Netzwerk Queerlinguistik
@queerlinguistik.bsky.social
Hier schreibt das DFG-Netzwerk Queerlinguistik:
https://www.netzwerk-queerlinguistik.uni-hamburg.de/
Forschung zu Sprache, Geschlecht und Sexualität in Deutschland, News und Infos zum Netzwerk, und all things queer linguistics!
(posts in de & en)
https://www.netzwerk-queerlinguistik.uni-hamburg.de/
Forschung zu Sprache, Geschlecht und Sexualität in Deutschland, News und Infos zum Netzwerk, und all things queer linguistics!
(posts in de & en)
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Hallo Welt!
Wir sind das DFG-geförderte Netzwerk Queerlinguistik.
Folgt uns für Forschung zu Sprache, Geschlecht und Sexualität, für Nachrichten und Infos zum Netzwerk, und für all things queer linguistics!
Wir sind das DFG-geförderte Netzwerk Queerlinguistik.
Folgt uns für Forschung zu Sprache, Geschlecht und Sexualität, für Nachrichten und Infos zum Netzwerk, und für all things queer linguistics!
Sehr gute Aussichten beim Arbeitstreffen unseres Netzwerks an der @viadrina.eu!
Unsere Mitglieder stellen heute Projekte zu sprachlichen Referenzen auf queere Menschen vor:
Labels der Selbstbeschreibung wie 'dyke',
die Semantik von FLINTA*,
mock pronouns,
Gender in literarischen Texten
und mehr 💡
Unsere Mitglieder stellen heute Projekte zu sprachlichen Referenzen auf queere Menschen vor:
Labels der Selbstbeschreibung wie 'dyke',
die Semantik von FLINTA*,
mock pronouns,
Gender in literarischen Texten
und mehr 💡
February 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Sehr gute Aussichten beim Arbeitstreffen unseres Netzwerks an der @viadrina.eu!
Unsere Mitglieder stellen heute Projekte zu sprachlichen Referenzen auf queere Menschen vor:
Labels der Selbstbeschreibung wie 'dyke',
die Semantik von FLINTA*,
mock pronouns,
Gender in literarischen Texten
und mehr 💡
Unsere Mitglieder stellen heute Projekte zu sprachlichen Referenzen auf queere Menschen vor:
Labels der Selbstbeschreibung wie 'dyke',
die Semantik von FLINTA*,
mock pronouns,
Gender in literarischen Texten
und mehr 💡
Wir freuen uns auch schon sehr!
Ab morgen an der @viadrina.eu: Arbeitstreffen des DFG-Netzwerks @queerlinguistik.bsky.social. Unser Schwerpunktthema ist dieses Mal "Referenzen auf queere Menschen", den Gastvortrag hält Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ferstl (Freiburg). Vorfreude!
February 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Wir freuen uns auch schon sehr!
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💪 Congratulations to @burscott.bsky.social and Francesca Vigo on the publication of their impressive collection!
👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview
@montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social
👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview
@montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
💪 Congratulations to @burscott.bsky.social and Francesca Vigo on the publication of their impressive collection!
👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview
@montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social
👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview
@montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social
Our members @theresaheyd.bsky.social and @vzie.bsky.social are organizing an interdisciplinary conference with Miriam Neuhausen (Heidelberg)—with amazing keynote speakers! Conference theme is "ethics of queer in/visibility," CfP is open, deadline March 31!
Call for Papers, please circulate!
Ethics of queer in/visibility
Heidelberg, September 30 - October 2, 2026
queer-in-visibility.de
Keynote speakers:
J Calder
(Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder)
Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social
(History, University of Warwick)
Ethics of queer in/visibility
Heidelberg, September 30 - October 2, 2026
queer-in-visibility.de
Keynote speakers:
J Calder
(Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder)
Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social
(History, University of Warwick)
February 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Our members @theresaheyd.bsky.social and @vzie.bsky.social are organizing an interdisciplinary conference with Miriam Neuhausen (Heidelberg)—with amazing keynote speakers! Conference theme is "ethics of queer in/visibility," CfP is open, deadline March 31!
