S1

Global English/es in a Globalised World – Challenges,

Opportunities and the Applicability of New Paradigms for ELT

Eva Skopečková (University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic)

Emanuela Tenca (UniCamillus, Italy)

S2

Academic and Professional Cultures in English for Specific

Purposes (ESP)

Jean Jimenez (University of Calabria, Italy)

William Kelleher (Rennes 2 University, France)

Evgueniya Lyu (Grenoble Alps University, France)

Caroline Peynaud (Grenoble Alps University, France)

S3

Researching ESP Learning and Teaching in Europe: Evolutions and Current Trends

Patrizia Anesa (University of Bergamo, Italy)

Carmenne Kalyaniwala (University of Lorraine, France)

Cédric Sarré (Sorbonne University, France)

S4

Multidisciplinary Approaches to Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in Educational Contexts

Begoña Lasa Álvarez (University of A Coruña, Spain)

Anna Szczepaniak-Kozak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)

S5

English as a Foreign Language for Students with Diverse

Educational Needs – Challenges

Ewa Domagała-Zysk (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)

Jitka Sedláčková (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)

S6

Creativity in Word-Formation

Elisa Mattiello (University of Pisa, Italy)

Pavol Štekauer (Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia)

S7

The English Verb: Driving Syntax, Shaping Meaning and Framing Thought

Maarten Lemmens (University of Lille, France)

Frančiška Lipovšek (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

S8

Metaphor and Metonymy in Art, Music, Film, and Beyond

Mario Brdar (J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia)

Agnieszka Grząśko (University of Rzeszów, Poland)

Robert Kiełtyka (University of Rzeszów, Poland)

Bożena Kochman-Haładyj (University of Rzeszów, Poland)

Goran Milić (J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia)

S9

The Pew and Pulpit: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the

Language of Late Medieval and Early Modern Preaching and Prayer

Oliver Currie (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Angela Andreani (University of Milan, Italy)

S10

Disinformation in and out: Qualitative Linguistic Analyses of

Digital Disinformation Texts

Dominika Beneš Kováčová (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic) Massimiliano Demata (University of Turin, Italy)

Jiří Lukl (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)

S11

Impoliteness in Pop Culture

Kristy Beers Fägersten (Södertörn University, Sweden)

Andreas H. Jucker (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Sandrine Sorlin (University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry, France)

S12

Metadiscourse in and on Social Media

Lieven Vandelanotte (University of Namur & KU Leuven, Belgium) Anna Piata (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)

S13

From Crisis to Change: Language and Discourse in the Face of

the Ecological Emergency

Daniela Francesca Virdis (University of Cagliari, Italy)

Agata Rozumko (University of Białystok, Poland)

S14

Beyond Words: Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Multimodality

in Joseph Conrad’s Narratives

Kim Salmons (St. Mary’s University, London, UK)

Tania Zulli (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)

S15

Linguistic Creativity in the Age of Generative AI

Vincent Renner (Lumière Lyon 2 University, France)

Marie-Aude Lefer (University of Louvain, Belgium)

Caroline Rossi (Grenoble Alps University, France)

S16

Translation and AI: Training and Practice

Tiffany Jandrain (University of Mons, Belgium / University of Louvain, Belgium)

Charlène Meyers (University of Mons, Belgium)

Loïc De Faria Pires (University of Mons, Belgium)

Joëlle Popineau (University of Tours, France)

S17

Translating / Adapting Law: Thinking out of the Box

Giuseppina Di Gregorio (University of Catania, Italy)

Marco Neves (NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal)

S18

Translation, Gender, and Censorship: Voices Across Borders

Cristina Gómez Castro (University of León, Spain)

Elisabeth Gibbels (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)

S19

Reflection in English Language and Literature Teacher Education

Lucie Betáková (University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

Iulian Cananau (University of Gävle, Sweden)

S20

Let’s Talk About Gender: Critical Pedagogies and Intersectional Knowledge Transfer in the English and American Studies Classroom

Adelina Sánchez Espinosa (University of Granada, Spain)

Nicole Haring (University of Graz, Austria)

S21

The Poetics and Ethics of Sexual Dissidence in Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures

Cédric Courtois (University of Lille, France)

Angelo Monaco (Aldo Moro University of Bari, Italy)

S22

The Response of Anglophone Fiction to the New Age of Denial

Jean-Michel Ganteau (University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry, France) Susana Onega (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

S23

The Reception of the Brontës in Europe

María Jesús Lorenzo-Modia (University of A Coruña, Spain)

Marie Nedregotten Sørbø (Volda University College, Norway)

S24

Reimagining History: Subjectivity and Marginalized Voices in

Contemporary Historical Novels

Alberto Lázaro (University of Alcalá, Spain)

Vassiliki Markidou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)

