Full Title: Approaches to Migration, Language and Identity
Short Title: AMLI

Date: 08-Sep-2025 - 09-Sep-2025
Location: Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Manel Herat
Meeting Email: [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discipline of Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 20-Apr-2025

2nd Call for Papers:

AMLI deadline extended until 20th April 2025

AMLI is an interdisciplinary conference that showcases international research on migration, language and identity. Migration is one of the defining forces shaping the modern world. In the current landscape of continuous population flows driven by conflicts, climate change and economic pressures, migration is reshaping societies and foregrounding issues of language, identity and belonging. With its legacy as a maritime hub, Liverpool bears witness to centuries of linguistic encounters through migration and the forging of transcultural identities. Scholars working on migration, language and identity in disciplines such as the humanities, disability studies, education, geography and social sciences are invited to submit their proposals.

Proposals for research papers could cover, but are not restricted to, the following topic areas:

1. Language, migration and technology
a) apps and online courses which help migrant's language acquisition
b) the role played by social media in connecting migrant communities and preservation of linguistic identity
c) the impact of machine translation and interpreting language using AI in different applied contexts, e.g. health, education
d) migrants use of digital platforms to access health, education, legal services in host language(s) and issues of privacy and surveillance
e) The language used in media representations of migrants

2. Lifestyle migration, language and identity
a) Language and identity in retirement migration
b) Lifestyle migrants' emotional connection (or lack thereof) to new places
c) The connection between language, identity and social status

3. Language, transnationalism and identity
a. the negotiation of linguistic identities across borders
b. bilingualism and multilingualism in transnational families
c. The influence of global media on migrant identity and language use across borders
d. The emergence of hybrid identities

4. Migration, language and intersectionality
a. Language barriers, disability and identity
b. The role of language in bi-cultural romance
c. LGBTQ+ migrant identities
d. language as a marker of discrimination

5. Historical cases of language and migration
a. trade routes and the development of lingua francas
b. historical refugee movements and language shift
c. child migrants and language acquisition
d. impact of colonialism on the development of new varieties of English

Proposals for papers should be anonymous and include:
1. Research question,
2. References to related research,
3. Research methodology,
4. (Expected) results.

Abstracts should not exceed 400 words, including title and references. Please submit abstracts to [email protected]

Abstract submission deadline: 20th April 2025
Notifications: 31st May 2025
Conference dates: Monday 8th to Tuesday 9th September 2025

We look forward to welcoming you in Liverpool

If you would like to book accommodation at the university, please email [email protected]