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💡Learn about the use of gender-inclusive language across 14 European languages in this new book edited by Falco Pfalzgraf: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111701608/html#overview
@lhekanaho.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social @genderedform.bsky.social @michael-hornsby.bsky.social
@lhekanaho.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social @genderedform.bsky.social @michael-hornsby.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
💡Learn about the use of gender-inclusive language across 14 European languages in this new book edited by Falco Pfalzgraf: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111701608/html#overview
@lhekanaho.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social @genderedform.bsky.social @michael-hornsby.bsky.social
@lhekanaho.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social @genderedform.bsky.social @michael-hornsby.bsky.social
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Aktuell führe ich eine Umfrage zu Kurzwörtern wie LGBT+, LSBTI* usw. durch. Nehmt gerne teil und leitet sie gerne weiter:
umfragen.uni-hamburg.de/index.php/34...
umfragen.uni-hamburg.de/index.php/34...
Kurzwörter
umfragen.uni-hamburg.de
January 20, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Aktuell führe ich eine Umfrage zu Kurzwörtern wie LGBT+, LSBTI* usw. durch. Nehmt gerne teil und leitet sie gerne weiter:
umfragen.uni-hamburg.de/index.php/34...
umfragen.uni-hamburg.de/index.php/34...
Hot off the press: a guest issue of The Mouth Journal, co-edited by network member @miriam-z.bsky.social, on Producing, Evaluating, and Perpetuating Gender Difference through Language Practice.
new year new issue:
Out of the Norm?! Producing, Evaluating, and Perpetuating Gender Difference through Language Practice
Guest-edited by Miriam Zapf @miriam-z.bsky.social, Andrea Chagas López and Silke Jansen
Out of the Norm?! Producing, Evaluating, and Perpetuating Gender Difference through Language Practice
Guest-edited by Miriam Zapf @miriam-z.bsky.social, Andrea Chagas López and Silke Jansen
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Hot off the press: a guest issue of The Mouth Journal, co-edited by network member @miriam-z.bsky.social, on Producing, Evaluating, and Perpetuating Gender Difference through Language Practice.
The call for papers for Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32 (Edinburgh) is now open! Deadline: 28 March 2026.
The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup:
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The call for papers for Lavender Languages & Linguistics 32 (Edinburgh) is now open! Deadline: 28 March 2026.
The deadline for submitting an abstract has been extended to January 9th, 2026! :)
#CfP The conference "identity construction and English(es) from the margins" (Univ de Lorraine/Metz) explores intersections of language, identity work, and marginalization, including (but not limited to) queer and trans perspectives. The call closes on Dec 19: engmargins.sciencesconf.org
Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins - Sciencesconf.org
Appel à communications
engmargins.sciencesconf.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The deadline for submitting an abstract has been extended to January 9th, 2026! :)
It was a pleasure to have you, Lindsay—and we can only second Martin Stegu's call to action!
Had a great time at the Queer Linguistics Workshop at the 49th Austrian Linguistics Conference @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social!
Huge thanks to organizers Oliver Bunk, Nicholas Catasso, J. Mx Gaul & @vzie.bsky.social for making it possible! (Photo from Martin Stegu's talk)
Huge thanks to organizers Oliver Bunk, Nicholas Catasso, J. Mx Gaul & @vzie.bsky.social for making it possible! (Photo from Martin Stegu's talk)
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It was a pleasure to have you, Lindsay—and we can only second Martin Stegu's call to action!
#CfP The conference "identity construction and English(es) from the margins" (Univ de Lorraine/Metz) explores intersections of language, identity work, and marginalization, including (but not limited to) queer and trans perspectives. The call closes on Dec 19: engmargins.sciencesconf.org
Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins - Sciencesconf.org
Appel à communications
engmargins.sciencesconf.org
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#CfP The conference "identity construction and English(es) from the margins" (Univ de Lorraine/Metz) explores intersections of language, identity work, and marginalization, including (but not limited to) queer and trans perspectives. The call closes on Dec 19: engmargins.sciencesconf.org
Netzwerk Queerlinguistik on tour: Our members Oliver Bunk @lvrbk.bsky.social and Vroni Zieglmeier @vzie.bsky.social are co-hosting (with Nicholas Catasso & Mx Gaul) a workshop on queer linguistics at the Austrian Linguistics Conference #ÖLT2025 in Klagenfurt!
