Asian Languages in the History of Lexicography
Short Title: chedil-alhl

Date: 23-Mar-2026 - 25-Mar-2026
Location: Montpellier, France
Contact: Mariarosaria Gianninoto
Contact Email: [email protected]
Meeting URL: https://chedil-alhl.sciencesconf.org/

Linguistic Field(s): History of Linguistics; Language Documentation; Lexicography

Submission Deadline: 15-Oct-2025

The conference will take place from 23 to 25 March 2026 at Université de Montpellier Paul Valéry (Montpellier, France). It is organized within the framework of the ChEDiL Project, funded by the French Research Agency (ANR-23-CE27-0008; https://chedil.hypotheses.org/), in collaboration with the ReSO research group of Université de Montpellier Paul Valéry.
We welcome submissions on the history of lexicography, with a particular focus on dictionaries involving Asian languages. This includes both monolingual and multilingual dictionaries involving Asian and European languages. We encourage submissions addressing the history of lexicography and linguistics in other regions of the world.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- The history of lexicography
- European dictionaries of Asian languages
- Asian dictionaries of European languages
- Historical linguistics
- Critical editions of manuscripts
- Digital humanities and the history of lexicography

For the full call for papers, submission guidelines, and practical details, please visit the conference website: https://chedil-alhl.sciencesconf.org/