The BEYOND LANGUAGE 2026 Conference
International Conference for Young Scholars
Poznań – Warszawa – Wrocław – Berlin – Lublin – Lviv – Rome – Bucharest – Sosnowiec – Kraków – Łódź – Vienna
MAY – JUNE 2026
SUBMISSION deadline: April 25
Please submit: 1) a title, 2) an abstract (incl. the subject matter and the research perspective), 3) five keywords, 4) a short academic bio, and 5) your preferred presentation day by email to: monika.piechota@uwr.edu.pl by April 25
Conference venue:
Conference venue: Copernican Revolution Lab, Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw at Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie 18 Street, 00-390 Warszawa
Conference venue: Room “0.110” (known as “Co-Working Zone” – ground floor on the right) in Faculty of Modern Languages, University of Warsaw at 55 Dobra Street (entrance from Browarna Street)
Conference venue: Room no. 2.2. Institute of Romance Studies, Pl. Biskupa Nankiera 4, Wrocław, Floor 1 (lift available)
Sala 2.2. (I. piętro), Instytut Filologii Romańskiej przy Placu Biskupa Nankiera 4 we Wrocławiu (dostępna winda)
Conference venue: Hardenbergstraße 16–17 10623 Berlin, Raum 2.05
Conference venue:
Conference venue: Nowa Humanistyka Building, Room 28a, Pl. Maria Curie-Skłodowska 4A, 20-031 Lublin
Conference venue: Room 33, Faculty of Biological Sciences at 63 Stanisława Przybyszewskiego Street.
Sala 33, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych przy ul. Stanisława Przybyszewskiego 63
The Young Scholars Conference – BEYOND LANGUAGE 2026 – for the first time invites scientists from biological, medical, and experimental sciences!
The BL 2026 Conference is thought to provide a forum for discussion on current research problems and challenges in contemporary biology, medicine and experimental sciences in all their dimensions, covering a wide range of topics, including also the following areas:
– organismal biology (microbiology, botany, zoology, human biology, paleobiology),
– medical and forensic biology (genetics, immunology, oncogenesis, biocriminalistics),
– molecular biology (cell biology, biochemistry, physiology, neurobiology),
– environmental biology (ecology, environmental protection, biodiversity, evolutionism),
– biological and medical chemistry.
The conference aims to familiarize young scientists with current trends in science and provide an opportunity to present the results of contemporary research. Our conference is an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences, views, knowledge, and promoting a modern approach to research.
We welcome both individual students and student research groups!
Conference venue:
Conference venue: Marco Polo Complex, Via Circonvallazione Tiburtina No. 4, 00185 Rome
Conference venue: Professor Kazimierz Polański Auditorium (formerly the Faculty Council Hall) located in the building of Faculty of Humanities and Institute of Linguistics at 5 Gen. Stefan Grota-Roweckiego Street
Aula im. prof. Kazimierza Polańskiego (dawna Sala Rady Wydziału) w budynku Wydziału Humanistycznego oraz Instytutu Językoznawstwa przy ulicy Gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego 5
We are pleased to announce that theBEYOND LANGUAGE 2026 Conference held on June 15, 2026 at the University of Silesia is dedicated to Korean Studies focusing on three key areas:
1) Korean linguistics and translation studies,
2) linguistic and sociocultural dynamics on the Korean Peninsula,
3) Korean literature and popular culture.
Conference venue: Faculty of Polish Studies, 16/42 Gołębia Street, Kraków
Wydział Polonistyki UJ, ul. Gołębia 16/42, Kraków
The Kraków conference day will take place at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University and will focus on language in its diverse contexts: cognitive, cultural, social, media-related, political, and others.
Contemporary linguistic research is moving away from the analysis of abstract units of the language system and returning to the study of utterances in their natural contexts of use. The inherent multimodality of human communication replaces the elegant yet, from the perspective of the humanities, inadequate study of units isolated from the multifaceted domain of linguistic usage.
The aim of the conference is to present the opportunities opened up by such an interdisciplinary reorientation of the linguistic paradigm—one that redefines the field of inquiry. We invite submissions addressing, among other topics:
– innovative methods of investigating language within various contextual frameworks,
– examples of analyses of linguistic and multimodal utterances embedded in diverse contexts,
– reflections on interdisciplinary relations between linguistics and other academic fields and disciplines.
We also welcome proposals devoted to other issues within linguistics and communication studies. Papers may be submitted in either Polish or English.
Conference venue: Aula A5, Faculty of Philology, University of Łódź, Pomorska St. 171/173, Łódź, Poland
Aula A5 przy ul. Pomorskiej 171/173, Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
The Łódź session is organized by the Department of Pragmatics, University of Łódź. Disinformation discourse consists in the deliberate practice of disseminating false information with the intention to deceive. Originating from random fake news spread online by individuals, nowadays it comprises all kinds of content of public interest, importance or urgency, from healthcare to environment to war, communicated by organized groups sponsored by various public-political or commercial principals. Using sophisticated techniques of propaganda and threat generation, disinformation discourse is difficult to counter, as it draws on the current construction of societies, their anxieties and fears, craftily exploiting cases of public distrust in officially circulated information.
