We are thrilled to invite you to the 16th Newcastle & Northumbria Postgraduate Conference in Language and Linguistics (NNPCiLL), a vibrant and dynamic forum for postgraduate students and researchers in language, linguistics and related fields to share their work.

The conference is scheduled for the 14th April 2026 at the main campus of Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne. We will be offering hybrid participation for both in-person and online attendees. 

We invite postgraduate students (including MA, MSc, MLitt, MPhil, and PhD) from all areas of linguistic research—both theoretical and applied—to contribute to the 16th NNPCiLL conference via either oral or poster presentation. The deadline for abstract submission is currently set at 31/01/2026. 

Call for abstracts.pdf

Abstract upload (guidelines below): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQVfouv8udlcB260Y1Jl_j4sMg_KrDjlDLcDFezYg0CoDxRg/viewform?usp=header

Abstract Guidelines: 

We ask that abstracts are kept to no more than one-side of A4 (11pt Arial font), with an additional page permitted for figures and references. All abstracts must be titled and fully anonymised. Applicants accepted for oral submission will be asked to perform a 20-minute presentation. Poster presentations will take the form of vertical A3 displays. Files should be submitted as a word-processed document or PDF via the following form:

Key dates: 

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 31/01/2026 

• Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 21/02/2026 

• Registration Deadline: 14/03/2026 

• Conference: 14/04/2026 

Proceedings: 

We plan to publish proceedings featuring high-quality papers presented at the conference and encourage all presenters to submit their work for consideration. Further details regarding submission guidelines and deadlines will be provided in due course.