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ESSE support schemes 2026

Here are the announcements for other regular support schemes available for ESSE members in 2026:

All the announcements for various ESSE research support schemes for 2026 are now posted at the ESSE website https://essenglish.org/research-and-support/ while the general information about ESSE, including the ESSE conference in Santiago de Compostela is here: https://essenglish.org.

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ESSE Book Awards

ESSE BOOK AWARDS 2026

for books first published in 2024 and 2025

The European Society for the Study of English is proud to announce its biennial ESSE Book Awards for books published in 2024 and 2025 in English Language & Linguistics, Literatures in the English Language, and Cultural & Area Studies in English.

ESSE Book Award (Category A):  A book prize of € 1,500 will be awarded by ESSE in 2026, coinciding with the 18th ESSE Conference to be held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, for books first published in 2024 or 2025 (date of imprint in the published book) in each of the following fields:

  1. English Language and Linguistics;
  2. Literatures in the English Language;
  3. Cultural and Area Studies in English.

ESSE Book Award for Junior Scholars (Category B): A further book prize of € 1,500 will be awarded by ESSE in 2026 to a junior scholar for a first research book published in English in each of the three fields mentioned above, provided that publication was in 2024 or 2025 (date of imprint in the published book).

The deadline for submission of books is 1 February 2026. The winners will be announced at the Opening Ceremony of ESSE-18 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

The requirements are as follows:

  1. Books eligible for prizes will be those published in English; they must have an ISBN. PhD dissertations published in book format, with an ISBN, are accepted. Editions of collected essays will NOT qualify for these prizes. The books must be works of scholarly research in the field of English studies. Undergraduate textbooks will not be considered.
  2. Any number of books may be submitted by the same author (provided that they are published within the admitted period of time), except for category B, since junior scholars are expected to submit their first research book published in English.
  3. All books will be evaluated strictly on the basis of their academic value, without regard to publisher, country of publication or nationality of the author.
  4. Authors must be members of national associations affiliated to ESSE (according to the official membership lists submitted in November 2025).
  5. Books can be submitted in electronic format (PDF only) or in printed format. If submitted in printed format, three copies must be provided of each book submitted for consideration. The copies will not be returned.
  6. The candidates are required to fill in the form, available here (https://forms.gle/pYt1v6hzrYEPKViG6) by 1 February 2026.

In case the applicant opts to submit an e-book (PDF only!), electronic submission should be made to esse.president@outlook.com by 1 FEBRUARY 2026.

In case the applicant opts to submit a printed book, the three review copies must be sent to the address below by 1 FEBRUARY 2026.

The deadline must be observed.

Books must be sent to the following address:

                Prof. Dr. Lieven Buysse
                President of ESSE

KU Leuven Campus Brussels
                Warmoesberg 26
                1000 Brussels

                Belgium

Two months before the opening of the ESSE-18 conference a shortlist of a maximum of five books in each field and category will be announced on the ESSE Website. Board members are asked to report to the President any misgivings that they may have about the propriety of awarding a prize to any book on the shortlist, with the President passing on such comments to the committees if he deems it appropriate. The committees will recommend the awards to the Board, or they may recommend that no award be made in a particular field. The President will report to the Board whether the work of the committees has been satisfactorily conducted. The Board may then approve the recommendations of the committees or they may reject a recommendation, in which case no award will be given in that field or category. Winners will be informed immediately in confidence, and the awards will be publicly announced during the opening ceremony of the ESSE-18 conference, in Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

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Call for PhD Students in (Applied) Linguistics (Quantitative / Corpus-Based Research)

E-mail from Martin Schweinberger, U of Queensland, Australia:

Dear colleagues,

My name is Martin Schweinberger (see martinschweinberger.de or my UQ profile for details). I am a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane), and I am currently looking for motivated PhD students with strong skills in R and experience in quantitative analysis. Please feel free to forward this call to colleagues or networks where potential candidates might be reached.

