GLOW Linguistics

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)):

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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!

Our second GLOWing lecture of this year takes place on Friday, January 23, 16:00 CET and features Roni Katzir and Richard Futrell, discussing about Linguistics, LLMs and the inference to the best explanation. If you’re not a GLOW member, sign up for the Zoom link HERE.

The deadline for abstract submission for GLOW 48 in Siena (with a workshop in Florence) was extended to December 10! Submit an join us in beautiful Italy!

All infos here: https://www.congressi.unisi.it/glow48/

Today at 15:00 CET! The zoom link was sent to all members and everyone who signed up. For those of you who were late; no worries, the lecture will be available on YouTube after the weekend.

The slides can be found HERE.

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.

The umbrella topic of this year’s GLOWing lectures is Linguistics and the World we live in. Our first lecture takes place on Friday, November 21, 15:00 CET and features Michelle Sheehan & Eloisa Pilati discussing about why language teaching needs linguistics. If you’re not a GLOW member, sign up for the Zoom link HERE.

The Call for Papers for GLOW48 (Siena, April 2026) is out!
https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/3038/

The dates, speakers and discussants of the upcoming GLOWing lecture series are almost finalized-find all information here: https://glowlinguistics.org/upcoming-glowing-lectures/ and don’t forget to join us for our first lecture on Linguistics in Education (Michelle Sheehan & Eloisa Pilati) on November 21!

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!

Mark your calendars: GLOW 48 will be hosted by the University of Siena and takes place from April 21-23, 2026.