The Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (Saint Petersburg, Russia) is pleased to announce the 23rd Conference on Typology and Grammar for Young Scholars, which will be held in Saint Petersburg, 26–28 November 2026.

Invited Speakers:

• Dmitry Ganenkov, TBA
• Yury Lander, TBA

Submissions from young researchers (35 years old and younger) working in any area of linguistic typology and grammar theory, including phonology, are welcome. The conference prioritizes research conducted within an (areal-)typological perspective and based on new empirical data. Each talk selected for presentation will be allotted 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes of discussion. The official languages of the conference are Russian and English. Abstracts can be written in either language. Note that the abstract should not exceed 4000 characters (counting spaces), excluding references and abbreviations, otherwise it will be rejected on formal grounds. In the abstract, please specify the problem, methods and findings of the research. One individual may be involved in a maximum of two abstracts (maximum of one as sole author).

The deadline for abstract submission is 6 September 2026. Anonymous abstracts should be submitted via the conference website.

All inquiries can be addressed to the conference email box: youngconfspb@gmail.com.

The decision of the Organizing Committee on acceptance/rejection of submissions will be announced to authors no later than 21 September 2026.

There is no participation fee.

The conference will be held in person (Institute for Linguistic Studies RAS in Saint Petersburg, Russia), online participation will be possible in exceptional circumstances.

Conference email: youngconfspb@gmail.com

Conference website: https://typology-conf.iling.spb.ru/e/main 

For submissions in English: https://typology-conf.iling.spb.ru/e/abstract-submission.

For submissions in Russian: https://typology-conf.iling.spb.ru/podacha-tezisov.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: 6 September 2026

Notification of acceptance: no later than 21 September 2026

Conference: 26–28 November 2026

Organizing Committee:

Elizaveta Zabelina, Junior Research Fellow, ILS RAS (Chair)

Natalia Logvinova, Junior Research Fellow, ILS RAS (Secretary)

Maksim Fedotov, PhD student, LLACAN (CNRS) – INALCO

Maria Kholodilova, Research Fellow, ILS RAS – Research Fellow, Linguistic Convergence Laboratory, HSE University

Mikhail Knyazev, Senior Research Fellow, ILS RAS

Andrey Marchenko, PhD student, ILS RAS

Valeriya Olishevskaya, Junior Research Fellow, ILS RAS

Nina Romanova, Master’s student, Saint Petersburg State University

Daria Saparova, Junior Research Fellow, ILS RAS

Elena Shvedova, Research Assistant, Linguistic Convergence Laboratory, HSE University

Daniel Tiskin, Associate Professor, HSE University (Saint Petersburg)

Natalia Zaika, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Department of Linguistic Typology, ILS RAS