Venues for GLOW 49, 50 & 51

We are happy to announce the venues for the next three GLOW colloquia:

  • GLOW 49 (2027): Lisbon, Portugal (main organizers: Marcel den Dikken, Anabela Gonçalves and Ana Lucia Santos)

  • GLOW 50 (2028): Utrecht, the Netherlands (main organizer: Norbert Corver)

  • GLOW 51 (2029): Bayonne, Basque Country, France (main organizer: Aritz Irurtzun)

The exact results of the votes were:

Lisbon: 138 in favour, 2 against (98.58 % vs. 1.42%)
Utrecht: 117 in favour, 6 against (95.12% vs. 1.95)
Bayonne: 121 in favour, 4 against (96.8 % vs 1.3%)

Thanks to all members for voting. We are very much looking forward to seeing many of you in the upcoming years!

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.