Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA):
January 16-17, 2026
The University of Texas at Austin
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Luke Fleming (University of Montreal)
The Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) is an annual conference that
brings together scholars from around the world who study the social life of language. We are
now accepting submissions for SALSA XXX, which will take place January 16-17, 2026. The
deadline for submissions is October 15, 2025.
One panel at this year’s conference will be devoted to the theme “Taboo and Transgression.”
For the other panels, we welcome papers on any topic concerning the use of language in social
life. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
● Speech play and verbal art
● Language and social interaction
● Gesture and embodiment
● Language ideologies
● Semiotics
● New media and AI
● Language policy and planning
● Language documentation and
revitalization
● Raciolinguistics
● Multilingualism and language contact
● Political communication
● Language and posthumanism
If you would like to submit your paper for consideration on the thematic panel, please indicate
so on your proposal. If your proposal is not accepted to the thematic panel, you will still be
considered for the conference as a whole.
Submission Guidelines
The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2025.
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words as an attachment to
salsa.austin.tx@gmail.com
Subject: SALSA XXX Abstract
Please include the following in your email message but NOT in the abstract (with the exception
of title, which should appear in both):
● Paper Title
● Author’s name (if more than one author, list primary author first followed by
subsequent authors)
● Consideration for thematic panel?: Yes _ No _
● Author(s) affiliation
● E-mail address at which author prefers to be contacted
● Font: Times New Roman, size 12; 1.5 inter-line spacing
● Equipment required for presentation
For more information about the conference, see https://sites.utexas.edu/salsa/
Questions can be sent to salsa.austin.tx@gmail.com
Conference Organizers
The conference is presented by the SALSA Graduate Student Organization at UT-Austin,
Jessica Bernard (co-chair), Kristina Juergensmeyer (co-chair), Will Norton, and Maximilian
Conrad.
SALSA
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Anthropology
William C. Powers (WCP) 4.1144
Phone: (512) 471-4206
Email: salsa.austin.tx@gmail.com