The 46th ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English) Conference ‘Per Corpora ad Astra: Exploring the Past, Mapping the Future’ will be held at Vilnius University, Faculty of Philology on 17–21 June 2025. Over 100 researchers from 19 countries will participate in the conference, which will focus on corpus linguistics, newest language technologies as well as statistical, diachronic and synchronic language research. Keynote lectures will be given by Prof. Rūta Petrauskaitė (Vytautas Magnus University), a pioneer of corpus linguistics in Lithuania, and Prof. Rosa Lorés (University of Zaragoza), a researcher of digital science communication, a rapidly growing field of interest for linguistics and communication. Dr. Lukas Sönning (University of Bamberg) will present data visualisation techniques and Prof. Sebastian Hoffmann (University of Trier) will review the opportunities and challenges of using audio data in corpus linguistics.
“It is very significant that the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English Conference has finally come to Vilnius University”, says prof. Jolanta Šinkūnienė, ICAME Board member and Chair of the ICAME46 organising committee. “Vilnius University continues to keep its strong position in the field of humanities in the latest global university subject rankings, ‘QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025’. Linguistics at Vilnius University has the highest ranking of all fields, 251–300th in the world. This international corpus linguistics conference will provide opportunities to strengthen ties between Vilnius University and scholars from leading research centers in Europe and beyond. Establishing new international networks is extremely important in the increasingly competitive international research arena”, notes prof. Šinkūnienė.
The ICAME46 conference will start with three pre-conference workshops on 17 June and will continue until lunchtime on Saturday (21 June).
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