6th Annual Modern Languages & Linguistics Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference
“Fluidity & Musicality: Exploring the Rhythms of Language, Culture, and Identity”
Date: 27-Feb-2025 – 28-Feb-2025
Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Contact Person: Austin Howard
Meeting Email: mllgradconference@gmail.com
Web Site: Submission link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUWEcizY1l8kjiOjwxjunVKAoleCmSk674lot6SswILChEMQ/viewform
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Ling & Literature
Call Deadline: 01-Dec-2024
Meeting Description:
The Literature & Linguistics Interdisciplinary Conference (LINC), organized by the junior scholars of the Modern Languages and Linguistics Department at Florida State University, invites submissions for its 2025 conference on the theme “Fluidity & Musicality: Exploring the Rhythms of Language, Culture, and Identity.” This interdisciplinary event seeks to explore how concepts of fluidity and musicality intersect across various fields such as language, literature, culture, linguistics. The conference encourages discussions that reflect the dynamic and evolving nature of identity, sound, and expression, creating a space for vibrant interdisciplinary dialogue.
“Fluidity & Musicality” invites participants to consider how the sonic qualities of communication influence not just meaning, but intimacy, longing, and expression. From the rhythmic cadences of poetry to the harmonic resonances of spoken language, we encourage submissions that highlight the musical dimensions of language—where the timbre of a voice, the tempo of a dialogue, or the dissonance of a narrative can evoke visceral responses, igniting or disrupting desire and reshaping our sense of connection.
Exploring “fluidity” through perspectives from musicology, ethnomusicology, literature, linguistics, and cultural studies, this framework searches through change, hybridity, transformation, and continuity across musical forms, narrative structures, performance practices, and identity expressions.
Call for Papers:
Submission Guidelines
We invite proposals for the following formats:
Individual Papers: 20-minute presentations followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Please submit a 250-word abstract detailing your proposed paper.
Short Presentations: 10-minute presentations followed by a brief discussion. Please submit a 150-word abstract for these shorter contributions.
Panel Proposals: 60–90-minute sessions organized around a central theme related to “Fluidity & Musicality.” Panel proposals should include a 250-word abstract for the panel and 150-word abstracts for each presenter.
Submit your abstract via the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUWEcizY1l8kjiOjwxjunVKAoleCmSk674lot6SswILChEMQ/viewform by Sunday December 1st, 2024, at midnight. All proposals should include the presenter’s name, institutional affiliation, and contact information. Please indicate if you require any special equipment or accommodation for your presentation.
For questions or additional information, please contact LINC’s organizing committee at mllgradconference@gmail.com.