11th Slavic Linguistics Society Annual Meeting

Call for Papers

September 23-25, 2016

Toronto, Canada

​We invite individual abstract submissions and panel proposals on all topics and frameworks within Slavic linguistics.

Please note that current SLS-membership is a precondition for presenting at the annual meeting. Participants will be able to join SLS (or renew their membership) when registering for the conference online.

Invited Speakers

Barbara Citko (University of Washington)
Marc Greenberg (University of Kansas)
Andrea Sims (The Ohio State University)


Abstract Submission Guidelines

Abstracts (limit 3000 characters) should be written in English or Russian. In case of acceptance, oral presentations are possible in other Slavic languages as long as a summary in English or Russian is provided.

Abstracts and other proposals should be submitted online at sls2016@utoronto.ca. They should be anonymous, i.e. should not contain name(s) or affiliations(s) of the author(s) or any other self-identifying information. Submissions are limited to one single-authored or one joint abstract. The paper title, author name(s), affiliation(s), status (if graduate student) and contact information should be given in the body of the email. There will be a small number of competitive travel scholarships awarded to graduate students whose abstracts are accepted.

Thematic panel proposals should include panel title plus names of participants. Contact Joseph Schallert by 15 February 2016.

Abstract and paper proposal submission deadline: March 15, 2016

Notification of acceptance for papers and panels: April 1, 2016


The conference is hosted by:

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Department of Linguistics


University of Toronto