23rd Old-World Conference in Phonology
Short Title: OCP23

Date: 14-Jan-2026 - 16-Jan-2026
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Contact: Yury Makarov
Contact Email: [email protected]
Meeting URL: https://www.phonetics.mmll.cam.ac.uk/ocp23

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories; Phonetics; Phonology; Typology

The 23rd Old-World Conference in Phonology (OCP23) will take place at Gonville & Caius College in Cambridge (United Kingdom) from 14 January to 16 January 2026. We invite submissions reflecting various perspectives on phonology, including but not limited to formal, typological, and laboratory approaches. Abstracts based on first-hand empirical data, especially field data on lesser-resourced languages, are particularly encouraged.

The conference will be held in person, though an online option for non-presenting attendees is planned. Presenters are welcome to specify whether they prefer the traditional talk (20+10 mins) or poster formats. Submissions from students and early career researchers are welcome. One person can submit up to two abstracts: one single-/co-authored and one co-authored.

The Old-World Conference in Phonology (OCP) was founded in 2003 by the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics and the Meertens Institute. Initially inspired by a series of HIL-Phonology (HILP) conferences held in Leiden, Amsterdam, and Potsdam, OCP has grown into a prominent annual event that attracts both junior and senior researchers from around the globe. Over the years, OCP has been hosted in various cities across Europe (most recently in Amsterdam), including Warsaw, Verona, London, Düsseldorf, Budapest, Barcelona, Leiden, Istanbul, Berlin, Marrakech, Nice, Edinburgh, Toulouse, Rhodes, Budapest, Tromsø, Leiden, Eivissa, Donostia/San Sebastian, and Tours. Each conference features a diverse range of presentations covering both experimental and theoretical aspects of phonology.

Key dates:
14 April 2025: submissions open
15 June 2025: submissions close
15 August 2025: accepted submissions' authors notified
14–16 January 2026: conference takes place in Cambridge

Submission link: https://www.phonetics.mmll.cam.ac.uk/ocp23/submit
Author guidelines: https://www.phonetics.mmll.cam.ac.uk/ocp23/guidelines
More details available on the conference website: https://www.phonetics.mmll.cam.ac.uk/ocp23

Main organisers:
Yury Makarov ([email protected])
Prof. Bert Vaux ([email protected])