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To celebrate this milestone, CLUP is organising the international conference <strong>CLUP\u201926 &#8211; From Legacy to the Challenge of Innovation: 50 Years of the Centre for Linguistics of the University of Porto<\/strong>, which will take place on the 9<sup>th<\/sup> and 10<sup>th<\/sup> of November 2026 as an on-site event at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FLUP), Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This conference aims to provide an opportunity to reflect on CLUP\u2019s academic path since its foundation, as well as to discuss current and future challenges in linguistic research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers, lecturers and students from all academic levels and research fields working in the thematic areas of the conference are invited to submit proposals to present their investigations. Proposals that engage with \u2014 though not exclusively \u2014 CLUP\u2019s core research areas will be particularly welcome::<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8211; Social Applications of Linguistics<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8211; Discourse, Communication and Society<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8211; Grammar: Structure and Uses<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8211; Historical Linguistics<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Studies that do not directly fall within one of CLUP\u2019s research areas but address topics relevant to linguistics will also be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Please find the <a href=\"https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/?page_id=7102&amp;lang=en\">submission instructions<\/a>.<br>Submissions through: <a href=\"https:\/\/easyabs.linguistlist.org\/conference\/CLUP_50anos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/easyabs.linguistlist.org\/conference\/CLUP_50anos\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>Working Languages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The working languages of the conference will be Portuguese, English, French, German and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>Keynote Speakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/filip.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6990\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hanafilip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hana Filip<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silvestre.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silvestre.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silvestre-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ua.pt\/pt\/p\/80458727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jo\u00e3o&nbsp;Paulo&nbsp;Silvestre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/svoboda-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/svoboda-1.png 200w, https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/svoboda-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utrl.ff.cuni.cz\/cs\/ustavkatedra\/lide\/zamestnanci\/doc-phdr-tomas-svoboda-ph-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tomas Svoboda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/id.letras.up.pt\/clup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vidal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6993\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" 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