LL17 will be hosted by the University of Limerick, 4 - 6 June, 2026. 

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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! CLICK HERE

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CONFERENCE THEME
'Crisis'

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Since its inaugural meeting in Tel Aviv in 2008, the annual Linguistic Landscape Workshop has become the leading international forum for interdisciplinary research on language in public space. Equally, the discipline of linguistic landscape has evolved through an expansion in range and scope of topics investigated under the multidiscplinary umbrella of linguistic landscape. Such is the extent of the diversification the discipline that it now finds itself a key crossroads moment, which gives rise to our conference theme ‘Crisis’.

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“Crisis” invites scholars to explore how linguistic landscapes reflect, respond to, and are shaped by crises—whether political, environmental, economic, social, or epistemological.

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In a world increasingly marked by instability and precarity, LL17 seeks to examine how public signage, visual texts, and spatial semiotics engage with crisis on a variety of levels.  We welcome contributions that interrogate:

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• The role of language in mediating or resisting crisis

• Semiotic expressions of displacement, protest, and resilience

• Landscapes of misinformation, surveillance, and control

• Methodological innovations for researching crisis in public space

• Decolonizing linguistic landscape

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We warmly welcome submissions on other topics relevant to the field of Linguistic Landscape research.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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Submission Guidelines

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• Abstracts for papers and posters: max. 300 words (excluding references), specifying theoretical and analytical approaches and data under investigation.

• Panel proposals: max. 500-word outline (excluding references), plus five 150-word abstracts for individual papers. Panels should include five 30-minute slots and a 30-minute discussion.  A maximum of 3 panels will be allowed.

• Deadline: Friday 27th February 2026 at 11pm Irish Standard Time (extended from 16th February)

• Submission portal: Opening 10th December 2026

• All abstracts must be submitted through the link, by clicking HERE

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Pre-Conference Workshop

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A two day pre-conference workshop will be held on 3 June with a focus on ethics and methodological innovations in LL research.  A separate registration and payment link for the pre-conference workshop will be circulated in due course, to delegates who have registered for the full conference.

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IMPORTANT DATES:

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10th December 2025 – Call for Papers 

16th February 2026 – Submission Deadline - now extended to Friday 27th February 2026

31st March 2026 – Notifications of acceptance -

slight delay due to submission date extension please keep an eye on your inbox!

13th April 2026 – Early Bird Registration open.  Registration available at this link HERE: 

1st May 2026 at 11pm Irish Standard Time – Early Bird Registration deadline

1st May 2026 after 11pm Irish Standard Time – Standard Registration opens

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