STAL 2026

Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL-2026) is an international and interdisciplinary workshop whose primary aim is to gather work on slurs from languages that have been seldom discussed in the recent philosophical and semantic literature, and in particular, from sign languages and non-Indo-European languages. It aims to bring to light new empirical data and uncover novel interesting phenomena that may have the potential to challenge current theories of slurs. We search for theoretical and empirical studies of slurs from such languages, comparisons with English slurs, as well as wider cross-linguistic approaches. We also welcome developments of extant theories in application to the new data or previously neglected phenomena.

Program Committee

Justina Berskyte (University of Manchester), Bianca Cepollaro (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele), Filippo Domaneschi (University of Genoa), Leopold Hess (Jagiellonian University), Elsi Kaiser (University of Southern California), Chang Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Nicolas Lo Guercio (CONICET/University of Buenos Aires), Elin McCready (ICREA/Autonomous University of Barcelona), Alba Moreno Zurita (University of Santiago de Compostela), Eleonora Orlando (CONICET/University of Buenos Aires), Camilo Rodriguez Ronderos (University of Oslo), Andrés Saab (SADAF/University of Buenos Aires), Isidora Stojanovic (CNRS/Institut Jean Nicod & Pompeu Fabra University), Simone Sulpizio (University of Milano-Bicocca), Neftali Villanueva (University of Granada), Dan Zeman (University of Porto).

Organizing committee

The workshop is organized by Neftali Villanueva (University of Granada), Alba Moreno Zurita (University of Santiago de Compostela), Sergio Guerra (University of Granada), Dan Zeman (University of Porto) and Isidora Stojanovic (CNRS & Pompeu Fabra University) 

Accommodation

Please note that the organizers won’t cover accommodation costs. It is, however, possible to book rooms for participants at the venue of the conference for the duration of the workshop (3 nights: May 13-16) at the usual rates. Participants should let the organizers know in advance if they have this preference.