational linguistics.

The conference will take place on March 27, 2026.

Working languages: Latvian, Lithuanian, English, German.

Please submit your application and an abstract (ca 250–300 words) before March 1, 2026.

You may wish to publish your paper in the journal Baltu filoloģija, which is an internationally reviewed periodical.

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Invitation

The Institute of the Latvian Language of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia invites you to the international scientific conference 'Research for Language Practice: Sociolinguistic Aspects, Terminology Development, and Standardization’, held in commemoration of the 153rd anniversary of academician Jānis Endzelīns. With this conference, we invite participants to explore the interaction between language research and language practice – how contemporary sociolinguistics, the development of terminology, and processes of language standardization shape and influence the use of Latvian in various domains and groups within society and communication. We encourage contributions that examine both the social and cultural contexts of language, as well as developments in language planning, norms, terminology creation, and language policy, outlining their theoretical foundations and practical impact on the linguistic environment in Latvia and beyond. The conference is envisaged as a platform for interdisciplinary discussion, addressing both theoretical and applied linguistics and focusing particularly on issues related to language use, language culture, and the development of the linguistic environment in contemporary society.
 
Date: 19–20 February, 2026.
Venue: University of Latvia (Rīga, Kalpaka Boulevard 4).
Conference languages: Latvian, Lithuanian, English, and German.
Duration of the presentation: 20 min presentation + 5 min discussion.
 
Important dates:
January 15, 2026: Deadline for submission of an abstract (2,500–3,000 characters including spaces) online https://lavi.lu.lv/en/ conferences-2026/.
January 31, 2026: The notification of acceptance/rejection.
 
Conference fee: 80 EUR (due on February 15, 2026). The fee covers a certificate of attendance, participant's folder, book of conference abstracts, coffee breaks, author's copy of the journal ‘Linguistica Lettica’. 
 
Submitted articles on the basis of presentations will be blind reviewed. After the acceptance, the article will be published in the journal ‘Linguistica Lettica’. 
 
More information about our conferences on our website: www.lavi.lu.lv.
Email: endzelinakonference@gmail.com.