Call for Workshops

Call for Workshop Proposals for EvoLang 2026

Submission Deadline: 22 Sept 2025 (AoE)
Notification of Acceptance: 3 Oct 2025

EvoLang XVI (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) will host up to six thematically focused, half-day workshops on 7 April 2026. The half-day format can accommodate, for example, 8 half-hour slots with 15 minutes for an introduction and 30 minutes for breaks. Other formats within the allotted time are also welcome.

What to submit
Workshop proposals should be no more than 500 words excluding references.

Please specify the following:

• The theme of the workshop and how it fits EvoLang

• How many talks and how they will be reviewed

• A list of invited speakers, should they be known

• Whether and how the organisers plan to publish the proceedings/results of the workshop

• If applicable, a detailed motivation to limit the number of participants

How to Submit
Send proposals as a PDF attachment to evolang2026+workshops@gmail.com by 22 Sept 2025 (AoE). Notification of acceptance will be given by 3 Oct 2025. The detailed scheduling of the workshops and the quality of workshop contributions will be left to the workshop organisers, who are independently responsible for inviting and reviewing submissions and/or speakers for their workshop, and notifying participants in due time to register for the conference.

About the conference
The EvoLang conference series provides the major meeting for researchers worldwide in the origins and evolution of language. For more information, please see: http://evolang.org

See also the call for conference papers on the Evolang 2026 web site.