The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will host the International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics (ISMIL 26) and International Symposium on the Languages of Java (ISLOJ 9) on May 18-20, 2023.

Schedule

ISMIL will take place May 18-19, 2023, and ISLOJ 9 will take place May 20, 2023. In an effort to facilitate participation from Southeast Asian scholars, we will begin in the late morning at 10am until 6pm. A conference dinner will take place on May 19 at College Hill with an estimated cost of $25 per person.

Special Joint Sessions

There will be a special joint session on m/Minimalism in ISMIL/ISLOJ Languages featuring keynote speakers Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland, College Park) and Eva Wittenberg (Central European University).

There will also be a special joint session featuring keynote speaker Dwi Noverini Djenar (University of Sydney).

Modality

The symposia will be oriented to in person participants but will offer a hybrid option for those who are unable to attend in person.

Local organizers:

• Bradley McDonnell, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
• Jim Yoshioka, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Co-organizers: 

• Peter Cole, University of Delaware
• Thomas Conners, University of Maryland
• David Gil, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
• Peter Slomanson, University of Tampere
• Hooi Ling Soh, University of Minnesota

Student steering committee (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa):

• Margaret Asperheim
• Jillian Breithaupt
• Orlyn Joyce Esquivel
• Maddy Liotta
• Venson Villareal
• Olivia Waring

Additional Information

Paper/abstract inquiries: gil AT shh.mpg.de

Travel/logistical inquiries: seaconfs AT hawaii.edu