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Netzwerk Queerlinguistik on tour: Our members Oliver Bunk @lvrbk.bsky.social and Vroni Zieglmeier @vzie.bsky.social are co-hosting (with Nicholas Catasso & Mx Gaul) a workshop on queer linguistics at the Austrian Linguistics Conference #ÖLT2025 in Klagenfurt!
Hot off the press: Sörries-Vorberger (2025) on pronoun specifications in German email signatures, reporting on survey data from students and staff at the University of Hamburg.
Just published: an article on pronoun specification in email signatures in German, using the University of Hamburg as an example. I examine how and which pronouns are specified and how participants comment on their rejection, non-usage, and usage.
Pronoun Specification in German
| Proceedings of The International Conference on Gender Studies and Sexuality
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Hot off the press: Sörries-Vorberger (2025) on pronoun specifications in German email signatures, reporting on survey data from students and staff at the University of Hamburg.
Today: Our member Hanna Bruns (Bonn) is giving an online talk, hosted by the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations (QMUL). Hanna will present recent work on language attitudes towards gender-inclusive language in German. Attendance is free, no registration required. More infos: gfds.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Today: Our member Hanna Bruns (Bonn) is giving an online talk, hosted by the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations (QMUL). Hanna will present recent work on language attitudes towards gender-inclusive language in German. Attendance is free, no registration required. More infos: gfds.org.uk
Today marks #TransDayOfRemembrance - a day dedicated to the memory of those who passed this year in the trans community, especially those targeted by violence and discrimination.
Queer and trans linguistic research can shed light onto discursive practices often at the basis of anti-trans violence...
Queer and trans linguistic research can shed light onto discursive practices often at the basis of anti-trans violence...
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Today marks #TransDayOfRemembrance - a day dedicated to the memory of those who passed this year in the trans community, especially those targeted by violence and discrimination.
Queer and trans linguistic research can shed light onto discursive practices often at the basis of anti-trans violence...
Queer and trans linguistic research can shed light onto discursive practices often at the basis of anti-trans violence...
Conference alert: Falco Pfalzgraf
@qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
@qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
Backlash Conference - Gender inclusive language
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Conference alert: Falco Pfalzgraf
@qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
@qmul.bsky.social is organizing an online conference on the resistance to gender-inclusive language. The program looks amazing, including a talk by our member Samira Ochs with Aline Siegenthaler. Register until March 23!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguis...
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It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
Forschung aus dem Netzwerk Queerlinguistik: in dieser Reihe stellen wir Publikationen unserer Mitglieder vor, heute von @miriam-z.bsky.social!
Zapf (2024). Gender, Sprache, Kognition.
Eine linguistische Untersuchung zu gender-inklusivem Sprachgebrauch im Spanischen. Metzler.
Zapf (2024). Gender, Sprache, Kognition.
Eine linguistische Untersuchung zu gender-inklusivem Sprachgebrauch im Spanischen. Metzler.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Forschung aus dem Netzwerk Queerlinguistik: in dieser Reihe stellen wir Publikationen unserer Mitglieder vor, heute von @miriam-z.bsky.social!
Zapf (2024). Gender, Sprache, Kognition.
Eine linguistische Untersuchung zu gender-inklusivem Sprachgebrauch im Spanischen. Metzler.
Zapf (2024). Gender, Sprache, Kognition.
Eine linguistische Untersuchung zu gender-inklusivem Sprachgebrauch im Spanischen. Metzler.
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Out-rageous bodies: Unfolding the closet
Miriam Neuhausen & Corinna Assmann
Miriam Neuhausen & Corinna Assmann
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Out-rageous bodies: Unfolding the closet
Miriam Neuhausen & Corinna Assmann
Miriam Neuhausen & Corinna Assmann
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Am Mittwoch geht es weiter: Corinna Assmann und Miriam Neuhausen aus dem Anglistischen Seminar der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social sprechen über
Out-rageous bodies: Unfolding the closet.
