AICED-26
THE 26th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
The English Department of the University of Bucharest will hold its 26th Annual International Conference
from 29 to 31 May, 2025
The Conference will be organized in two sections:
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Papers are invited in:
Theoretical Linguistics
(syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics and the interfaces,
language acquisition)
Applied linguistics & translation studies
Keynote speakers:
Susi Wurmbrand (Paris Lodron University of Salzburg)
Robert Truswell (University of Edinburgh)
Diana Hornoiu (“Ovidius” University of Constanța)
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
General theme: “Writing in a World on Fire: Perspectives on War and Climate Change”
Papers are invited in:
British, Irish, and Commonwealth Literatures
American Literature
World and Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Intellectual and Cultural History
Art History and Visual Culture
Literary Theory
Keynote speakers:
Penelope Corfield (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru (University of Bucharest)
Domnica Rădulescu (Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia)
Presentations should be in English, and will be allocated 20 minutes each, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts in Word format. The deadline for proposals is January 15, 2025.
Conference fee:
100 euro or 500 lei – early bird registration (by April 30, 2025)
120 euro or 600 lei – late payment (after April 30, 2025)
50 euro or 250 lei – doctoral students
Further information is available at the following pages:
For the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section: https://engleza.lls.unibuc.ro/aiced26_linguistics/
For the Literature and Cultural Studies section: https://engleza.lls.unibuc.ro/aiced26_lit/
We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest.
Assoc. Prof. Dragoș Ivana
Head of Department
Update: The Literature and Cultural Studies section’s program is available here.
Update: The Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section’s program is available here.
AICED-25
THE 25th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
The English Department of the University of Bucharest will hold its 25th Annual International Conference
from 14 to 16 June, 2024.
The Conference will be organized in two sections:
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Papers are invited in:
Theoretical Linguistics
(syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics and the interfaces,
language acquisition)
Applied linguistics & translation studies
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
General theme: “Space and Time in Literature and the Arts”
Papers are invited in:
British, Irish, and Commonwealth Literatures
American Literature
World and Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Intellectual and Cultural History
Art History and Visual Culture
Literary Theory
Presentations should be in English, and will be allocated 20 minutes each, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts in Word format. The deadline for proposals is 1 April, 2024.
Conference fee:
100 euro or 500 lei – early bird registration
120 euro or 600 lei – late payment
50 euro or 250 lei – graduate students
Further information is available at the following pages:
For the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section: http://engleza.lls.unibuc.ro/aiced2024_linguistics
For the Literature and Cultural Studies section: http://engleza.lls.unibuc.ro/aiced2024_litcult
We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest.
Assoc. Prof. Dragoș Ivana
Head of Department
Update: The Literature and Cultural Studies section’s program is available here.
Update: The Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section’s program is available here.
AICED-24
THE 24th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
The English Department of the University of Bucharest will hold its 24th Annual International Conference
from 9 to 11 June, 2023 (hybrid format).
The Conference will be organized in two sections:
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Papers are invited in:
Theoretical Linguistics (Syntax, Morphology, Phonology, Semantics and the Interfaces)
Language Acquisition
Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
General theme: “Humour and Pathos in Literature and the Arts”
Papers are invited in:
British, Irish, and Commonwealth Literatures
American Literature
World and Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Intellectual and Cultural History
Art History and Visual Culture
Literary Theory
Presentations should be in English, and will be allocated 20 minutes each, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts in Word format. The deadline for proposals is April 29 (Literature and Cultural Studies Section) and May 15 (Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Section) 2023.
Conference fee: 50 euro or 250 lei
Further information is available at the following pages:
For the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section: http://engleza.lls.unibuc.ro/aiced-2023_linguistics/
For the Literature and Cultural Studies section: http://engleza.lls.unibuc.ro/aiced-2023_litcult/
We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest.
Assoc. Prof. Dragoș Ivana
Head of Department
Update: The Literature and Cultural Studies section’s program is available here.
