Full Title: 5th School of Languages Conference
Short Title: SOLCON V
Theme: Language, Digital Humanities, and Climate Change: Rethinking Communication, Education, and Advocacy in the Digital Age

Date: 15-Oct-2025 - 17-Oct-2025
Location: Legon, Accra, Ghana
Contact Person: School of Languages, University of Ghana
Meeting Email: [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 08-Aug-2025

2nd Call for Papers:

The conference, scheduled for October 15–17, 2025, on the pristine campus of the University of Ghana, will explore the theme: “Language, Digital Humanities, and Climate Change: Rethinking Communication, Education, and Advocacy in the Digital Age.” We are honored to welcome Prof Dr. Adams Bodomo as our keynote speaker, a distinguished scholar and Chair Professor of African Linguistics and Literatures at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Sub-themes include but are not limited to:
1. Linguistic Framing of Climate Change - How language shapes public perception, policy, and activism.
2. Digital Humanities & Climate Narratives - Using text mining, Al, and computational linguistics to study climate discourse
3. Misinformation & Climate Denialism - Digital strategies for detecting and countering climate misinformation
4. Climate Education & Multilingual Communication - The role of language in climate literacy across different educational systems and cultures.
5. Storytelling, Indigenous, Knowledge & Climate Justice - How digital humanities can amplify marginalized voices in climate discourse

Submission Guidelines:
- Must be in English, French or an African language (500 words max)
- Must be accompanied by 5-6 keywords
- Must be fully anonymised
- Only one single and one co-authored submission allowed

In a separate document, attach a brief summary biography (100-150words) for each author, highlighting their research interests, academic background.

The new deadline for submissions is 8th August 2025. Notification of acceptance is scheduled for August 29, 2025.

Email all submissions to [email protected]