16th International Conference on Romani Linguistics, 23-25 Sept. 2025
The International Conference on Romani Linguistics (ICRL) was founded in Hamburg in 1993 by Yaron Matras and has since been held at approximately two-year intervals in Amsterdam, Prague, Manchester, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Graz, Stockholm, Oslo, Paris, Belgrade (online), and Milan. As the principal forum for scholarly exchange in Romani linguistics, the ICRL typically gathers 40–50 international researchers. Papers focus on descriptive linguistics, language documentation, typology, contact and historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and other areas. The conference ethos is to encourage the application of methods and theory from general linguistics to Romani, and to identify distinctive issues where the study of Romani has the potential to enrich discussions in general linguistics. Over the past three decades, the ICRL series has seen a generational shift with growing participation from early-career scholars. Its scope has expanded to include experimental and corpus-based methods, ethnolinguistic and anthropological research, and philological work on early printed sources, databases and digital atlases. The range of linguistic varieties has broadened as well, with increasing focus on varieties and contact varieties of Romani from regions including Italy, Britain, Scandinavia, Ukraine, and Iran, as well as historically related dialects of Domari and Lomavren from the Middle East and Caucasus.
This year’s conference invites contributions in all areas relating to Romani linguistics, including aspects of multilingualism and language education involving Romani, language policy, descriptive and historical linguistics and language documentation. Proposals are also invited for contributions to a panel on ‘Romani linguistics and public engagement’.
The conference will take place in person on site; online participation is not possible.
Academic Committee:
Ioana Aminian Jazi
Thede Kahl
Yaron Matras
Giulia Meli
Andrea Scala
Date:
23-25 September 2025
Location:
Seminar room 1,
Campus of the Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Vienna
Organization:
Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH),
in cooperation with Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH)
Contact:
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