This thematic session invites papers that explore disinformation discourse in terms of:
a) its conceptual underpinnings and linguistic structure;
b) the public, political, and media domains in which it mostly often occurs and which it is likely to colonize in the future;
c) methods in which can be efficiently researched and described.
The desired outcome of the presentations and discussions in the session is to:
– produce a comprehensive, cutting-edge account of the concept, origins, evolution and current domains of disinformation discourse;
– relate the phenomenon of disinformation discourse to central, urgent problems of modern societies, such as authority crisis, public anxiety, and growing distrust in official news content;
– outline interdisciplinary ways of researching disinformation discourse across its many domains and discursive manifestations, from healthcare, environment, and modern technology, to international conflict and war propaganda.
Conference venue: Das Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien – Seminarraum 1-8
Gmach główny Uniwersytetu Wiedeńskiego, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wiedeń – sale seminaryjne 1–8
The Vienna seminar foregrounds: Theological, Philosophical, and Epistemological Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity, Cultural Identity, and Minority Communities integrating the mission of Beyond Language 2026 with the academic profile of VDTR.
Theology
– religious and liturgical languages; multilingual worship and diaspora communities;
– language as a medium of faith, memory, and lived religious identities.
Philology & Linguistics
– minority and endangered languages; textual and oral traditions;
– translation and interpretation; linguistic heritage, contact, and revitalization.
Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion & Epistemology (Analytic & Continental Perspectives)
– religious meaning and understanding; interpretation and experience across languages;
testimony, authority, credibility; epistemic (in)justice and the socio-political power of language.
There is no conference fee
Every scholar is welcome!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. “Do you cover the accommodation or flight fees for international participants?”
The participation in the BEYOND LANGUAGE Conference is free of charge. No registration fee is required, and participants are offered the opportunity to publish their papers in a prestigious journal of Academic Journal of Modern Philology without any publication fees. However, the organizers are not able to provide accommodation, meals, or cover travel expenses.
2. “How many minutes are allocated per the presentation of each participant?“
Approximately 10-15 minutes.
3. “What should I include in the abstract?”
Participants are requested to submit the abstract with defined a) subject of their study and b) research perspective (100-150 words max.) with 5 keywords.
4. “Can I present a PowerPoint presentation?”
If you have powerpoint presentation, you can send it prior to the presentation day. Due to security regulations, the use of removable storage devices is not permitted.
5. “Where can I find the instructions regarding the requirements of the paper for publication?”
Publishing procedure, stylesheet and instructions for the authors are described on AJMP‘s website: https://ajmp.uwr.edu.pl/. Paper submissions run on an ongoing basis. The paper should be submitted once it is ready and meets all the formal and technical requirements of the journal.
AIMS & SCOPE
BEYOND LANGUAGE is an international conference that aims at integrating international young researchers of language, literature and culture understood as pivotal social human behavioral patterns. Conference organizers wish to address, among other issues, the need of investigating minority speech communities, endangered and vanishing languages, literatures and cultures, small languages, pidgins and creoles, as well as narrowing down the scope of study of cultural practices performed by the means of language and studies through the scope of contact linguistics and anthropological linguistics.
This year the Young Scholars Conference – BEYOND LANGUAGE 2026 – for the first time invites scientists from biological, medical, and experimental sciences!
The scope of the conference seeks to establish a ground for new research in the following areas:
– endangered and vanishing languages, literatures and cultures,
– anthropological linguistics,
– studies of cultures and societies,
– cultural patterns in discursive practices,
– folk-linguistics and folk-anthropology,
– mechanisms of language change (and language death),
– the ethnography of communication,
– studies of small languages and linguistic vitality,
– field linguistics,
– translation/interpretation studies,
– non-confessional theology,
– public and critical theology,
– philosophy of religion,
– political epistemology,
– studies of identity, borders, and cultural transformation, broader interdisciplinary humanities,
– current research problems and challenges in contemporary biology, medicine and experimental sciences in all their dimensions.
Honorary patronage & publication opportunity:
Æ Academic Publishing, San Diego, USA
Academic Journal of Modern Philology
Fot.: Aleksandra R. Knapik, Piotr P. Chruszczewski
(1) Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
(2) College for Interdisciplinary Studies
(2) Akademia Tutoringu
College for Interdisciplinary Studies
(1) Faculty of Polish Studies
(2) Institute of Information Studies
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział we Wrocławiu
Dipartimento di Studi Europei Americani e Interculturali (SEAI)
Lviv Polytechnic National University
(1) Uni Bucharest – Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies
(2) Doctoral School in Communication Sciences
ECREA Central and East-European Network
