The Sociolinguistics Circle is an annual one day conference organised by a group of scholars working in the Low Countries (their names are appended below). The aim of the conference is to convene students and researchers of language variation, sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology/ethnography who have (some) connection to the Low Countries.

Particular emphasis is put on student participation: the conference is open to researchers of all levels, and this year we warmly invite BA & MA-students to submit their work. Students who wish to discuss work in progress can submit their work for poster presentation

After successful editions in Groningen and Ghent, we are happy to announce that the third edition will be hosted by the Centre for Language Studies of the Radboud University Nijmegen.

We welcome abstracts for paper and poster presentations which deal with variationist, sociolinguistic, dialectological, language-anthropological and ethnographical topics (in the broadest possible sense of these terms) investigated in any linguistic variety.

Abstracts can be submitted in English or Dutch, and should contain no more than 300 words (excluding references); they should be submitted via the Easy Abstracts site ofthe conference: 

Abstract submission deadline: February 29^th 2016

Notification of acceptance: March 15th 2016

Stefan Grondelaers

Roeland van Hout

Paul van Gent

Leonie Cornips (The Meertens Institute/Maastricht University)
Stefan Grondelaers (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Nanna Haug Hilton (University of Groningen)
Roeland van Hout (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Remco Knooihuizen (University of Groningen)
Jacomine Nortier (Utrecht University)
Jos Swanenberg (Tilburg University)
Veronique De Tier (Ghent University)
Hans Van de Velde (Fryske Akademy)

Conference website

For questions regarding conference aims, abstract submission & programme, please write to sociolinguisticscircle@gmail.com.