We are excited to announce that UIUC will host the 7th Sociolinguistics Symposium on April 4th, 2026. SOSY is a graduate-student run conference that offers a key forum for scholarly exchange across language-related fields.
This year's theme is Between Languages, Between Worlds: Language, Culture, and Global Communication, and invitations for submission are currently open.
We invite abstracts that engage with this year’s theme by examining how language operates between social worlds, cultural systems, and global contexts. Submissions may address how linguistic practices mediate connection, difference, and belonging across local and transnational settings. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Language and identity across transnational, diasporic, and migrant contexts
- Multilingualism, translanguaging, and everyday language practices across communities
- Language ideologies, power, and inequality in global and local settings
- Digital communication, social media, and mediated forms of global interaction
- Language, culture, and belonging in education, work, and public institutions
- Sociolinguistic perspectives on mobility, globalization, and cultural contact
- Narrative, stance, and positioning across languages and social worlds
- Language policy, language rights, and global communication ethics
To learn more about this conference and and how to submit an abstract, check out the SOSY website!
The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, January 30th, 2026.
You can submit your abstract directly to samanj2@illinois.edu or by filling out this link on EasyAbs .