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:

We are currently planning for an in-person conference to be held at Leiden University (Netherlands) but are keeping online options as a back-up. However, a definite decision on format (in-person/online) of the conference will be announced by 1 September 2020 and communicated via our website/LINGUIST list/Easy Chair. This decision will be made in alignment with guidelines from the Dutch government and the Leiden University, also taking into account the situation in other European countries. In case of a predominantly in-person conference, there will still be the option of online participation for individuals who are unable able or unwilling to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference fee is expected to be 30 euros but will be determined once the conference format is finalised (a lower fee will be asked for online attendees).

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).