Research focus

I welcome candidates interested in developing quantitative research projects using English (corpus) data. While I am open to a broad range of proposals within my expertise, I am particularly interested in supervising projects on:

  • Sociolinguistics / Language Variation and Change / World Englishes
    • E.g., General extenders, terms of address and salutations, vulgarity
  • Learner Language / Applied Linguistics / Corpus Phonetics / Learner Corpus Research
    • E.g., Vowel production and voice onset times among L1 and L2 English speakers, Discourse particles and markers in learner and L2 English speech, Fluency and pausing in learner and L1 speech, Accent, intelligibility, and comprehension
  • Text Analytics / Digital Humanities / Corpus Linguistics
    • E.g., Speech recognition, text-to-speech, and speech-to-text, Evaluation of association and keyness measures

Candidate requirements

Potential candidates should:

Application process

In Australia, PhD entry is tied to scholarship applications rather than standard job-style applications. Once I have confirmed my supervision of a project, candidates will need to prepare and submit their materials through the UQ system. Detailed information and scholarship opportunities can be found here

Scholarship application deadlines:

  • RQ1 (Start January): 30 September
  • RQ2 (Start April): 31 December
  • RQ3 (Start July): 31 March
  • RQ4 (Start October): 30 June

About UQ

The University of Queensland is consistently ranked among the world’s top 50 universities. It offers a vibrant international research culture, excellent resources, and an active PhD community. Brisbane is a dynamic, welcoming, and affordable city – an outstanding place to live and study.

If you know of any promising students who may be interested, I would be very grateful if you could share this information with them.

Best regards,
Martin Schweinberger
Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
School of Languages and Cultures
The University of Queensland

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ESSE 2026

The Department of English and German Philology at the
University of Santiago de Compostela has the pleasure of
welcoming you to the 18th ESSE Conference, which will take place from
31st August to 4th September 2026.

As is tradition, the conference will consist of a combination of plenary
lectures, parallel lectures, roundtables, seminars, posters, and the
Doctoral Symposium. Details of each format and how to participate can
be found on the ESSE website.

The conference will encompass plenary lectures, parallel lectures, seminars, roundtables, posters and a doctoral symposium. The deadline for submitting topic suggestions for parallel lectures, seminars and roundtables is May 1, 2025. The deadline for individual papers and posters is January 31, 2026.

For more, go to: https://www.esse2026.com/

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ESSE Conference

The Department of English and German Philology at the
University of Santiago de Compostela has the pleasure of
welcoming you to the 18th ESSE Conference, which will take place from
31st August to 4th September 2026.

As is tradition, the conference will consist of a combination of plenary
lectures, parallel lectures, roundtables, seminars, posters, and the
Doctoral Symposium. Details of each format and how to participate can
be found below.

  1. PLENARY LECTURES
    A select group of renowned experts, representing the key disciplines of
    English Language, Literatures in English, and Cultural and Area
    Studies, will be invited by the Organising Committee to deliver plenary
    lectures. Each of these speakers has been chosen for their significant
    contributions to their respective fields.
  2. PARALLEL LECTURES
    In addition to the plenary lectures, approximately 12 parallel
    lectures will be featured during the conference. These lectures will be
    delivered by members of ESSE, nominated by their respective national
    associations as explained below. Each presentation will be 45 minutes
    in duration and those selected to present will receive a full waiver of
    conference registration fees.

