2023
The 14th International Free Linguistics Conference will be held from September 29 – October 1, 2023, at Kadir Has Üniversitesi in Istanbul, Türkiye.
This year, in support of women’s rights worldwide, we have invited an all female group of Focus Speakers:
Adriana Gonzalez, University of Antioquia, Colo
mbia
Alia Amir, SOAS University of London
Gülsen Eryigit, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye
Hasret Saygi, İstanbul 29 Mayıs University, Türkiye
Priscilla Angela T. Cruz, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Wafa Zoghbor, Zayed University, UAE
As usual, the conference will have no registration charges, will be free of themes, and it will also question coloniality enabling etymologies and practic
es in academia. Please do note that since the conference does not charge registration fees, it is also unable to provide sponsorship to participants.
Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline: June 1, 2023
Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2023
Conference dates: September 29 – October 1, 2023
Organizing Committee:
Feza Kerestecioğlu, Kadir Has University
Yasemin Bayyurt, Boğaziçi University
Ahmar Mahboob, University of Sydney
Dilek İnal, University of Istanbul ― Cerrahpaşa
Talip Gülle, Bartın University
Sponsor:
This event is sponsored by Duru ELT.
Venue and directions:
The conference venue, Kadir has University, is right at the heart of Istanbul and very close to the historical city center. You can find about how to arrive at the university via public transport, on the university web page (https://www.khas.edu.tr/en/access-to-campus/) and the links therein.
Many hotels are located around Sultanahmet (Old Town) (https://bit.ly/3LMSPbn) or Taksim (https://bit.ly/42g7O4t) area. You can use eith
er tramway line T1 to reach Eminönü stop from Sultanahmet, or M2 Metro line to arrive at Golden Horn (Haliç) station from Taksim. From any one of these places, it takes ten minutes’ walk to the university, or you change to tram line T5, whose route has been recently extended and has now a stop just in front of Kadir Has University. You can als
o check the bus lines that stop right in front of the university on link above.
For the public transport network of Istanbul, please see https://www.metro.istanbul/en/YolcuHizmetleri/AgHaritalari. Also, Istanbulkart is a convenient and economical way of paying for public transport in Istanbul (https://istanbulepass.com/how-to-get-istanbul-kart.html)
Hotel information:
You may wish to check the following hotels, from which you can reach the university easily.
Movenpick Hotel Istanbul Golden Horn, https://www.movenpickistanbulgoldenhorn.com/, +90-(212)-600 16 00, Take tramline T5 for Cibali station (6 stops)
The Marmara Taksim Hotel, https://www.themarmarahotels.com/taksim, +90-(212)-334 83 00, Take the underground line M2 for Haliç (Golden Horn) station (2 stops)
Troya Hotel https://troyahotelbalat.com/, info@troyahotelbalat.com, +90-(212)-531 48 58, Walk to Kadir Has University (< 10 min)
Conference Programme:
You can download the conference programme here.
Book of Abstracts:
You can download the final version of the Book of Abstracts here.
Instructions to Poster Presenters:
Poster boards will be 1 x 1.5 m in size. You can prepare your posters in portrait orientation and up to A0 (~85 x 120 cm) size.
Instructions to Oral Presenters:
All rooms will be equipped with laptops. Please make sure to bring your PowerPoint presentation on a USB Flash memory. If you wish, you can also bring your own laptop. Each oral presentation will be allocated 30 minutes, that is, 20 min for presentation and 10 min for Q&A. Please start and finish your presentation in the allotted time. This is important since we will have several parallel sessions and the audience will be moving back and forth during the sessions.
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