Hey graduate students and postdoctoral fellows: we want your abstracts!
Language Sciences Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Research Day is coming up on May 16, 2025 (Friday) at UBC Vancouver, and we want your abstracts! It is a platform for you to share your research with like-minded researchers and scholars, engage in constructive discussions, and enjoy a fun day!
Whether you're a graduate student at UBC or a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria, please consider submitting your work – and please spread the word far and wide. Since this will be a hybrid conference, we accept submissions from UBCV, UBCO, British Columbia and beyond. Research may be in progress, complete, or previously presented work.
The deadline for abstract submissions is 11:59 PM (PST) March 14th, 2025
Submission Requirements
Note: Posters will be presented in person; however, oral presentations can be held virtually or in person, depending on the presenter's preference/location.
Research
We invite abstract submissions of scholarly work that relates to language in any way, from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective. Research may be in progress, complete, or previously presented work. Presentations in preparation for conference talks are welcome. Types of studies accepted include empirical studies, theoretical or methodological studies, or replication studies.
Researchers
Researchers must be graduate students (M.A., M.Sc., M.Ed., Ph.D. students and candidates) or postdoctoral fellows. We welcome submissions from UBCV, UBCO, and other institutions across the Lower Mainland, including Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. You are welcome to email us at language.sciences@ubc.ca for inquiries and assistance about the event.
Format
We are seeking proposals for individual paper presentations (approx. 20 minutes) and poster presentations. Please prepare a PDF version of your abstract, including:
- Title of Presentation
- Preference for paper presentation or poster presentation
- Up to five keywords
- Abstract (250 words maximum, not including references)
- References
- Please do not include any author names or author identifying information in the document or document filename, to assist in the blind review process.
- While we will consider your preference for paper or poster presentation, we are unable to accommodate all preferences. We will communicate with the seleced researchers as appropriate.
Abstracts must include the following:
- Purpose – questions addressed or hypotheses tested
- Methods/techniques
- Results/Conclusions/Interpretations
- Optional components as applicable to your study include:
- Data sources (for empirical research)
- Perspectives/Theoretical Framework
- Significance
Deadline: March 14th, 2025, 11:59 PM
We are also inviting faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to volunteer to review abstracts (as well as attend!) If you are interested in volunteering, please email language.sciences@ubc.ca by March 14th.