    We invite National Associations to propose candidates for the parallel
    lecture sessions. A maximum of two nominations per association will be accepted to ensure a diverse and balanced selection process. National Associations should submit a description of their nominees’ lecture topic along with a concise CV. Nominations should be submitted through the national association’s President or designated representative and forwarded to the Academic Programme Committee (APC) by 1st May 2025 at esse2026@usc.es

    Depending on the number of proposals received, the APC may implement a selection process. Key criteria will include the proposal’s relevance and appeal to a broad academic audience, as well as its potential to engage with recent advances or fresh perspectives in English Studies. The APC will also prioritise achieving a balanced representation of key disciplines—English Language, Literatures in English, and Cultural and Area Studies—and striving for equitable representation of national associations wherever possible.
  3. SEMINARS
    Proposals for seminars related to the three fields mentioned above must be jointly submitted by two ESSE members from different national associations. In some cases, the APC may permit one of the convenors to be a non-ESSE member (for example, if they are based outside Europe), provided their involvement is deemed especially valuable for the seminar. Each seminar proposal must include the convenors’ names, affiliations, email addresses, and a 300-word description of the seminar’s topic (excluding bibliographical references). Please send your proposals via email to esse2026@usc.es by 1st May 2025.

    The APC will consider the proposal’s international appeal and its potential to engage with recent advances in English Studies as key selection criteria, while also striving for a balanced representation across key disciplines—English Language, Literatures in English, and Cultural and Area Studies— wherever possible.

    Unlike roundtables, seminars are not pre-arranged sessions and will be featured in the APC’s upcoming call for papers. However, convenors are encouraged to actively recruit potential contributors. The seminar format aims to promote interactive participation from both presenters and the audience. To foster engagement, presentations should be
    delivered orally rather than read from a script. Further guidelines will be included in the corresponding call for papers.

    Individual Seminar Contributions
    The call for seminar contributions will be launched in September 2025, once the list of accepted seminars is finalised. Those wishing to submit a proposal must send a 300-word abstract (excluding bibliographical references) to the convenors of their chosen seminar by 31st January 2026. Information regarding the organisation of seminar sessions, including the number of papers per session, will be made available on the ESSE 2026 website in September 2025, along with the full list of seminars and contact details for the convenors.

    Seminars will feature a range of academic papers and discussions. Each presentation should last 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion. Exceptionally, convenors may need to request shorter presentations to accommodate more participants in their sessions.
    Participants at ESSE 2026 are limited to presenting a single paper during the conference, whether it is a sole-authored or co-authored contribution.
  4. ROUNDTABLES
    The aim of roundtables is to present topics and problems currently seen as shaping the nature of the discipline. At a roundtable, a pre-constituted panel discusses issues of fairly general scholarly or professional interest in front of, and subsequently with, an audience. In other words, roundtables are not sequences of papers but should rather be approached as debate sessions. Proposals should include a 500-word description of the topic (excluding bibliographical references) and the names and affiliations of at least three participants (including the convenor), who must be drawn from more than one national association. The maximum number of speakers will be five.

    Please send your proposals to esse2026@usc.es by 1st May 2025.
  5. POSTERS
    Posters will be devoted to research-in-progress and project presentations. The aim is to provide additional opportunities for feedback and personal contacts. Further details will appear on the conference website in September 2025. Proposals of not more than 300 words (excluding bibliographical references) must be sent to esse2026@usc.es by 31st January 2026.
  6. DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM
    A key feature of the ESSE Conference is the Doctoral Symposium, which upholds a tradition established in 2012. This event offers young scholars the opportunity to present their research and receive valuable feedback.

    Information regarding the Doctoral Symposium will be announced in due time.

    DEADLINES
    Submission of proposals for parallel lectures from national associations to esse2026@usc.es
    1st May 2025

    Submission of proposals for seminars and roundtables from prospective convenors to esse2026@usc.es
    1st May 2025

    Submission of individual papers for seminars to seminar convenors
    31st January 2026

    Submissions of individual posters to esse2026@usc.es
    31st January 2026

    Registration will begin on 1st March 2026

    Please check the conference website for further updates at
    https://www.esse2026.com/
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Lausanne ESSE summary

Our mother organisation, the ESSE, convened in Lausanne in August, for a board meeting and a conference. From NORSES, Knut Øystein Høvik and Stephanie Hazel Vold both gave papers in the seminar Critical Issues in English Language Teacher Education (which was the session with most participants). Høvik also chaired Charley Armstrong’s parallell lecture (the level below keynote) entitled The Wanderings of the Modern Myths: Exemplarity, Adaptation, and Spatiality.

