Full Title: Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 15
Short Title: TISLR 15

Date: 14-Jan-2025 - 17-Jan-2025
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Contact Person: Dr. Eyasu Hailu Tamene
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.tislrethiopia.org

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s): American Sign Language (ase)
English (eng)
Ethiopian Sign Language (eth)
Language Family(ies): African Deaf Sign Languages

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2024

Meeting Description:

Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) is the largest and the most prestigious conference where researchers involved in sign language research from around the world come to present and discuss their research findings. It is overseen by the board of the Sign Language Linguistic Society (SLLS – www.slls.eu). The first conference was held in Rochester, USA in 1986, and since then it has been held every three years on average, mainly in Europe and the United States.
At the 13th TISLR conference held in 2019 at the University of Hamburg in Germany, Ethiopia won the bid to host TISLR 15 in 2025. TISLR 15 is going to be held for the first time in the continent Africa, from January 14 - 17, 2025.

2nd Call for Papers:

The 15th Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR 15) is going to be held in Addis Ababa University, January 14 - 17, 2025. The Call for Abstract submission deadline is now extended to March 1, 2024. Students, researchers, area experts, academicians and policy makers are highly encouraged to submit their abstract.

Information about submission guidelines is available at - https://tislrethiopia.org/call-for-papers/