Associazione Italiana di Anglistica

IRSConference Call for Submissions Proposals should be submitted to: IRSConference2026@gmail.com by 10 January 2026.

CALL FOR PAPERS - International Conference

Regional Perspectives, Planetary Reach. Themes, Genres, Forms of Narration in Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction
University of Naples “L’Orientale”
28-29 May 2026

Deadline: 10 January 2026

more info: sites.google.com/view/irsconf...

Call for Seminar Papers
Disinformation in and out: Qualitative Linguistic Analyses of Digital Disinformation Texts

18th ESSE Conference
31/08-4/09 2026
Santiago de Compostela

Convenors:
Dominika Beneš Kováčová
Massimiliano Demata
Jiří Lukl

Deadline: 31/ 01/ 2026
See: www.esse2026.com

CALL FOR PAPERS
Post-truth and populism in politics, communication and discourse (Status Quaestionis, December 2026)
Edited by Massimiliano Demata and Donatella Montini

send abstracts (250 words), + short bio to editors
Deadline: 15/11.

rosa.uniroma1.it/.../status.....

4th International ELT Conference
“New Trends in English Language Teaching, Learning and Education” Empowering Teaching and Learning in EMI
9-10 October 2025

www.uniparthenope.it/cla/articolo...

ESSE BOOK AWARDS 2026

ESSE is proud to announce its biennial ESSE Book Awards for books published in 2024 and 2025 in English Language & Linguistics, Literatures in the English Language, and Cultural & Area Studies in English.

Deadline: 1 February 2026

More info essenglish.org/book-awards/

CALL FOR POSTER AND SEMINAR PAPERS
18th ESSE Conference
31st August – 4th September 2026
Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Submissions for individual posters to esse2026@usc.es
Submission for seminar papers to seminar convenors

DEADLINE: 31 JANUARY 2026

www.esse2026.com/media/upload...

CALL FOR PAPERS

ContactZone - Special Issue "Unruly Bodies and Astral Corporealities in Science Fiction Cinema and Television Series", eds Giuseppe Balirano
& Oriana Palusci.

Abstracts (300 words) and bio-note (100 words) due: 30 October 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS

LEA invites submissions:

“Transimperial Encounters: Networks of Cultural and Literary Exchange Between India and Europe, 1870-1947”
eds. Ujjwal Jana University of Delhi & Greta Perletti University of Trento

Deadline: 8/6/2026

More info:
journals.fupress.net/call-for-pap...

DiscourseNet The community portal for Discourse Studies

Call for Papers
DN33 - Discourse, Sustainability, and Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate and Communication
26-27 March 2026, University of International Studies (UNINT) in Rome, Italy

Abstracts (250 words) to dn33rome2026@gmail.com
Deadline: 31/10/2025
discourseanalysis.net/DN33

In his kickoff speech, G. Balirano, head of #AIA, reminds us of the importance of staying human and devoting our initial thoughts to the situation in #Gaza #stayhuman #FreePalestine #aia32

The poem "If I Must Die" by Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer is read as a moment of collective silent reflection on the killing of Palestinians. #aia32 #stayhuman
ifimustdie.net

AIA assembly

It's official! #aia33 is going to be hosted by Università Sapienza (Roma) in 2027

Thank you #AIA32 for the multitude of panels and plenaries, the opportunity for me to address the association’s Assembly as ESSE President, the convivial atmosphere, and all of this in Turin, a city that exudes historic splendour. @aia32.bsky.social @aianglistica.bsky.social @essenglish.bsky.social

Thank you for coming and sharing these wonderful days with us!

Kudos to Angel Antonio De Oliveira Amata, Gaia Zaccaro, our own Ilaria Giordano ;-) from #unito, Francesca Iliano and Nicola Pelizzari for winning the very first edition of the #aiapresentationprize #aiapresentationprize2025 #aia32

And just like that... that's a wrap! Many congratulations to our new/old #AIA board, who have two more years of working hard (and partying hard) ahead of them. Thanks to everybody for coming and making #AIA32 so special, from the #Unito Dream Team. Over to you, Sapienza University!!

Thank you @aia32.bsky.social, @dis4change.bsky.social and UNITO for a great conference!

It's (almost) go time!!!
You can enjoy a taste of #AIA32 with welcome drinks at Caffè Reale, Piazzetta Reale 1 (inside the courtyard of the Royal Palace).
Please note that the event is open only to registered participants.

The CFP List An academic call for papers database.

CALL FOR PAPERS

(Un)natural Stevenson. Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science and gender
11-12 May 2026
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Organisers: Lucio De Capitani, Alessandro Cabiati

Deadline: November 30, 2025
All info: www.cfplist.com/CFP/45365

YouTube video by AIA - Associazione Italiana di Anglistica AIA Interviews: Paolo D'Indinosante in conversation with Silvia Pettini

AIA Interviews:

New in the AIA Interviews series, Paolo D'Indinosante speaks with Silvia Pettini about "The Translation of Realia and Irrealia in Game Localization: Culture-Specificity between Realism and Fictionality", recipient of the AIA Junior Book Prize.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OO...

#AIA32 is in 3 DAYS!! Weather info: Conference days are going to be sunny, but nights in Torino can be a bit chilly. The temperature in university rooms might be a bit cool, too, especially if the A/C is on.

Make sure to pack some layers so you stay comfortable. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Minding the Present: Bodies, Places, Matter in and between Australia and Europe

Università degli Studi di Padova
17-19 settembre 2025

Webinar for EASA 2025 plenary lectures: unipd.zoom.us/j/81857360208

Our parade of #AIA32 plenary speakers concludes with Caroline Tagg, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at #OpenUniversity and current #BAAL Chair. Her widely recognized research focuses on digital communication practices.
Click here for further info profiles.open.ac.uk/caroline-tagg

CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop: Migrants’ voices in discourse: bottom-up perspectives on migration

La Sapienza University in Rome, 4th November 2025

Organisers: Samuel Bennett, Sofia Lampropoulou, Franco Zappettini

Send a 300-word abstract to franco.zappettini@uniroma1.it by 20th September

1 WEEK to #AIA32!
Our 3rd plenary speaker is Carol O'Sullivan, Associate Professor at Bristol University. She has published on audiovisual translation, translation history, and literary translation.
Click here for further information research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/c...

The #AIA32 final programme is now available on the conference website.
Access it directly here: corep.it/images/aia20...

Radhika Jha, our second plenary speaker, is the author of 5 critically acclaimed books Her novel "Smell" (2001) won the Prix Guerlain in 2002. Jha is also an Indian classical dancer.
We are honored to have her at #AIA32!
Click here for further info harpercollins.co.in/author-detai...

Meet our first plenary speaker, Professor ROSSELLA CIOCCA from #unior. Her research interests include postcolonial literature and theory/Black British,South Asian, diasporic, and Indian literatures/ecocriticism and cli-fi/trans- and post-humanism. We can’t wait to hear her plenary lecture at #AIA32!

CFP - EXTENSION
Resilience and Adaptation in Intercultural and Educational Mediation: Rethinking Practices in the Era of AI
Treviso Campus of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
28-29 October 2025

NEW deadline: 10/09/2025

More info: www.unive.it/web/en/15642...

September is here, which means AIA32 is just around the corner! 🎉 Over the next few days, we’ll be presenting our plenary speakers and sharing important updates and last-minute details about the conference. Stay tuned and watch this space—you won’t want to miss it! 🚀 #AIA32 #WatchThisSpace