As leader of NORSES, Høvik also serves on the ESSE board, which supplied the following list of their most important decicions this year:

1.
The Board of ESSE elected a new President, Professor Lieven Buysee from Belgium for a three-year period. His term of office will begin on 1st January 2025 when he will replace the current president, Professor Andreas H. Jucker. The Board expressed their gratitude to the current president for his services to ESSE during two terms of office from 2019 to 2024.
2.
The Board of ESSE appointed a nominations committee for the election of the ESSE Treasurer and the ESSE Secretary. The call for applications will be published on the ESSE website in October 2024. The deadline for the submission of applications is 30th April 2025. The term of office for both posts will begin on 1st January 2026.
3.
The Board of ESSE agreed to discontinue the reduction of annual fees from €9.00 to €7.00. In 2025, the fees return to €9.00.
4.
The Board of ESSE strongly reaffirmed its commitment to promote research and to support activities aimed to help both young and established researchers. The Board decided to:
• continue with the Bursaries and appointed a Bursary committee for 2025. The Board also decided to continue with bursaries for Gender Studies within English studies for 2025.
• continue with the Book and Resources grants.
• continue with the Doctoral Symposium in both conference and non-conference years and, for the non-conference year 2025, to offer funding to help eligible doctoral students in need of support to participate in the Doctoral Symposium that will be held together with the Board Meeting in Malta.
• continue with a special research support scheme for national associations with tight resources to invite plenary speakers from other national associations to their own national conferences and to cover their travel expenses.
• discontinue the Collaborative Project Workshop Scheme.
5.
The Board of ESSE delegated four members to represent ESSE in the Academic Programme Committee for the ESSE-18 conference in 2026 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, together with the APC members from the host association.
6.
The Board of ESSE accepted the bid of Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, as the venue of the ESSE–19 conference in 2028.
7.
The Board of ESSE unanimously nominated a new co-editor of the European Journal of English Studies. This is Dr. Frederik Van Dam from Radboud University, Nijmegen, who is going to replace the current co-editor, Professor Greta Olson, as of 1 January 2025. The Board of ESSE expressed their gratitude to Prof. Greta Olson for her long
and dedicated service to EJES.
8.
The Board of ESSE agreed to adhere to the rule established back at the Board meeting in 2019 to have only one date for membership updates per calendar year. Fees will be collected according to the membership lists sent to the ESSE Treasurer by 15th November of the current year. Members whose names are included in these lists will be able to apply for ESSE privileges the following year, such as ESSE Bursaries, ESSE Book grants, ESSE Book awards, conference fee waivers and the Collaborative Project Workshop Schemes. The only exception continues to be the ESSE Doctoral Symposium, for which different rules apply as specified in the Symposium announcement.

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Erasmus+ Teacher Academy Event

Erasmus+ Teacher Academy Event: Meta-Scientific Literacies in the (Mis-)Information Age (SciLMi)

Erasmus+ project Meta-Scientific Literacies in the (Mis-)Information Age (SciLMi) seeks to address the threat of science-related misinformation by equipping educators with the competences needed to foster meta-scientific literacies in secondary-school students. The project develops teacher training programs and learning modules focusing on critical thinking, digital media literacy, and inclusive classroom practices. Through its collaborative pan-European Hub, SciLMi aspires to create a lasting impact on education systems.

The SciLMi Hub Kick-Off will take place digitally on 27 June 2024. 

