{"id":3135,"date":"2025-06-20T19:15:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narnihs.org\/?page_id=3135"},"modified":"2025-06-21T12:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T12:02:55","slug":"call-for-abstracts-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/narnihs.org\/?page_id=3135","title":{"rendered":"Call for Abstracts 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call for Abstracts
\nNARNiHS 2026
\nNorth American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics
\nEigth Annual Meeting<\/strong><\/h2>\n

100% IN-PERSON
\nCo-Located with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting
\nNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
\n8-11 January 2026<\/h4>\n

This event offers an opportunity for historical sociolinguistics scholars from all over the world to gather and share leading research. We encourage our fellow historical sociolinguists and scholars in related fields from our global scholarly community to join us in New Orleans<\/strong> for our Eighth Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Call for Abstracts \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Abstract submission online:
\nhttps:\/\/easyabs.linguistlist.org\/conference\/NARNiHS_26\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Deadline:\u00a0\u00a0Friday, 15 August 2025, 11:59 PM US Eastern Time.<\/strong>
\nLate abstracts will not be considered.<\/em><\/p>\n

The North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics (NARNiHS) is accepting abstracts for its Eighth Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Thursday, January 8 \u2013 Sunday, January 11, 2026. The 8th edition of this inclusive NARNiHS event seeks to provide a collaborative environment where presenters bring fully developed work for presentation and enrichment. We see the NARNiHS Annual Meeting as a place for showcasing excellent projects in historical sociolinguistics, seeking feedback from peers, and engaging in productive development of the field\u2019s enduring questions.<\/p>\n

NARNiHS welcomes papers in all areas of historical sociolinguistics, which is understood as the application and\/or development of sociolinguistic theories, methods, and models for the study of historical language variation and change over time\u2013or more broadly, the study of the interaction of language and society in historical periods and from historical perspectives. Thus, a wide range of linguistic areas, subdisciplines, methodologies, and adjacent disciplines easily find their place within historical sociolinguistics, and we encourage submission of abstracts that reflect this broad scope.<\/p>\n

Abstracts will be accepted for both 20-minute papers and posters. Please note that, at the NARNiHS annual meeting, poster presentations are an integral part of the conference (not second-tier presentations). Abstracts will be assigned a paper or a poster presentation based on determinations in the review process about the most effective format for the submission. However, if you prefer that your submission be considered primarily for poster presentation, please specify this in your abstract.<\/p>\n

Successful abstracts will demonstrate thorough grounding<\/strong> in historical sociolinguistics, scientific rigor<\/strong> in the formulation of research questions, and promise for rich discussion of ideas. Successful abstracts will be explicit about which theoretical frameworks, methodological protocols, and analytical strategies<\/strong> are being applied or critiqued. Data sources and examples<\/strong> should be sufficiently presented, so as to allow reviewers a full understanding of the scope and claims of the research. Please note that the connection of your research to the field of historical sociolinguistics<\/strong> should be explicitly outlined in your abstract. Failure to adhere to these criteria will likely result in rejection.<\/p>\n

Abstract Format Guidelines:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25cf Abstracts must be submitted in PDF format.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Abstracts must fit on one 8.5×11 inch page, with margins no smaller than 1 inch and a font style and size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point. You are encouraged to use the entire page, providing a full and robust description of the research. All additional supporting content (visualizations, trees, tables, figures, captions, examples, and references) must fit on a single (1) additional page. No exceptions to these requirements are allowed; abstracts longer than one page or with more than one additional page of supporting content will be rejected without review.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Specify if you prefer your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Anonymize your abstract. We realize that sometimes complete anonymity is not attainable, but there is a difference between the nature of the research creating an inability to anonymize and careless non-anonymizing (in citations, references, file names, etc.). Be sure to anonymize your PDF file (you may do so in Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on \u201cFile\u201d, then \u201cProperties\u201d, removing your name if it appears in the \u201cAuthor\u201d line of the \u201cDescription\u201d tab, and re-saving the file before submission). Do not use your name when saving your PDF (e.g. Smith_Abstract.pdf); file names will not be automatically anonymized by the EasyAbs system. Rather, use non-identifying information in your file name (e.g. HistSoc4Lyfe.pdf). Your name should only appear in the online form accompanying your abstract submission. Papers that are not sufficiently anonymized wherever possible will be rejected without review.<\/p>\n

General Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25cf Abstracts must be submitted electronically, using the following link: https:\/\/easyabs.linguistlist.org\/conference\/NARNiHS_26\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n

\u25cf Authors may submit a maximum of two abstracts: one single-author abstract and one co-authored abstract.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Authors may not submit identical abstracts for presentation at the NARNiHS meeting and at the LSA Annual Meeting or another LSA Sister Society meeting (ADS, ANS, NAAHoLS, SCiL, SPCL, SSILA).<\/p>\n

\u25cf Specify in the abstract if you prefer that your submission be considered primarily for a poster presentation.<\/p>\n

\u25cf After submission, no changes of author, title, or wording of the abstract may occur. If your abstract is accepted, adjustment of typographical errors is permitted before a final version of the abstract is printed in the conference booklet.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Papers and posters must be delivered as projected in the abstract or represent bona fide developments of the same research.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Authors are expected to attend the conference in-person and present their own papers and posters. This will not be a hybrid event.<\/p>\n

Contact us at NARNiHistSoc@gmail.com<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Call for Abstracts NARNiHS 2026 North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics Eigth Annual Meeting 100% IN-PERSON Co-Located with the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 8-11 January 2026 This event offers an opportunity for historical sociolinguistics scholars from all over the world to gather and share leading research. We … <\/p>\n

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