BICLCE 11

The 11^th Biennial International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (BICLCE) will be held between 3^rd and 5^th July 2026 at the University of Klagenfurt (Austria).

For over two decades, the BICLCE conference series has been a forum for researchers who are interested in the linguistics of contemporary English. It is open to different theoretical and methodological perspectives. Previous conferences were held in Edinburgh (2005), Toulouse (2007), London (2009), Osnabrück (2011), Austin TX (2013), Madison WI (2015), Vigo (2017), Bamberg (2019), Ljubljana (2022) and Alicante (2024). BICLCE 2026 wishes to continue this long-standing tradition of exploring contemporary English.

In 2026, BICLCE11 comes with an additional thematic focus on “English in a geopolitically changing world”, motivated by the major changes the world has experienced in the last several years which may potentially influence how English is used and perceived internationally.  Therefore, we are happy to invite researchers to submit proposals addressing this topic in particular. Beyond this theme, contributions related to English are also welcome in any of the following fields/areas: syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, phonetics/phonology, applied linguistics and more.

We look forward to seeing you at BICLCE11 in Klagenfurt!