5.11., 18 Uhr, Neue Universität, Hörsaal 4a, everybody welcome!
Out-rageous bodies: Unfolding the closet.
5.11., 18 Uhr, Neue Universität, Hörsaal 4a, everybody welcome!
Öffentliche Vortragsreihe: Heidelberg Gender Lectures – Ringvorlesung befasst sich mit aktuellen Fragestellungen aus der Geschlechterforschung www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #gender #forschung #ringvorlesung
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #gender #forschung #ringvorlesung
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Am Mittwoch geht es weiter: Corinna Assmann und Miriam Neuhausen aus dem Anglistischen Seminar der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social sprechen über
Out-rageous bodies: Unfolding the closet.
5.11., 18 Uhr, Neue Universität, Hörsaal 4a, everybody welcome!
Out-rageous bodies: Unfolding the closet.
5.11., 18 Uhr, Neue Universität, Hörsaal 4a, everybody welcome!
Today is #InternationalPronounsDay —and we have set ourselves the almost impossible task to select two literature tips from the many fantastic queer linguistic publications on pronouns. Although we would argue that queer linguistics can be done on any level of linguistic analysis, #pronouns...
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today is #InternationalPronounsDay —and we have set ourselves the almost impossible task to select two literature tips from the many fantastic queer linguistic publications on pronouns. Although we would argue that queer linguistics can be done on any level of linguistic analysis, #pronouns...
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HI. It's me.
WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.
Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.
Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
HI. It's me.
WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.
Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.
Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)
Today is #ComingOutDay—and we have two queer linguistic literature tips to go with it! First off, Tyler Kibbey’s (2021) essay “Linguistics Out of the Closet” (#OpenAccess in @cadlin.bsky.social) calls for a “queering” of the discipline of linguistics altogether.
doi.org/10.25189/267... ...
doi.org/10.25189/267... ...
Linguistics Out of the Closet | Cadernos de Linguística
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin image/svg+xml
doi.org
October 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Today is #ComingOutDay—and we have two queer linguistic literature tips to go with it! First off, Tyler Kibbey’s (2021) essay “Linguistics Out of the Closet” (#OpenAccess in @cadlin.bsky.social) calls for a “queering” of the discipline of linguistics altogether.
doi.org/10.25189/267... ...
doi.org/10.25189/267... ...
Forschung aus dem Netzwerk Queerlinguistik: in dieser Reihe stellen wir bereits veröffentlichte und neue Publikationen unserer Mitglieder vor.
Heute: Lind, Miriam. 2023. How to do gender with names: The name changes of trans individuals as performative speech acts. IJLS 12(1): 1-22
Heute: Lind, Miriam. 2023. How to do gender with names: The name changes of trans individuals as performative speech acts. IJLS 12(1): 1-22
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Forschung aus dem Netzwerk Queerlinguistik: in dieser Reihe stellen wir bereits veröffentlichte und neue Publikationen unserer Mitglieder vor.
Heute: Lind, Miriam. 2023. How to do gender with names: The name changes of trans individuals as performative speech acts. IJLS 12(1): 1-22
Heute: Lind, Miriam. 2023. How to do gender with names: The name changes of trans individuals as performative speech acts. IJLS 12(1): 1-22
Exciting CfP: @emmachados.bsky.social is organizing a thematic session on queer linguistics with special focus on the Spanish-speaking world at the LIV Symposium of the Spanish Society of Linguistics (SEL) in Madrid in January. The call closes tomorrow (30/09).
linguistlist.org/issues/36/28...
linguistlist.org/issues/36/28...
September 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Exciting CfP: @emmachados.bsky.social is organizing a thematic session on queer linguistics with special focus on the Spanish-speaking world at the LIV Symposium of the Spanish Society of Linguistics (SEL) in Madrid in January. The call closes tomorrow (30/09).
linguistlist.org/issues/36/28...
linguistlist.org/issues/36/28...