Call for Papers

Dear Conference Participants,

Following the international conference Applied Linguistics in the Face of the Challenges of a Changing World (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 24–26 September 2025), we invite submissions for a blind peer-reviewed post-conference volume:

 “Applied Linguistics in Transformation: Language, Literature and Culture”

The publication will bring together original studies that explore how contemporary linguistic, cultural, and technological change shapes communication, translation, and social life. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions addressing new directions in applied linguistics in its broadest interdisciplinary sense.

The volume will include papers related to the following thematic sections:

• Language, Power, and Social Transformation
• Linguistic Approaches to the Multilingual World
• Communication and Cultures in Contact in the Age of Globalization
• Translation and Mediation in a Changing World
• Technology, Corpora, and Computational Linguistics
• New trends in Glottodidactics
• Language, Literature, and Cultural Imagination

To ensure the coherence of the publication and increase the chances of acceptance by a leading academic publisher, contributions should be written in English and demonstrate solid scholarly grounding, methodological transparency, and clear relevance to one of the listed thematic areas.

Authors who prefer to publish in German are invited to submit their papers to the journal Glottodidactica, with a short note to the editors indicating that it is a post-ILSc conference paper. For both the edited volume and Glottodidactica, acceptance will be based on thematic alignment with the respective publication and a positive outcome of the blind review process.

Authors interested in contributing to the publication are kindly requested to submit the title and abstract of their proposed article via the submission form (submissions must be made through the Google Form no later than 31 December 2025. Submissions received after this date cannot be accepted.

The abstract should be around 2,000 characters, including spaces, and must not exceed this limit. It should indicate the article’s relevance to the publication’s theme, outline the research assumptions and findings, and include a bibliography.

Full papers of 20,000 to a maximum of 30,000 characters including spaces should be submitted by 01 March 2026. Owing to the editorial schedule, this deadline is final. Publication guidelines will be sent to authors after the list of submissions has been compiled.

Thematic chapters - descriptions

• Language, Power, and Social Transformation

Critical and discourse-analytic perspectives on language and ideology, populism, social inequality, and linguistic justice. How does language construct, maintain, or resist power in contemporary societies?

• Linguistic Approaches to the Multilingual World

Theorizing and analyzing multilingualism in global contexts: language contact, hybrid repertoires, translanguaging, and the sociolinguistics of migration and mobility.

• Communication and Cultures in Contact in the Age of Globalization

Intercultural pragmatics, communicative styles, and the negotiation of meaning across languages and communities. Cultural and linguistic adaptation in diplomatic, media, and professional settings.

• Challenges of Translation and Mediation in a Changing World

Translation and interpreting as cultural and ideological acts. Challenges of technological mediation, post-editing, AI translation, and ethics in interlingual communication.

• Technology, Corpora, and Computational Linguistics

The role of technology in shaping linguistic research and practice: corpus design, data annotation, NLP applications, and digital methods in applied linguistics.

• New trends in Glottodidactics

Innovative methods of foreign language teaching and learning, challenges of integrating acculturation issues into language education, language education in the era of migration crises

• Language, Literature, and Cultural Imagination

Intersections of linguistics and literary studies. How language in literature shapes social realities, cultural memory, and identity; stylistic and narrative dimensions of linguistic change.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your participation in the conference and eagerly anticipate the submission of your articles.

Yours faithfully,
Editorial Committee