Annual Colloquium 2023 of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas

Vila Real, Auditórios B0.01 & B0.02 Complexo Laboratorial, 4-6 September 2023
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)
Centro de Estudos em Letras (CEL)

Colloquium Date

The colloquium has ended

What counts as scientific in the History of Linguistics?

Every scholar who does research in the History of the Language Sciences has an idea of what approaches are ‘scientific’, what are ‘pre-scientific’, or even what might be unscientific. In many ways, we associate these beliefs with certain ‘canonical’ works, to which the literature ascribes an exemplary function in relation to works that appeared later. Are these divisions as clear-cut as we often think they are, or perhaps not? We look forward to all contributions that deal with this issue.

In addition, we also cordially invite papers dedicated to any topic in the History of Linguistics.

Presentations should not exceed the maximum duration of 20 minutes (allowing for 10 minutes of discussion). Proposals should be submitted by e-mail (hss2023@utad.pt) no later than 15 march 2023 and should contain the following information:

  • Name
  • Institutional affiliation (if any)
  • email address
  • and abstract (ca. 250 words, written in the language the paper will be presented in).

In addition, proposals for panels should include a short statement (ca. 100-150 words) from the panel organiser(s) giving the rationale for the panel.

Notification of acceptance will be made by 31 March 2023.

Please note that the XXXII. Internationales Kolloquium des “Studienkreis ‘Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft'” (SGdS) will take place in Vila Real from 7-9 September 2023. Active participation in both Colloquia is cordially invited and will be possible at a discounted price (https://hss2023.cel.utad.pt/venue-info).

In order to benefit from reduced registration fees, we encourage all participants to join the HSS as a member in due time before the colloquium (www.henrysweet.org/join-the-society).

Early registration ended May 7th

Event Registration Fees

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Participant (with paper)

HSS Member
150 €
  • Colloquium Entrance

  • Coffee Breaks

  • Lunch on 4, 5 and 6 Sep.

  • Colloquium Material

  • It was 100€ before May 7th

Participant (with paper)

NON HSS Member
230 €
  • Colloquium Entrance

  • Coffee Breaks

  • Lunch on 4, 5 and 6 Sep.

  • Colloquium Material

  • It was 180€ before May 7th

HSS & SGdS Participant (with paper)

HSS Member
250 €
  • Colloquium Entrance

  • Coffee Breaks

  • Lunch on 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Sep.

  • Colloquium Material

  • It was 150€ before May 7th

HSS & SGdS Participant (with paper)

NON HSS Member
300 €
  • Colloquium Entrance

  • Coffee Breaks

  • Lunch on 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 Sep.

  • Colloquium Material

  • It was 200€ before May 7th

PhD Student (with paper)

HSS Member
100 €
  • Colloquium Entrance

  • Coffee Breaks

  • Lunch on 4, 5 and 6 Sep.

  • Colloquium Material

  • It was 75€ before May 7th

PhD Student (with paper)

NON HSS Member
175 €
  • Colloquium Entrance

  • Coffee Breaks

  • Lunch on 4, 5 and 6 Sep.

  • Colloquium Material

  • It was 150€ before May 7th

Participant without paper

50 €
  • Colloquium Entrance

  • Coffee Breaks

  • Lunch on 4, 5 and 6 Sep.

  • Colloquium Material

  • It was 25€ before May 7th

Conference Dinner

Restaurant and menu to be announced
40 €
  • Tuesday, 5th September

Visit to the Casa de Mateus

15 €
  • Wednesday, 6th September, afternoon

  • https://casademateus.com/?lang=en

SGdS Conference Dinner

Restaurant and menu to be announced
40 €
  • If registering for both colloquia you can also register for both dinners

  • Friday, 8th September

Visit to the Douro Valley

60 €
  • This visit is at the end of the SGdS Colloqium

  • Saturday, 9th September

Schedule Dates

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    Auditórios B0.01 & B0.02

  • Address

    Complexo Laboratorial, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal

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