The Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL) is pleased to announce its SECOND call for papers for its 7th annual conference to be held from September 5-8, 2019 in Graz, Austria. This year’s conference is being held in conjunction with the University of Graz (AUSTRIA). Invited topics for paper and poster abstracts include but are not limited to the following areas: FORENSIC PHONETICS AND ACOUSTICS; FORENSIC LINGUISTICS; LANGUAGE AND LAW; TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION; FL/FP AND EDUCATION.

All interested authors are requested to submit a 250-word abstract by March 15, 2019. To submit your abstract, please use this link: https://nick662.typeform.com/to/aAIZXW

Alternatively, abstracts may be sent directly to Dr. I. M. Nick [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.]. Please, however, be sure to enter "GSFL19" in the subject line.

Submissions may examine any language but preference will be given to abstracts investigating a Germanic language (i.e. English, Danish, Dutch, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Afrikaans, Frisian, Yiddish, etc.). Submissions must be in either English, German, or Danish. After the deadline, all abstracts will be submitted to a triple blind review by a team of Fl/FP experts. For more information on the GSFL or the GSFL2019 Roundtable, please use this link: <http://germanicsocietyforensiclinguistics.org/>

To encourage continuing interest in FL and FP, students are also warmly encouraged to attend the Emerging Scholars’ Day on September 5, 2019. Should you have any questions about the Roundtable or the Emerging Scholars’ Day, please do not hesitate to contact GSFL President, Dr. I. M. Nick <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>.