The online event provides an opportunity to (re)connect with other educators, explore synergies with other projects, and showcase how SciLMi Learning Modules promote Meta-Scientific Literacies in various subjects, including language subjects, in line with the PISA 2025 Framework. In 2025 and 2026, we will invite over 100 SciLMi Hub Members to training courses and train-the-trainer events in Santiago de Compostela, Munich, Nicosia, Palaio Faliro and Budapest.

You can access the event program details here. 

Register here to join the SciLMi Hub, gain access to the online platform, and benefit from rewarding opportunities:

We would greatly appreciate it if you could help us promote the event within your network. Kindly extend this invitation to any of your colleagues who may be interested in attending the event.

Would you be interested in showcasing your own project or initiative to increase its reach, impact and sustainability? We offer free and user-friendly 2D and 3D virtual booths to present videos, images, or pdf posters to the event participants, and engage with them on the SciLMi focus areas. These booths will be accessible to SciLMi Hub members for networking purposes for at least twelve months. Additional guidance regarding the arrangement of your booth will be given shortly after you register. It mainly involves uploading the files, they will be arranged automatically in the booth.

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact scilmi@edunet.eu

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New Journal

Our Serbian sister organisation are publishing a journal, as per their email:

“…

On behalf of the Serbian Association for the Study of English, I am proud and pleased to announce the launching of our new journal, named simply The SASE Journal. I believe that this is good news not only for the Serbian community of English language and literature professionals but also that it may be of interest for our European network. Therefore, I have received a polite request by the editor-in-chief of the journal, professor Jelena Danilović Jeremić (University of Kragujevac) and associate editor Marta Veličković (University of Niš) to kindly ask you to pass on the information and the call for papers through the network of your national associations. I sincerely hope that this is not too much to ask as it may benefit both the future contributors and the readership of the journal.

The basic information about the aims and scope of the journal, as well as the first call for papers can be reached via the link https://sase.org.rs/the-sase-journal/. Additionally, I am attaching the CfP to this email for greater convenience.

On behalf of the SASE members, the editors of The SASE Journal and myself

Best regards,

Vladimir

Vladimir Ž. Jovanović

Filozofski fakultet /Faculty of Philosophy

Departman za anglistiku / English Department

Niš, Srbija / Niš, Serbia”

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PhD at OsloMet

OsloMet is now advertising for four thematically open PhD positions:

Four research fellowships at the Department of Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education – OsloMet

The research group Evaluation and Assessment (EnA) Evaluering og vurdering – OsloMet – OsloMet aims to attract suitable candidates with a background in Assessment for our project Assessment cultures in Norwegian school.

The research group Evaluation and Assessment is an international, interdisciplinary research group which explores the use of assessment and evaluation inside and outside the classroom. Our research stresses the important role and impact of (formative) assessment on students’ learning and development and on student participation and agency in the learning processes. However, we have scarce knowledge of how assessment is understood and enacted in schools by leaders, teachers and students and how assessment cultures are formed and maintained. The purpose of this project is to gain knowledge about existing assessment cultures in Norwegian schools on multiple levels and with various stakeholders. We are seeking PhD candidates who would like to contribute to the development of knowledge within the following areas:

•            Researching assessment practices in classrooms in Norway, and explore the ways these are understood and aligned with current assessment policies

•            The role of key educational stakeholders, e.g., school principals, team leaders/educational coordinators, teachers, and students play in the interpretation and practice of assessment in Norwegian schools

•            The ways local assessment cultures impact learning processes and learning outcomes

The project is of great concern for teacher education and thus for the learning of children and future citizens and further their abilities and possibilities to learn and grow. The project submitted should be innovative and relevant to the focus of the research group

Candidates can contact Dr Harald Eriksen

Harald Eriksen

e-mail: haralde@oslomet.no  

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ESSE Gender bursary correction

ESSE bursaries for Gender studies within English studies, a new category of bursary similar to the regular ones, introduced in 2022, and continued in 2023 and 2024: https://essenglish.org/bursaries-for-gender-studies/. The deadline for application 1 February 2024.