Tag: Spain

CFP BAAL Language Policy Forum 2026 (Spain)

ConferencesCall for papers: British Association for Applied Linguistics Language Policy Forum, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 22-23 April 2026. Deadline:  27 October 2025.

2026 marks 50 years since Joshua Fishman‘s foundational volume Bilingual Education: An International Sociological Perspective (1976), a cornerstone in establishing language policy as a distinct discipline. 2026 also marks 20 years since the publication of An Introduction to Language Policy: Theory and Method, a collection edited by Thomas Ricento and showcasing the leading lights of what had become by then a flourishing research field.

In his volume, Fishman argued that language policy (or more specifically bilingual education) was good for majorities, minorities, language learning, and education. In this spirit, LPF 2026 invites submissions informed by this disciplinary heritage, and those which go beyond it, to examine language policy across different areas of civic and societal engagement. We take a broad approach to language policy; we welcome any submissions related to decision-making about language use.

The Language Policy Forum is international, affordable, and accessible –– a premier international meeting of specialists with extra attention to facilitating access.

CFP 3rd International Conference on Freedom of Religion and Belief (Spain)

ConferencesCall for proposals: Third International Conference on Freedom of Religion and Belief, Faculty of Communication and International Relations Blanquerna (Ramon Llull University), Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 January 2026. Deadline: 14 September 2025.

The Third International Conference on Freedom of Religion and Belief, convened by the Chair of Religious Freedom and Conscience of Catalonia and the Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture, will take place in Barcelona on 28 – 30 January, 2026. The goals of the conference are to:

  • Share good practices at the local, regional or international level in regards to the management of religious diversity and the promotion of religious freedom.
  • Analyze the international standards that assess the exercise of the right to religious freedom and the prevention of violations to the right.
  • Create a debate among experts and members of international institutions about the international situation and trends in freedom of religion and conscience, as well as methodologies, categories and indicators for the analysis of the reality of religious freedom.

Practical proposals that explain initiatives on religious freedom, the promotion of interreligious and interfaith dialogue are also welcome. In this case, a summary of what will be presented is also required, with a maximum of 500 words, along with the author’s institution. Communications can be submitted in Catalan, Spanish, English, or French.

CIDOB: Programa Talent Global 2025 (Spain)

Fellowships

Programa Talent Global Junior Visiting Fellowships, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), Barcelona, Spain. Deadline: 30 June 2025.

The Banco Sabadell Foundation and CIDOB (Barcelona Center for International Affairs) launch the fourth edition of the Programa Talent Global with the aim of promoting quality research by young researchers, through a paid research stay and two awards for applied research. The Junior Visiting Fellowship is aimed at two young researchers up to the age of 30 who have demonstrated research capabilities and would join CIDOB’s research team for a period of six months through a paid research stay.

Themes
– Technological revolutions and their impact on international relations
– Challenges in sustainable development, climate change and global inequality
– New global geopolitical dynamics
– Geoeconomics and trade relations
– Gender and international relations
– The European Union as a global actor

CFP FEL: The Missing SDG: Endangered Languages and Sustainable Development (Spain)

ConferencesCall for papers: The Missing SDG: Endangered Languages and Sustainable Development, 29th Annual Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, 22-25 October 2025, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Deadline: 15 May 2025.

Why is world shouting everywhere about sustainability but is decidedly mute on language? Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, are, in the words of the UN, “the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”. They address “global challenges” which include eradicating poverty, ensuring good health and well-being, providing quality education, protecting the environment, upholding human rights, and promoting the rule of law, among others. However, languages are not explicitly mentioned, and the way in which culture is addressed remains very limited. As one linguist (Suzanne Romaine (2019: 41) put it, “language is the missing link in the global debate on sustainability”.

Without linguistic diversity and the promotion of multilingualism, many communities, particularly minority, indigenous and marginalized groups, are excluded from decision-making processes and denied equal access to vital resources. The endangerment or extinction of languages is often a consequence of this exclusion, but it also escalates it.

Main sub-themes include the topics below:

  • The conceptialisation of the links between the maintenance and revitalisation of minority, endangered and indigenous languages and sustainable development.

  • Practices of community-based and public institution initiatives that integrate both agendas.

  • Prospects of the 2030 agenda and the inclusion of the linguistic and cultural issue.

  • Proposal for a workable UN programme and document: Designing SDG 18

U Deusto: Postdoc in Re-shaping Attitudes about Refugees and Gender Minorities in Spain and Portugal (Spain)

Postdocs

Postdoctoral Researcher: Re-shaping Attitudes about Refugees and Gender Minorities in Spain and Portugal, University of Duesto, Bilbao, Spain. Deadline: 28 March 2025.

The Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at the University of Deusto is seeking a motivated and highly qualified Postdoctoral Researcher to join the project Re-shaping Attitudes about Refugees and Gender Minorities in Spain and Portugal. This project explores how negative public opinion and social attitudes can be transformed using cutting-edge quantitative methods, particularly survey experiments. The postdoctoral researcher will assist the PI in devising and testing alternative human-rights-based narratives about refugees and gender minorities to counter hate speech and marginalising far-right narratives that target these vulnerable/disadvantaged groups.

CFP PhD Research about Translation (Spain)

ConferencesCall for Papers: International Conference on PhD Research about Translation, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain, 13-14 March 2025. Deadline: 15 October 2024.