Update: The Theoretical Linguistics section’s program is available here.
Update: The Applied Linguistics section’s program is available here.
Update: the CFP for the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section is available here.
Update: the CFP for the Literature and Cultural Studies section is available here.
AICED-23
THE 23rd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
The English Department of the University of Bucharest will hold its 23rd Annual International Conference
from 2 to 4 June, 2022 (online).
The Conference will be organized in two sections:
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Papers are invited in:
General Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Theoretical Linguistics (syntax, phonology, semantics and the interfaces)
Language acquisition
Applied Linguistics
Translation Studies
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
General theme: “Disaster Discourse: Representations of Catastrophe”
Papers are invited in:
British, Irish, and Commonwealth Literatures
American Literature
World and Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Intellectual and Cultural History
Art History and Visual Culture
Literary Theory
Presentations should be in English, and will be allocated 20 minutes each, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts in Word format.* Proposals should also include name and institutional affiliation, a short bio (no more than 100 words), and e-mail address. The deadline for proposals is April 17 (Literature and Cultural Studies Section) and May 1 (Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Section) 2022.
Conference fee: 50 euro or 250 lei
A selection of papers from the conference will be published in University of Bucharest Review ISSN 2069–8658 (listed on Erih Plus, Scopus, EBSCO [Literary Reference Centre Plus], CEEOL and Ulrichsweb) and in a Proceedings of AICED 23: Papers in Linguistics volume.
Please send proposals (and enquiries) to the following e-mail addresses:
For the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section: AICED.2022@gmail.com
For the Literature and Cultural Studies section: conf.eng.litcult@lls.unibuc.ro
We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest.
Assoc. Prof. Dragoș Ivana
Head of Department
- Abstracts for the Literature and Cultural Studies Section should be of maximum 200 words. Abstracts for the Linguistics section should be between one and two A4 pages, Times New Roman 12, single spaced, and should be submitted via the EasyAbs system, available at http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/AICED2022
Update: the Program for the Literature and Cultural Studies section is available here.
Update: the Program for the Linguistics section is available here.
Update: the CFP for the Linguistics section is available here.
Update: the CFP for the Literature and Cultural Studies section is available here.
AICED-22
THE 22nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
The English Department of the University of Bucharest will hold its 22nd Annual International Conference from 3-5 June 2021
The Conference will be organized in two sections:
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Papers are invited in:
General Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Theoretical Linguistics (syntax, phonology, semantics and the interfaces)
Language acquisition
Applied Linguistics
Translation Studies
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
General theme: “Re-writing/ Re-imagining the past”
Papers are invited in:
British, Irish, and Commonwealth Literatures
American Literature
World and Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Intellectual and Cultural History
Art History and Visual Culture
Literary Theory
Presentations should be in English, and will be allocated 20 minutes each, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts in Word format.* Proposals should also include name and institutional affiliation, a short bio (no more than 100 words), and e-mail address. The deadline for proposals is 15 April 2021.
A selection of papers from the conference will be published in University of Bucharest Review ISSN 2069–8658 (listed on Erih Plus, Scopus, EBSCO [Literary Reference Centre Plus], CEEOL and Ulrichsweb) and in a Proceedings of AICED 22: Papers in Linguistics volume.
Please send proposals (and enquiries) to the following e-mail addresses:
For the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section: bucharest.aiced22@gmail.com
For the Literature and Cultural Studies section: conf.eng.litcult@lls.unibuc.ro .
Further details about the Conference will be posted at https://engleza.lls.unibuc.ro/conferinte/ .
We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest.
Assoc. Prof. Octavian Roske
Head of Department
- Abstracts for the Literature and Cultural Studies Section should be of maximum 200 words. Abstracts for the Linguistics section should be between one and two A4 pages, Times New Roman 12, single spaced.
Update: for the conference programme, please see Linguistics 2019 and Literature and Cultural Studies 2019.
Update: the CFP for the Literature and Cultural Studies section is available here.
Update: the CFP for the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section is available here.