S25

Pilgrims and/in Dickens

Magdalena Pypeć (University of Warsaw, Poland) Angelika Zirker (Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen, Germany)

S26

‘Cut and Paste’: Modalities of Assemblage in Victorian and NeoVictorian Studies

Rosario Arias (University of Málaga, Spain)

Patricia Pulham (University of Surrey, UK)

Béatrice Laurent (University of Bordeaux Montaigne, France)

Anna Kérchy (University of Szeged, Hungary)

S27

Neo-Victorian Deviant Minds

Maria Isabel Romero-Ruiz (University of Málaga, Spain)

Helen Davies (University of Wolverhampton, UK)

S28

(Re-)Staging the (neo-)Victorian

Laura Monrós-Gaspar (University of Valencia, Spain)

Beth Palmer (University of Surrey, UK)

S29

Rethinking Neo-Victorianism Beyond the Literary and the Audiovisual

Sarah Beyvers (University of Passau, Germany)

Barbara Braid (University of Szczecin, Poland)

S30

Mental Illness in Contemporary Anglophone Literature: New Narrative Perspectives

Laura de la Parra Fernández (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) David Lombard (Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and KU Leuven, Belgium)

S31

Posthuman Intersections in Contemporary Fiction in English

María Alonso Alonso (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) Margarida Pereira Martins (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

S32

Reconsidering Naturalism

Laurent Mellet (University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry, France)

Andrew Thacker (Nottingham Trent University, UK)

S33

Early Crime Narratives

David M. Clark (University of A Coruña, Spain)

Gabriella Hartvig (University of Pécs, Hungary)

S34

The Poetics of Affect – Literary Perspectives

Birgit Neumann (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) Gabriele Rippl (University of Bern, Switzerland)

Sofie Behluli (University of Bern, Switzerland)

Malaika Sutter (University of Bern, Switzerland)

Michael Boog (University of Bern, Switzerland)

Hannah Pardey (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)

S35

British Women Writers and Travel Writing (1770-1910): Hybridity, Transcultural Contributions and Pilgrimage

Antonella Braida (University of Lorraine, France)

Laurence Roussillon-Constanty (University of Pau and the Adour Region, France)

Elisabetta Marino (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

S36

Discourses of Crisis in Anglophone Fiction from Modernism to Postmodernism – and Beyond

Armela Panajoti (University of Vlora, Albania/ University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)

Angelika Reichmann (Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Hungary)

S37

Hope in Times of Fear (19th – 21st Centuries)

Justyna Galant (University of Gdansk, Poland)

Marta Komsta (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland) Urszula Terentowicz-Fotyga (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland)

Nathalie Vanfasse (Aix-Marseille University, France)

S38

Performing Shakespeare in Transition Societies in the 21st Century

Tamara Jovović (University “Mediterranean” in Podgorica, Montenegro) Olena Lilova (University “Mediterranean” in Podgorica, Montenegro) Lyudmila Fedoryaka (Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine)

S39

Electrofiction, Ecocides and Southern Epistemologies

Halil Ibrahim Arpa (Cankiri Karatekin University, Turkey)

Eva Katharina Bauer (University of Graz, Austria)

S40

Powers of Fiction or, What Is Fiction Good For, Now?

Ivan Callus (University of Malta, Malta)

Armelle Parey (University of Caen Normandy, France)

S41

‘New Wildernesses’ in Contemporary Anglophone Literature

Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor (Penn State University, US)

Esther Peeren (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Merve Sarıkaya-Şen (Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey)

S42

Voice and Sound in Literature

Lucia Esposito (Roma Tre University, Italy)

Virginie Roche-Tiengo (University of Artois, France)

Alessandra Ruggiero (University of Teramo, Italy)

S43

Theatre in Times of Authoritarian Regimes and Constitutional Crises

Sibel Izmir (Atilim University, Turkey)

Claus Peter Neumann (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

S44

Indigenous and Oceanic Identities and Cultures in Contemporary Indigenous Literatures in English

Jaroslav Kušnír (University of Prešov, Slovakia)

Dan Horatiu Popescu (Partium Christian University, Romania)

S45

Narrative Journalism / Literary Reportage and Political Populism

Isabelle Meuret (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

John S. Bak (University of Lorraine, France)

S46

Reimagining Fantasy: Tradition and Innovation in Anglophone Literatures

Kamila Vránková (University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic) Coralline Dupuy (University of Galway, Ireland)

Yamina Hafian (University of Pécs, Hungary)

S47

Reframing, Visibilizing, Depathologizing: Narratives of Neurodivergence in Contemporary Anglophone Prose Writing

Fiona McCann (Sorbonne University, France)

Dilâra Yilmaz (Kiel University, Germany)

S48

British Fiction in the 1750s

Roslyn Irving (Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany)

