Listening to Language Change: Evidence of Emancipation

This guaranteed panel invites papers examining how emancipatory movements become visible through linguistic changes—historically, contemporarily, or in imagined futures—across disciplines. Please submit an abstract (max 300 words) and bio (max 50 words) for consideration.

Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Laura Francis, Maynooth University (frlaura@umich.edu )