The 27th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction and Social Organization
Short Title: LISO 27

Date: 23-May-2025 - 24-May-2025
Location: University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Contact: LISO Conference
Contact Email: [email protected]
Meeting URL: https://www.liso.ucsb.edu/conferences

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics

Theme: Research and (Re)action

The LISO conference promotes interdisciplinary research and discussion in the analysis of naturally occurring human interaction. Papers will be presented by national and international scholars on a variety of topics in the study of language, interaction, and culture.

The conference will feature plenary presentations by Dr. Lynnette Arnold (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Dr. Shannon Ward (University of British Columbia, Okanagan), and Dr. Kevin Whitehead (University of California, Santa Barbara). The conference will take place on May 23rd and 24th, and will be followed on May 25th by a symposium on “Representing Language and Its Users.”

This year, the conference theme is “Research and (Re)action.” This theme invites research that is engaged with the sociopolitical implications of language including: language and activism, language and resistance, language and social justice, and community-engaged approaches to research. We have put this theme forward in the hopes of fostering conversations about the role of language, interaction, and culture in the contemporary global sociopolitical climate.

The conference will take place in hybrid format, with presenters and attendees both in person and online.

Plenary speakers:
Dr. Lynnette Arnold – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. Shannon Ward – University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Dr. Kevin Whitehead – University of California, Santa Barbara

The registration link can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXZwo4O8kihAGOXka_KJkqf4CDG46BqY2Sh6chC9vVFa1YfA/viewform

The website of LISO is here: https://www.liso.ucsb.edu/

Complete program information will be available on the website soon. There will be eight presentations on the 23rd and 13 on the 24th, with a range of both US and international presenters.