Conference and Venue

The 29th edition of the Conference of the Student Organisation of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE) will be held either in-person at Leiden University (Netherlands) and/or online (see important information below) on 26-28 January 2021. 

ConSOLE aims to provide graduate (MA, PhD) and advanced undergraduate (BA) students with the opportunity to present their research in linguistics to an international audience. Graduate (MA, PhD) and advanced undergraduate (BA) students are invited to submit abstracts for both oral presentations (20 minutes plus additional 10 minutes for discussion) and poster presentations. 

We invite papers from all linguistic subfields (e.g. language acquisition, morphology, phonetics/phonology, semantics/pragmatics, sociolinguistics, syntax) and methodologies (e.g. computational, experimental, fieldwork, theoretical). 

• The deadline for submitting a paper is 15 September 2020 at 23:59 (GMT +2).
• We aim to send notifications of acceptance by the beginning of November 2020.

Important information on conference format:

Taking into account the current situation in the Netherlands and other European countries, we have now decided that the conference will be held in a fully online format.

Accepted authors will have the opportunity to submit to the proceedings of ConSOLE. Further information about the proceedings will be provided shortly after the conference.

Submission Guidelines

• Maximum 2 submissions per author (with at most one single-authored paper)
• Maximum 2 pages A4 Abstract (including references, examples, tables and figures) 
• 2.5 cm (1 inch) margins
• 12 pt Times New Roman font
• The submission(s) must be anonymous and not reveal the identity of the author(s) in any way (be sure to remove metadata from the file).
• PDF format
• Authors should specify whether they would like to be considered for oral or poster presentation, or for both.
• Abstracts must be submitted through EasyChair by 15 September 2020 at 23:59 (GMT +2)
• Abstracts which do not comply with these guidelines may be excluded from the reviewing process.

For general tips and advice for (novice) abstract writers, see e.g. https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/model-abstracts and http://sle2019.eu/downloads/Guidelines%20for%20writing%20abstracts.pdf

For information on poster presentations, see our website: https://sites.google.com/view/console2021/call-for-papers/ 

Contact

For updates on the conference follow us on Facebook, check out our website (including details on registration fees and other practical info); for further queries on submissions or the conference in general contact us via email (console29leiden@gmail.com).