Dear All,

we’re very pleased to confirm that the 2023 SCLA conference will take place in June 20123 and we hereby issue the full call for papers, see below.

With greetings to all and heartfelt thanks to Steven Clancy for serving as the local organizer, Mirjam & Mateusz

Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Conference (SCLC-2023): first announcement and call for papers

The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA; https://slavic.fas.harvard.edu/scla) will hold its 18th conference on June 1 – 3, 2023 at Harvard University. The conference will be locally organized and hosted by Steven Clancy and will be held in an on-site format.

Confirmed keynote speakers at SCLC-2023 Valentina Apresjan, HSE University, Moscow Neil Bermel, University of Sheffield Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Boston University

Call for papers We invite abstracts for 20+10 minute presentations on any topic of relevance to Slavic Cognitive Linguistics. Abstracts should be based on work that has not yet been published. We especially encourage submissions from young researchers. Abstracts can be written in English or in any Slavic language and should not be longer than 500 words, including references. Each individual may be involved in a maximum of two abstracts (maximum one as sole author or as the first author). Abstracts will be evaluated anonymously so please refrain from any self-identification in the body of the abstract. The deadline for abstract submission is January 15, 2023. Abstracts should be submitted via google forms. Please follow this link: https://forms.gle/nU7NaJboEKxyNc6L8 We also invite proposals for 2-3 practically oriented workshops on topics of interest to the SCLA community. The ideas for such workshops should be submitted to the organizers (fried@ff.cuni.czmailto:fried@ff.cuni.cz) by January 15, 2023. Authors will be notified of acceptance / rejection by February 10, 2023.

Conference website: https://slavic.fas.harvard.edu/2023-conference

Conference fees: Regular $80 Student (incl. PhD students) $50

Important dates January 15, 2023: abstract submission deadline February 10, 2023: notification of acceptance / rejection March 31, 2023 : early bird registration deadline May 15, 2023: final payment deadline for registration fees June 1-3, 2023: SCLA conference

Travel & Accommodation We will provide detailed travel and accommodation information later.

Organizing Committee Mirjam Fried (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) Mateusz-Milan Stanojević (University of Zagreb, Chroatia) Steven Clancy (Harvard University, USA)

If you have any questions concerning SCLC-2023 (don’t hesitate to contact the local organizer, Steven Clancy, at sclancy@fas.harvard.edumailto:sclancy@fas.harvard.edu