Welcome to the homepage of the Linguistic Colloquium Language, Region, Identity. The colloquium aims to foster scientific exchanges within the Alpine region and beyond. It is specifically targeted at early-career researchers (PhD students and post-docs). The colloquia, jointly organised by six universities and research centres in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, intend to offer a forum for discussing current and recently concluded projects. The yearly editions are organised around three keywords: language, region and identity. The different languages and language varieties that we speak, together with the place where we were born, grew up and where we live, are in fact important and interdependent factors that make up our identity. In language interactions, these factors play a key role in the processes of distinguishing and identifying with other interlocutors. The colloquia intend to offer a forum for discussing current and recently concluded projects concerning these aspects. Each Linguistic Colloquium workshop has a specific topic of interest.
The workshop languages are German, Italian and English. The events take place at the Academy of German-Italian Studies at Villa San Marco in Merano, Italy.
8th LRI Workshop for Early-Career Researchers
Oral Communication and Plurilingualism
11-12 June 2026
Villa San Marco, Merano/Meran, Italy
The 8th edition will address topics related to oral communication and plurilingualism. In contexts characterised by territorial multilingualism and/or increasing levels of linguistic diversity, language manifests itself as a complex dialogical process involving multiple resources – registers, varieties, and discourses – which speakers select to engage in processes of meaning-making, identity negotiation, and to act upon their realities. With this in mind, we welcome contributions that deal with orality and spoken language, focusing in particular on oral communication in connection with the themes highlighted in the Call for Papers.
Keynote Speakers
At LRI Workshops, two experts in the workshop topic are invited to frame the event with an opening and closing talk. The experts’ role during the workshop is to participate actively and constructively in the discussions at the end of each presentation.
The confirmed speakers are:
Katrijn Maryns (Universiteit Gent, Belgium): TBA
Fabiana Fazzi (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italy): TBA
Katrijn Maryns
University of Ghent
Fabiana Fazzi
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Venue
Academy of German-Italian Studies
Villa San Marco, Merano/Meran, Italy
The Academy of German-Italian Studies, founded in 1959 as German-Italian Cultural Institute, is a non-profit association, whose aim is to foster the cultural and scientific exchange between the German speaking and the Italian speaking world.
The Academy organises international conferences, symposia, research and doctoral colloquia, as well as lectures, readings, exhibitions and concerts. It carries out in-house research through its research centres and through collaborative projects with other institutions. Cooperation agreements have been signed with several universities and research centers in Italy, Germany, and Austria.
Accademia Di Studi Italo - Tedeschi
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A beautiful place to meet
South Tyrol
Italy’s northernmost province combines Alpine staidness with Italian joie-de-vivre, the Dolomites – a UNESCO World Heritage site – and cultural diversity. South Tyrol is a region abounding with contrasts, between Mediterranean landscape and Alpine peaks, rooted tradition and cosmopolitan curiosity.
Merano/Meran
Merano/Meran is a vibrant spa town, characterized by spacious parks, easy walking routes, botanical gardens and waterways which invite visitors to linger and enjoy the green and pleasant atmosphere of the old town. For more information on Merano/Meran, visit the tourist board.
Organizing Committee
Local Organizers
Aivars Glaznieks
Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen
Marta Guarda
Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen
Giorgia Andreolli
Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen
Stephanie Risse
Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
Mara Leonardi
Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
International Organizers
Monika Dannerer
University of Innsbruck
Andrea Ender
University of Salzburg
Peter Mauser
University of Salzburg
Claudia Maria Riehl
University of Munich
Regula Schmidlin
University of Fribourg
Past Editions
1st LRI Workshop 2014, Villa San Marco, Merano/Meran:
“Language, Region and Identity in Computer-mediated Communication”: Programme
6th LRI Workshop 2020 and 2021, Villa San Marco, Merano/Meran:
“Oral Communication and Plurilingualism”: The workshop was cancelled due to Covid pandemic
