Current/Upcoming Conferences & Symposia
Current Conference:
The Language, Interaction, and Social Organization GSO at UCSB (LISO) and the Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture GSA at UCLA (CLIC) are pleased to host:
The 25th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization
May 17-18, 2019
University of California, Santa Barbara
Schedule
Theme: “Disrupt and Advance”
The LISO conference promotes interdisciplinary research and discussion in the analysis of naturally occurring human interaction. Papers will be presented by national and international scholars on a variety of topics in the study of language, interaction, and culture.
This year’s conference theme is “Disrupt and Advance.” We understand ‘disrupt’ broadly as actions or ideas that intervene in or challenge the established theoretical, institutional, or narrative frame. The emphasis on disruption is an intentional examination of disciplinary constraints. By including ‘advance’ we hope to encourage submissions that operationalize critique into praxis. We welcome papers that engage in a critique of disciplinary conventions or somehow broaden the scope of (inter)disciplinary research, presenting innovative models for paths forward.
We seek proposals for 20-minute paper presentations which address the conference theme as they relate to any of the following topics (see list below). ?While submissions based on the conference theme will be particularly welcome, innovative work on all aspects of language and interaction will be considered.
Presentations related to the conference theme may include but are not limited to:
- Cross-disciplinary perspectives
- Ethics and research
- Language acquisition
- Language and class, (dis)ability, race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality and age
- Language and education
- Language and media
- Language policy and practice
- Meta-commentary on disciplinary frameworks
- Multilingualism and cross-/intercultural communication
- Non-dominant epistemologies
- Political discourse, discussions of power
- Politically-engaged scholarship
Although submissions based on the conference theme will be particularly welcome, innovative work on all aspects of language and interaction will be considered.
We welcome abstracts from undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty working in the areas of Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Communication, Digital Humanities, Education, Ethnic Studies, Feminist Studies, Internet Studies, Literacy Studies, Linguistics, Psychology, and Sociology.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please send your abstract (up to 300 words) by January 7, 2019, to the LISO Coordinating Committee at lisoconference@gmail.com. Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via email in February 2019.
Author information, affiliation, and contact information should be submitted in the body of the email only with abstract attachments made completely anonymous.
Please include the title of your presentation in your abstract document. Abstracts must be submitted in .doc, .docx, or .pdf, format only. Abstracts must be no more than 300 words long and should not include the author's name or any other identifying information.
For additional information, please visit:
http://liso.ucsblinguist.org
Questions can be sent to: LISOconference@gmail.com
Past Conferences & Symposium
Past CLIC/LISO Conferences
CLIC and CLIC Graduate Student Association have been hosting interdisciplinary conferences on language, interaction, and culture at UCLA since 1995. Several years after the CLIC conference had become an annual event, a collaborative partnership between CLIC GSA at UCLA and the LISO graduate students at UCSB was initiated, and in 1999 UCSB hosted the CLIC/LISO conference for the first time. Since then, the two campuses of the University of California have traded off holding the conference each year. Below you'll find the programs and schedules of many of our previous gatherings.
- 2017 23rd Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization, LISO at UCSB
- 2016 22nd Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, an Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 2015 21st Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization at UCSB
- 2014 20th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization at UCLA
- 2013 19th Annual Conference On Language, Interaction, And Social Organization
- 2010 16th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 2009 15th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, Social Organization, LISO at UCSB
- 2008 14th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 2007 13th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization, LISO at UCSB
- 2006 12th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 2005 11th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization, LISO at UCSB
- 2004 10th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 2003 9th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, LISO at UCSB
- 2002 8th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 2001 7th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, LISO at UCSB
- 2000 6th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 1999 5th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, LISO at UCSB
- 1998 4th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 1997 3rd Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 1996 2nd Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
- 1995 1st Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture, CLIC at UCLA
Past LISO Symposia
In 2005, the LISO faculty began hosting a one-day symposium on the Sunday following the CLIC-LISO Conference in those years UCSB hosts the event.