Annual summer school of the Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HISoN)

Host Institution: Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL)
Coordinating Institution: Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL)
Website: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2025/07/hison-summer-school-2025

Dates: 20-Jul-2025 – 27-Jul-2025
Location: Metochi Study Centre on the island of Lesbos, Greece

Minimum Education Level: BA/MA/PhD

Special Qualifications: There is space for only 40 graduate students and young (at heart!) researchers.

Focus: Historical sociolinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Historical linguistics

Description:

The summer schools organised by the Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN) offer classes by leading experts on modern and historical sociolinguists. There is space for only 40 graduate students and young (at heart!) researchers so you are advised to book early.

The summer school lasts for one week with arrival on Sunday 20 July, classes from Monday to Saturday, and departure on Sunday 27 July in the morning. During the week, there will also be an excursion. You will have the opportunity to present your own research at a special session.

The following courses will be offered:
– Lenore Grenoble (Chicago), Reconstructing sociolinguistic variation in contact settings: Slavic from east to west
– Penelope Gardner-Chloros (Birkbeck), You say code-switching, I say Translanguaging – let’s call the whole thing off
– Ernst Håkon Jahr (Agder), Language planning as a sociolinguistic experiment: can the Norwegian case serve as a model for an independent Ukraine?
– Peter Bakker (Aarhus), Historical sources of creole languages and their sociolinguistic implications
– Andreas Krogull (Zürich), Crossing borders and boundaries: Multilingual repertoires and practices in historical sociolinguistics
– Anna Havinga (Bristol), Societal multilingualism and vernacularisation: Transitioning from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period
– Stephan Elspass (Salzburg), Standardisation histories in a view ‘from above’ and ‘from below’

Tuition: EUR 750
Tuition Explanation: Registration includes housing, meals (breakfast, lunch dinner), tuition, the excursion, and the transfers from Mytilene airport (Lesbos) to Metochi and back. The fee for participation is € 750, after the 1st of May, the fee will be €800.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
French (fra)
German (deu)
Russian (rus)
Ukrainian (ukr)

Language Family(ies): Creole
Germanic
Romance
Slavic
Registration: 17-Feb-2025 to 01-Jun-2025

Contact Person: Gijsbert Rutten
Email: g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Apply on the web: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2025/07/hison-summer-school-2025

Registration Instructions:
Follow the link on the website (https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2025/07/hison-summer-school-2025) to get to the registration form.