The International Society for Language Studies, co-sponsored by Wilfrid Laurier University, will hold a conference from June 28-30, 2018 at the Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, about one hour outside of Toronto. The theme of the conference will be “Intersections of Language Studies and Social/Political Movements, Activism, and Participation.” The proposal submission system is now closed and we are no longer accepting proposals. Notification of proposal acceptance or rejection will be sent by January 31st, 2018. All presenters who have not registered for the conference by March 15, 2018 will not be scheduled in the conference program. Selected conference papers will be published in a special issue of Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: An International Journal or in the Readings in Language Studies peer-reviewed book series in 2019. Both publication opportunities are peer-reviewed.
