September 3rd – September 5th – 2009 – British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) – Newcastle University, United Kingdom

The conference is organized by the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, and the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences. BAAL 2009 is directly preceded by the UK Language Variation and Change Conference this year, also taking place at Newcastle University. We are therefore confident that Newcastle will provide a memorable and inspiring conference experience. More >

August 18th-August 20th – 2009 – Malaysian Translators Association and Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka – Penang, Malaysia

This event aims at encouraging ideas-exchange and experience-sharing in the field of translation by improving academic excellence and cooperation worldwide, fostering intellectual and professional discourse, exploring current translation theories, strategies, techniques, perspectives, practices and research, discovering new opportunities for alternative linguistic  approaches and their applications in translation/interpreting, reinforcing cooperation among translators in the academic field and practitioners, and introducing University Sains Malaysia as one of the regional centres of excellence within the translation and interpretation fields. More >

Melbourne, Australia - July 12th-17th, 2009

Though the main issues at this conference will be Diversity, Context, and Structure, it is also open to other pragmatics-related topics since pragmatics is conceived broadly as a cognitive, social, and cultural perspective on language and communication. More >

London Metropolitan University – UK – July 10th, 2009

The interpreting sector is being affected on all levels by the increasing demand for public service interpreting, the changing needs of service providers and the global market. On account of this, we should concentrate on another level of training to add extra competences and diversify public service interpreters needing further training, skills and professional development. This event provides a wide scope for improvement in this area. More >

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington, USA – July 12th–19th, 2009

This conference, which has played a significant role in the literary scene since 1973, focuses on community and rigorous attention to craft and includes morning and afternoon workshops, residencies, expert guidance, and exciting reading sessions and lecturing series presented by important contemporary writers. More >

VU University, Amsterdam – Holland – July 6th – 9th, 2009

Hosted by the Department of Language and Communication at VU University Amsterdam, the 9th Biennial IAFL Conference on Forensic Linguistics/Language and Law consists of a 4-day event where varied aspects of forensic linguistics/language and law are dealt with. Topics such as courtroom interaction, police interviews, language minorities and the legal system, authorship/speaker identification, the teaching/testing of forensic linguistics/language and law etc may be included. More >