North Atlantic Conference on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics 48
Short Title: NACAL

Date: 26-Sep-2025 - 28-Sep-2025
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Contact: Ahmad Al-Jallad
Contact Email: [email protected]
Meeting URL: https://nesa.osu.edu/events/north-atlantic-conference-afro-asiatic-linguistics-nacal-48

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic; Berber; Chadic; Cushitic; Semitic

Submission Deadline: 15-May-2025

After a brief hiatus following the Covid-19 phenomenon, the annual meeting of the North Atlantic Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL) is back and will be held at the Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, USA, from September 26-28, 2025. NACAL is an annual gathering featuring the presentation and discussion of original research on linguistic topics relevant to the languages of the Afroasiatic phylum (Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Omotic, and Semitic).

Call for papers:

Original contributions related to all aspects of Afroasiatic languages, including phonology, morphology, syntax, typology, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, language documentation and description, epigraphy, and more, are welcome.

Key dates:

Submission deadline: May 15, 2025
Notification of abstract acceptance: May 30, 2025
Conference: September 26-28, 2025 

Abstract submission:

Abstracts should be submitted in English, with glosses or translations for words or examples in any other language. Each abstract, including the title and any data in figures or tables, must not exceed 500 words. Authors are asked to remove all personal identification from the abstract. Each contributor can submit at most one single-authored and one co-authored paper.

Talks will be allotted 20 minutes for the presentation with 10 minutes for questions and answers. The deadline for all submissions is May 15, 2025. Abstracts should be submitted to [email protected]. Please be advised that late submissions may not be considered.

Registration Fee: 80 USD for Tenured Faculty; 50 USD for students, non-tenured faculty, and independent scholars

Questions and other correspondence should be directed to the conference organizers at [email protected].