This second edition of the conference continues focusing on doctoral research in the field of translation, as well as providing a forum for exchanging ideas and improving together. Part of the formative activities in the scope of the PhD programs in Literary Studies and Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, this event is organized by the PhD students of these programs. This conference is supported by the Department of Linguistics, and Arabic, Basque and East Asian Studies, the Department of Romance, French, Italian and Translation Studies, as well as the Vice-Deanery for Research and PhD Studies of the Faculty of Philology of the Complutense University. This encounter is geared towards PhD and Master students and the people who have recently defended their thesis (within the last three years). Speakers will have the opportunity to present one of their own Translation and Interpreting Studies monographs or literary translations published in the timeframe from 2023 to 2025 during the days of the conference. In addition to promoting current research in the field of translation, organizers want to offer a safe space for getting to know each other and learn from each other.

The conference welcomes contributions both in Spanish and English.

CIDOB: Programa Talent Global 2024 (Spain)

Fellowships

Programa Talent Global Junior Visiting Fellowships, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), Barcelona, Spain. Deadline: 30 June 2024.

The Banco Sabadell Foundation and CIDOB (Barcelona Center for International Affairs) launch the fourth edition of the Programa Talent Global with the aim of promoting quality research by young researchers, through a paid research stay and two awards for applied research. The “Junior Visiting Fellowship” seeks a young researcher of up to 30 years old who has demonstrated their research capacities to join CIDOB’s research team for a six-month paid research stay.

Themes
– Technological revolutions and their impact on international relations
– Challenges in sustainable development, climate change and global inequality
– New global geopolitical dynamics
– Geoeconomics and trade relations
– Gender and international relations

CFP 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (Spain)

Conferences

Call for papers: 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism: The Different Faces of Bilingualism, San Sebastián, Spain, 9-13 June 2025. Deadline: for Symposium Submission: deadline extended to 13 November 2024.

“The Different Faces of Bilingualism” is a deliberately broad theme for ISB15, aimed at meeting ISB’s mission to create a space for researchers with a diverse range of interests to share their knowledge and gain new perspectives, and to foster meaningful cross-disciplinary collaborations. We hope to bring together researchers working on different faces of bilingualism, including different research areas, methodological approaches, and populations. In line with this aim, we have invited plenary speakers who represent different faces of bilingualism, from sociolinguistics to education, psycholinguistics to translation. This broad theme reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the organizing committee, based in a center of excellence for neuroscientific research into language and bilingualism. To capitalize on this expertise, ISB15 will feature The Bilingual Brain Day, which is intended to share the core insights of the field with researchers of other areas and to discuss the state-of-the-art with researchers in the field. The conference theme also aims to promote inclusivity, inspired by its location in the Spanish Basque Country, one of the few regions in the world that has successfully revived its bilingual heritage across all aspects of society.

Note that this is a call specifically for symposium proposals. Symposia are 120-minute blocks that allow for extended, interactive discussion on a specific topic, focusing on a cluster of independent yet related papers. Each symposium consists of four slots, and should consist either of four presentations, or of three presentations and a discussion. Abstract submission for individual papers will be possible starting 18 September 2024. For any inquiries, please reach out to isb2025@bcbl.eu

Neus Crous Costa Profile

Profiles

Ms. Neus Crous-Costa is currently a researcher and lecturer at Girona University in Girona, Spain.

Neus Crous-CostaAs a researcher and lecturer, she is now at the crossroads of tourism studies, humanities, and personal transformation, as a result of her earlier career in cultural tourism and tourism management in museums, while volunteering in education for adults and refugees. She also engages in academic activism. Although in the past she has had the opportunity to travel and live on different continents, at the moment she is choosing slower forms of mobility. This lowers her ecological footprint, but even more importantly it is a creative endeavour to engage differently with the world around her.

Selected publications:

Caselas, D., & Crous-Costa, N. (2022). Dimensión socio-cultural del turismo. Girona, Spain: Documenta Universitaria.

Crous-Costa, N. (2022). Self-otherness in tourism: A semiotic analysis of China travel posters. Rhetoric and Communications Journal, 51, 20-43.

Villagrá Álvarez, C., & Crous-Costa, N. (2020). Genetic tourism: Key to multicultural understanding and peacebuilding? in J. Tavares da Silva,  Z. Breda, F. Carbone (Eds.), Role and impact of tourism in peacebuilding and conflict transformation (pp. 302-319). IGI Global.

Crous-Costa, N. (2020). Turismo y armchair tourism: Una reflexión sobre la naturaleza del turismo. Antrópica: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, 6(11),  17-42.

Casas i Serrabassa, M., & Crous-Costa, N. (2020). Marketing como herramienta para la gestión: El caso de la Ruta del Vino de la D.O. Empordà (Costa Brava, España). Communication Papers, 9 (19).

Vidal-Casellas, D., Aulet, S., & Crous-Costa, N. (Eds.). (2019). Interpreting sacred stories: Religious tourism, pilgrimage and intercultural dialogue. CAB International.

Work for CID:
Neus Crous-Costa wrote Key Concept 110: Tourism and translated it into Spanish.

Using Sports to Start Intercultural Dialogues

Applied ICD

Within the framework of the Sport for One Humanity initiative, established by Turkish Airlines and supported by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), the representatives of selected civil society organizations working on grassroots sport-based projects participated in a five-day capacity building workshop in Madrid, Spain.

By supporting innovative sports-based interventions that foster a culture of peace, mutual understanding, and cooperation, ‘Sport for One Humanity’ affirms the need for intercultural dialogue and diversity in developing solutions to global challenges.

Representing organizations based in Cameroon, India, Kenya, the Republic of North Macedonia, Mexico, the Philippines, Uganda, and Vietnam, the participants were selected from among 600 applications from 83 countries following an intensive competitive process. The series of trainings focused on a diverse range of topics to bolster the organizations’ capacities and enhance their impact, including project design and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, communications and advocacy, as well as resource mobilization, partnerships, and fundraising.