I-LanD Research Centre

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I-LanD Research Centre

The research centre is run by scholars from Italian and foreign universities who share common research interests.

Interuniversity and interdisciplinary research centre for advanced study in linguistics, social studies and humanities with a specific focus on the concepts of diversity and identity (from linguistic, cultural, and gender studies perspectives) I-LanD Interuniversity Research Centre is an independent, interdisciplinary centre for advanced study in linguistics, social studies and humanities in gener

al with a specific focus on the concepts of diversity and identity (from linguistic, cultural, and gender studies perspectives). I-LanD’s main aims:

a) to promote interdisciplinary research through cultural and educational activities in the field of linguistic and socio-linguistic studies with reference to the concepts of ’diversity’ and ’identity’ within the macro-fields of migration, diaspora and gender studies;
b) to organise conferences and seminars with the aim of promoting scientific cooperation and exchange among Italian and foreign scholars;
c) to enable programmes and initiatives with Italian and foreign universities in order to facilitate the mobility of both teaching staff and students;
d) to encourage and promote the implementation of inter-university agreements with ad hoc partnerships among national and international institutions. To promote activities with other organizations such as cultural and social non-university research centres. To undertake any other appropriate means of pursuing the Charter’s purposes.

02/09/2026

Welcome back!☀️

We are happy to share the call for papers for the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Conference "Grammar of Sexualities: Forms of Saying, Narrating and Performing".

👉The conference will take place on 10 and 11 December 2026 at the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries (DUSIC) of the University of Parma.

The CFP is open to PhD candidates and to PhD holders who obtained their degree no more than three years ago.

Proposals are due by 30 September 2026, and selection results will be communicated by 19 October 2026, with information on the location and final programme to follow at a later date.

Full cfp here:https://i-land-researchcentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/grammars-of-sexuality_cfp_eng_unipr.pdf

23/07/2026

Call for papers!

- 6th ILLA Focus Conference on Forensic Linguistics (29 June 2027)
- 8th General ILLA Conference (30 June – 2 July 2027)
"The Changing Landscapes of Language and Law History, Theory and Practice"

Host institution: University of Naples Federico II

Organisers: International Language and Law Association (ILLA)

This conference explores the dynamic interplay between language and law along multiple axes. Diachronic perspectives and future-oriented approaches are brought into dialogue: from the linguistic analysis of ancient and pre-modern legal texts to emerging developments driven by technological advances, particularly artificial intelligence, and multilingual legal communication.

Info: http://www.illa2027.unina.it

15/07/2026

🗣️Double Call for Panel Contributors!

IPrA 2027 International Pragmatics Conference, University of Helsinki, 27 June - 2 July 2027.

1️⃣ Panel 1: "The Pragmatics of Organized Crime and Conflict: Identity, Ritual, and Transnational Mediations"

2️⃣ Panel 2: "Multimedia and Multimodal Representations of Food: Pragmatic Perspectives on Identity and Space"

Convenors:
▪️Takako Kawabata (SOAS University of London, [email protected])
▪️Daniela Cesiri (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, [email protected])

Contributors should submit their abstracts via the IPrA CONFERENCE WEBSITE by 15 October 2026.

14/07/2026

👉Deadline extension!

Call for Papers: International conference "Performing Identity: Semiotic Representation(s) and the Making of Meaning", University of Naples Federico II, 3-4 December 2026.

The conference invites contributions that explore how identities are constructed, performed, negotiated and reimagined in and through English across a wide range of contexts and modalities. Moving from the idea that identity is not something we simply have, but something we do, the conference foregrounds the performative, processual and semiotic nature of identity, with particular attention to discourse, interaction, multimodality, digital mediation, embodiment, power relations and ecological concerns.

Abstracts should not exceed 300 words and should include a maximum of 5 references in APA style.

🥳Submission deadline: EXTENDED: 30 JULY 2026
Conference dates: 3-4 December 2026
Venue: University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Proposals should be sent to: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Keynote speakers:
• Giuseppe Balirano, University of Naples L'Orientale
• Charlotte Taylor, University of Sussex (UK)

Info: https://tinyurl.com/performid-conf-2026

13/07/2026

😍Call for Papers for a special issue of 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘦, titled: "𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐀.𝐈.: 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬".

The special issue invites contributions examining representations of artificial intelligence in science fiction literature and cinema. Interdisciplinary approaches drawing on gender studies, posthumanism, media studies, cultural studies, and philosophy are particularly welcome.

Possible areas of inquiry include machine intelligence and becoming human, AI consciousness and responsibility, human identity, ethical and social questions, gender, posthumanism, sentient machines, and artificial agency.

Key dates:
- Abstracts (300 words) and bio-note (100 words) due: 20 July 2026
- Notification of acceptance: 30 July 2026
- Full papers due: 15 October 2026
- Publication: December 2026

Contributions may be submitted in English or Italian.

➡️Abstracts and bio-notes should be sent to [email protected]

10/07/2026

❗LAST BUT NOT LEAST❗

To conclude this week, we're announcing the third keynote speaker of Languaging Diversity 2027:
Don Kulick (Uppsala University)

The 10th Languaging Diversity Conference, "Back to the Future: Languaging Diversity in an Age of Instability, Mobility, and Transformation", will be held at the University of Naples L'Orientale next June 8-10, 2027. CfP to be announced soon! Stay tuned!

We can't wait to meet you there! ♥️

09/07/2026

❗AND MORE❗

Today, we're announcing the second keynote speaker of Languaging Diversity 2027:
Vera Gheno (University of Florence)

The 10th Languaging Diversity Conference, "Back to the Future: Languaging Diversity in an Age of Instability, Mobility, and Transformation", will be held at the University of Naples L'Orientale next June 8-10, 2027. CfP to be announced soon! Stay tuned!

We can't wait to meet you there! ♥️

08/07/2026

❗GREAT NEWS AHEAD❗

We are pleased to announce the first keynote speaker of Languaging Diversity 2027:
Jannis Androutsopoulos (University of Hamburg)

The 10th Languaging Diversity Conference, "Back to the Future: Languaging Diversity in an Age of Instability, Mobility, and Transformation", will be held at the University of Naples L'Orientale next June 8-10, 2027. CfP to be announced soon! Stay tuned!

We can't wait to meet you there! ♥️

01/07/2026

🤩The 2025 Special Issue of the I-LanD Journal is out!

📌"Workplace Discourses in the (Post) COVID Era: Linguistic and Discursive Reflections on Well-Being"

🖊️Edited by: Kim Serena Grego, Laura Di Ferrante, Eric Friginal

Check it out: https://i-land-researchcentre.eu/all-issues/

25/05/2026

In case you missed it!

💻 Find the video recording of the fourth and last I-LanD Seminar 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔: 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔

➡️ Here: https://youtu.be/pPaApV6xN5U

Speakers:
Lawrence D. Berg (University of British Columbia)
Luisa Caiazzo (University of Basilicata)
Richard Coates (University of the West of England)
Sheila Embleton (York University)

In conversation with:
Mirko Casagranda (University of Calabria)

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