Biennial of Czech Linguistics 2026
Short Title: BCL 2026

Date: 18-Nov-2026 – 20-Nov-2026
Location: Brno, Czech Republic
Contact Email: bcl2026@phil.muni.cz
Meeting URL: https://sites.google.com/mail.muni.cz/bcl2026en

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Submission Deadline: 30-Apr-2026

From 18 to 20 November 2026, the second Biennial of Czech Linguistics will take place at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno.

The aim of the Biennial is to cover Czech linguistics in its full methodological and thematic breadth. We welcome contributions and participants from all linguistic disciplines and philologies, representing a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches. The conference is structured around thematic workshops and will also include a general poster session and a popularisation programme.

The list of 15 accepted thematic workshops is available here: https://sites.google.com/mail.muni.cz/bcl2026en/workshops

Preliminary Submission Call Information:

The Organising Team and the organisers of thematic workshops invite the Czech and foreign linguistic community to submit contributions to the Biennial of Czech Linguistics 2026.

The CfP for BCL2026 will open on March 2 and close on April 30.

Contributors have the opportunity to submit their contribution to: 1. a specific thematic workshop; 2. the general poster session, which is thematically open; 3. the student poster session, which is connected to the Best Student Poster Award and is also thematically open.

All abstracts will undergo a double-blind review process conducted via the OpenReview platform. Final decisions regarding acceptance are made by the Organising Team in cooperation with the organisers of the respective workshops.

For questions regarding submissions, please visit https://sites.google.com/mail.muni.cz/bcl2026en/conference-call
or contact the organising team at: bcl2026@phil.muni.cz.

Plenary Speakers:

We are delighted to announce that the following speakers have accepted an invitation to deliver a keynote lecture at BCL 2026:
– Jonathan Bobaljik (Harvard University)
– Kateřina Chládková (Charles University, Czech Academy of Sciences)
– Stefan-Michael Newerkla (University of Vienna)

Best Student Poster Award:

The Organising Team of the Biennial of Czech Linguistics 2026 invites submissions for the Best Student Poster Award.
The Award will be granted in two categories: 1. PhD students; 2. Non-PhD students (BA and MA students). Authors must indicate their category when submitting their abstract.

Eligibility Criteria:
Only authors who have not been awarded a PhD degree before the abstract submission deadline are eligible. The student author must be the sole author of the poster or the first (main) author in the case of co-authored work. The deadline for submitting abstracts, formal requirements, and method of registration are identical to the rules for regular contributions to the Biennial of Czech Linguistics 2026.

Questions regarding the competition should be addressed to its organiser, Marcin Wągiel: marcin.wagiel@phil.muni.cz

Organisers:
Markéta Ziková
Pavel Kosek
Radek Čech
Hana Žižková
Michaela Boháčová
Radim Lacina
Anna Poĺomská