AICED-21
THE 21st ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
The English Department of the University of Bucharest will hold its 21st Annual International Conference from 6–8 June, 2019.
The Conference will be organized in two sections:
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Papers are invited in:
General Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Theoretical Linguistics (syntax, phonology, semantics and the interfaces)
Language acquisition
Applied Linguistics
Translation Studies
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
General theme: “Trauma, Narrative, Responsibility”
Papers are invited in:
British, Irish, and Commonwealth Literatures
American Literature
World and Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Intellectual and Cultural History
Art History and Visual Culture
Literary Theory
Presentations should be in English, and will be allocated 20 minutes each, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts in Word format.* Proposals should also include name and institutional affiliation, a short bio (no more than 100 words), and e-mail address. The deadline for proposals is 30 March 2019.
Conference fee: 50 euro or 200 lei
(covering lunches and refreshments during the conference, but not evening meals)
A selection of papers from the conference will be published in University of Bucharest Review ISSN 2069–8658; listed on Scopus, EBSCO (Literary Reference Centre Plus), CEEOL and Ulrichsweb; CNCS category B) and in a Proceedings of AICED 21 volume (for the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section).
Please send proposals (and enquiries) to the following e-mail addresses:
For the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics section: bucharest.aiced21@gmail.com
For the Literature and Cultural Studies section: conf.eng.litcult@lls.unibuc.ro .
We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest.
Assoc. Prof. Octavian Roske
Head of Department
* Abstracts for the Literature and Cultural Studies Section should be of maximum 200 words. Abstracts for the Linguistics section should be between one and two A4 pages, Times New Roman 12, single spaced.
Update: for the conference programme, please see Linguistics 2018 and Literature and Cultural Studies 2018
Update: The abstract submission deadline for the Literature and Culture section (“Truth(s) and Alternative Facts”) has been extended to April 22 2018.
Update: for the full CFP of the Literature and Culture section (“Truth(s) and Alternative Facts”), please see
CFP Truth(s) and Alternative Facts – Bucharest June 2018
AICED-20
THE 20th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
The English Department of the University of Bucharest will hold its 20th Annual International Conference from 7–9 June 2018.
The Conference will be organized in two sections:
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Papers are invited in:
General Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Theoretical Linguistics (syntax, phonology, semantics and the interfaces)
Language acquisition
Applied Linguistics
Translation Studies
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
General theme: “Truth(s) and Alternative Facts”
Papers are invited in:
British, Irish and Commonwealth Literatures
American Literature
World and Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Intellectual and Cultural History
Art History and Visual Culture
Literary Theory
Presentations should be in English, and will be allocated 20 minutes each, plus 10 minutes for discussion. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts in Word format.* Proposals should also include name and institutional affiliation, a short bio (no more than 100 words), and e-mail address. The deadline for proposals is 25 March 2018.
Conference fee: 50 euro or 200 lei
(covering lunches and refreshments during the conference, but not evening meals)
A selection of papers from the conference will be published in University of Bucharest Review ISSN 2069–8658; listed on Scopus, EBSCO (Literary Reference Centre Plus), CEEOL and Ulrichsweb; CNCS category B) and in Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics (ISSN 2069–9239; listed on EBSCO, CEEOL, Ulrichsweb, Cascadilla and DOAJ; CNCS category B).
Please send proposals (and enquiries) to the following e-mail addresses:
For the Linguistics section: aiced20th@gmail.com
For the Literature and Cultural Studies section: conf.eng.litcult@lls.unibuc.ro .
Further details about the Conference will be posted at http://www.unibuc.ro/depts/limbi/literatura_engleza/conferinte.php .
We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest.
Assoc. Prof. Octavian Roske
Head of Department
* Abstracts for the Literature and Cultural Studies Section should be of maximum 200 words. Abstracts for the Linguistics section should be between one and two A4 pages, Times New Roman 12, single spaced.
AICED-19: CFP, CFP (Literature and Cultural Studies), Programme.