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).

BICLCE 11 brings together almost 200 participants from over 30 countries and four continents. Across all sessions, the conference features 150 presentations and covers an exceptionally broad range of current research on English.

The program is organised into one General Session, running in four parallel strands, and seven Thematic Sessions devoted to more focused areas of research. In addition, the conference includes five plenary talks.

Furthermore, three social events are planned: a pre-conference get-together on the University of Klagenfurt premises on Thursday 02.07., a boat cruise party on Lake Wörthersee on Friday 03.07. evening and a conference dinner on Saturday 04.07. evening.

The full conference program is available here: https://www.aau.at/en/english/conferences/biclce11/program/.

Late registration is still open, until 15.06.2026, at: https://conference3.aau.at/event/156/registrations/.

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The conference organisers would like to express their sincere thanks to the University of Klagenfurt and the City of Klagenfurt for their support of BICLCE 11. We are also grateful to the Faculty of Humanities for its additional support. Further thanks go to the British Council Austria and Spar Austria for their generous contributions. Finally, we would like to thank the administrative staff at the University of Klagenfurt, all colleagues who supported the organisation of the conference and the student helpers whose work has been essential in preparing and running the event.

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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 continues this long-standing tradition of exploring contemporary English.

We look forward to seeing you at BICLCE11 in Klagenfurt!