The 17th Forum for Germanic Language Studies conference will be hosted by the University of Leeds. This will be a fully in-person event.
Leeds is a buzzing powerhouse in the north of England, hosting more than 6 universities and colleges. The beautiful Leeds campus is located just next to the city centre and is easy to reach from the train station, which connects Leeds with all major UK cities. The closest airports to Leeds are Leeds Bradford Airport and Manchester Airport.
Papers
We invite submission of abstracts for papers on any linguistic aspects of (or metalinguistic perspectives on) any Germanic language or variety, including English (to the Early Modern period) and the extraterritorial varieties. Papers from any area of linguistics ranging from formal linguistics to sociolinguistics are welcome. Talks should be a maximum of 20 minutes in length , followed by ten minutes for questions and discussion. Conference languages are English and German. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words in length and will be peer-reviewed by the conference programme organisers.
Alongside the general programme the conference will feature one special panel:
The focus of the special panel at the 2026 conference will be gender and sexuality in language and linguistics. The UK Supreme Court judgment on the Equality Act reignited heated debates on gender and sex; we will therefore invite contributions on gender and sexuality in language and linguistics, language policy and queering languages research and teaching. The panel invites papers related to any Germanic language(s).
All abstracts should be submitted by 13 October 2025 to Judith Eberharter j.eberharter@leeds.ac.uk and Sascha Stollhans s.stollhans@leeds.ac.uk .
The subject of the email should be «SURNAME Abstract FGLS 2026». If you propose a paper for the special panel, please state this clearly in your email.
Invited Speaker
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