Jakub Lipski (Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland)

Mary Newbould (Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland)

S49

Advances and Limits of Auto/Biography: Old and New Perspectives

Irena Grubica (University of Rijeka, Croatia)

Aoife Leahy (N.A.E.S., Ireland)

S50

25 Years of (Neo)Medieval (Sub)versions: Reimagining Medieval Narratives to Face Contemporary Cultural Issues and Anxieties

Jorge L. Bueno Alonso (University of Vigo, Spain)

Miguel A. Gómes Gargamala (University of Sunderland, UK)

S51

Prequels, Sequels and the Formation of Literary Canons

Zsuzsanna Csikai (University of Pécs, Hungary)

Annamária Fábián (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)

Márta Minier (University of South Wales, UK)

S52

In Search of Hope in the Anglosphere: Narratives and Cultural Practices of Resilience and Transformation

Chiara Battisti (University of Verona, Italy)

Julia Kuznetski (Tallinn University, Estonia)

Silvia Pellicer-Ortín (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

S53

Food and Women in Anglophone Literature and Film from the 1950s to the Present

Ludmilla Kostova (University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria) Oana Cogeanu-Haraga (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania)

S54

Bordering and Rebordering the Land: Ecocrisis, Migrancy and Border Fortifications in Contemporary Literature and Culture

Gioia Angeletti (University of Parma, Italy)

Christine Berberich (University of Portsmouth, UK)

S55

Liminal Spaces and Dark Metaphors in Indian Gothic Fiction

Elisabetta Marino (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)

Daniela Rogobete (University of Craiova, Romania)

S56

Gender and Women’s Studies in English across European Academia: Mobilisation, Backlash, and Geopolitical Tensions

Işil Baş de Oliveira (Istinye University, Turkey)

Florence Binard (Paris Cité University, France)

Renate Haas (University of Kiel, Germany)

Alejandra Moreno Álvarez (University of Oviedo, Spain)

S57

Pictorial Art and Detective Fiction

Camille Fort (University of Picardy Jules Verne, France)

Kerstin-Anja Münderlein (University of Bamberg, Germany)

S58

Infrastructures of Feeling: The European City in Contemporary

Literature and Visual Media

Ágnes Györke (Károli Gáspár University, Hungary)

Ana Cristina Mendes (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

S59

Heroes on the Edge: Beyond the Limits of Nature and Culture

Seda Arikan (Firat University, Elazig, Turkey)

Francesca Saggini (Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy)

Anna Enrichetta Soccio (G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy)

S60

Beauty and Rituals in English Letters

James Dowthwaite (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany) Lene Østermark-Johansen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

S61

Violence in Early Modern English Drama: From Stage to Screen

Yan Brailowsky (Paris Nanterre University, France)

Víctor Huertas Martín (University of Valencia, Spain)

S62

Holy and Haunted Places: From the Green Chapel, to Canterbury, Santiago and Beyond

Monica Ruset Oanca (University of Bucharest, Romania)

Annina Seiler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Tatjana Silec (Sorbonne University, France)

Olivier Simonin (University of Perpignan, France)

Olga Timofeeva (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

S63

Contemporary Immersive Practices: Intersections of Theatre, Aesthetics, Pedagogy, Performativity, Extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence

Cyrielle Garson (Avignon University, France)

Virginie Privas-Bréauté (University of Lorraine, France)

Jan Suk (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic)

Ivan Lacko (Comenius University, Slovakia)

S64

Narrating Spaces of Care in Later Life through Intercultural and Intergenerational Relationships in Literature, Film and Media

Heike Hartung (University of Potsdam, Germany)

Sarah Falcus (University of Cumbria, UK)

Maricel Oró-Piqueras (University of Lleida, Spain)

S65

Dante’s Reception in Victorian and Edwardian Britain: Gendered and Transmedial Approaches

Bénédicte Coste (University of Burgundy Europe, France)

Catherine Delyfer (University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France)

Emilia Di Rocco (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

S66

The Influence of Early Modern Drama on Today’s Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Video Games

Attila Kiss (University of Szeged, Hungary)

György E. Szönyi (University of Szeged, Hungary)

Rowland Wymer (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK)

S67

Humour in Children’s Literature and Media

Zsófia Anna Tóth (University of Szeged, Hungary) Aleksandra Wieczorkiewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland,)

S68

Modalities of Resistance in Contemporary Genre Movies & TV Series (SciFi, Horror, Western, Thriller, etc.)

Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris (University Paris-Nanterre, France)

Gilles Menegaldo (University of Poitiers, France)

Fran-Pheasant-Kelly (University of Wolverhampton, UK)

S69

Literature, Art and Imprisonment

Anne Schwan (Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland)

Naomi Toth (Paris Nanterre University, France)