Dear AILA Europe network members,

Please distribute the CfP for the Finnish association’s autumn symposium in Oulu this November to your association.
Kind regards,
Anta

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Anta Kursiša
Institutionen för slaviska och baltiska språk, finska, nederländska och tyska
Stockholms universitet
AILA Europe coordinator

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Welcome to the Autumn Symposium of the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics (AFinLA) on 12–14 November 2026 in Oulu, which is the European Capital of Culture in 2026. Similarly to culture, the AFinLA Autumn Symposium brings participants together for collaboration and new ideas. Indeed, the theme of the symposium this year is “Encounters: Culture, Technology and Interaction”. Proposals are invited for presentations of applied language studies that explore, for example, what kinds of encounters culture and technology enable, realise and require as well as what kinds of meanings, forms and changes language and interaction bring about in such encounters. In addition to proposals relating to the theme of the symposium, other topics related to applied language studies are welcomed.
 
Proposals for presentations, posters and workshops must be submitted using the online form at https://link.webropol.com/s/afinla2026 by 14 August 2026. Acceptance of presentations, workshops and posters will be announced on 18 September 2026 at the latest. The final deadline for registration and payment of the symposium fees is 9 October 2026.
 
The symposium programme includes three plenary presentations:
 
Maria Frick, University of Oulu
Monikielinen työyhteisö yksikielisyyspaineen alla – näkökulmia vuorovaikutukseen, kielenomaksumiseen ja teknologian rooliin
 
Teppo Jakonen, University of Turku
Teknologia kielenoppimisvuorovaikutuksen resurssina, toimijana ja ympäristönä
 
Heike Ortner, University of Innsbruck
Tourism Communication and Capitals of Culture: Perspectives from Applied Linguistics

Symposium website: www.oulu.fi/fi/tapahtumat/afinla.
Email: afinla2026(at)oulu.fi
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Järjestelytoimikunta/ Organising committee/ Organisationskommittén: Tiina Räisänen (pj./ chair/ ordf.), Sabine Grasz, Mari Holmström, Antti Kamunen, Tiina Keisanen, Elina Nuutinen, Marjo Ohtamaa, Minna Pukari, Mirka Rauniomaa & Maija Saviniemi