GLOWing lectures mailing list

We now have a GLOWing lectures mailing list! If you are not a GLOW member, but still wish to attend the GLOWing lectures, you are welcome to sign up to our mailing list (alternatively, you can also become a GLOW member, which we in general recommend).

To sign up for the mailing list, send an e-mail to sympa@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk with an empty subject and the following message body (where YOUR NAME stands for your given and family name(s)):

SUBSCRIBE glowing-lectures YOUR NAME

The zoom link for each lecture will be distributed a day before the lecture via this list (and to all active GLOW members).

Note: if you have signed up for a GLOWing lecture before (via the online form), you are NOT automatically transferred to the list. Please subscribe!

GLOW48: Call for Papers

The 48th GLOW Conference will take place on April 21-23, 2026, at the University of Siena (Italy) and will be preceded by a satellite workshop “Less documented languages in formal linguistics: empirical problems and theoretical perspectives”, to be held at the University of Florence on April 20, 2026. For further information please visit the conference website: https://www.congressi.unisi.it/glow48/

Instructions for submission:

  • Submission closes on December 2
  • The abstract must be submitted electronically using OpenReview: click here
  • Abstracts must be in PDF format.
  • Abstracts must not exceed two pages of A4 paper, including figures. References can be included on an additional page.
  • Abstracts should have 2.5 cm margins on all sides, set in a font no smaller than 12 points.
  • Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author, or two joint abstracts per author.
  • We recommend that authors create an OpenReview account at lest 15 days before the submission deadline.
  • Each abstract must indicate whether it is to be considered for a talk or poster.

GLOWing lectures 2025/2026

Our upcoming year of GLOWing lectures will have the umbrella topic “Linguistics and the world we live in” and feature three lectures:

  • Linguistics and Language Communities
  • Linguistics in Education
  • Linguistics and LLMs

Further, we start an additional sub-series of GLOWing lectures called “Languages deserving more attention” where a specialist of one language (family) shows what it fascinating about this language, how it contributes to our generative theories or challenges them. From 2025/26 on, these lectures will take place once a year, usually in the last slot (that is, in May or June).

Stay tuned for more information!