Learn more about keynote speakers, abstract guidelines (deadline extended to October 31, 2025), and submission details on their website: talc.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/ta...

Join it to discuss how technology, migration, and cultural exchange are driving the emergence of new linguistic trends, hybrid languages, and communication practices.

This year’s special theme, “Linguistic Innovations in a Globally Interconnected World,” invites linguists, educators, and researchers to explore how globalization shapes language.

🗓️ Deadline: October 31, 2025 (Friday), 23:59 GMT

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We’re excited to hear from you and share your updates with the RaAM community!

PhD students are especially invited to contribute to the Metaphor Column. You can interview an established academic or get interviewed yourself!

🔸 Upcoming conferences/workshops
🔸 Reports on past events
🔸 MA/PhD programs, summer schools
🔸 New or ongoing projects
🔸 Recent publications
🔸 Calls for papers
🔸 Self-introductions (new/existing members)
…and anything else relevant to RaAM members!

Contact for more information: Prof. Dr. Judith Papadopoulos (papadopoulos@hdm-stuttgart.de) at the Hochschule der Medien, Germany

The project runs for approximately 2 months on a freelance basis (remote) with attractive compensation. Master's students, doctoral candidates, postdocs, or former academics are welcome – no university affiliation required.

For an industry project, we are seeking native speakers of Chinese, and English with strong expertise in metaphor analysis. The task is to analyze texts in your native language for metaphorical concepts.

Finally, congratulations to Xinyue Ren, Carina Rasse and Chiara Pompei for winning awards at the conference!

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@al-azary.bsky.social
RaAM 17 Local Organising Committee

I also want to thank the City of Southfield and Mayor Kenson Siver for speaking at the opening ceremony and providing attendees space at the Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival! Also a special thanks for our excellent keynote speakers: @viclai.bsky.social, @bodowinter.bsky.social and @agdorst.bsky.social.

the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences & Communications and Chair Paul Jaussen and the leadership at Lawrence Tech for supporting this event, President Tarek Sobh and Provost Karl Daubmann.

I want to thank all attendees for their intellectual contributions, the conference scientific committee, the RaAM Executive Committee, our student volunteers, Cheri Frost and Cherie Shaik, The College of Arts and Sciences and Dean Patrick Nelson, +

I have attended RaAM conferences as a student, postdoc, and faculty member. To have now organized and hosted a RaAM conference is a milestone for me, years in the making.

For most, it was their first time visiting LTU and the Metro Detroit area - what an honour to host you!