We are very pleased to announce the call for papers for the first Historical English Analysis and Research Tradition (HEART) Conference, which will be held in person 11-12.04.2025 at the Faculty of Modern Languages in Warsaw. It offers a platform for interdisciplinary exchange on the research methods and new interpretations of the materials dated up to 1700.

We are proud to welcome as keynote speakers: Jan Čermák (Charles University, Prague), Tamás Karáth (Comenius University, Bratislava and Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest), and Thijs Porck (Leiden University).

The conference commemorates the one-thousandth anniversary of the coronation of Bolesław the Brave, the first crowned king of Poland, which took place probably in April, 1025 in Gniezno. This historical perspective underlies our ambition to bring into contact the various perspectives on medievalist research in the field of linguistics as well as literary and cultural studies simultaneously emphasising the continuity and distinctive nature of collective academic achievement in Poland and the whole of central Europe.

We welcome proposals on any topic related to aspects of linguistic, literary, and cultural research on English up to 1700, including, but not limited to, historical phonology, morphology and syntax, semantics and pragmatics, lexical studies, language contact, manuscript studies, linguistic variation, language change, Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern literature, the orality/literacy nexus, courtly and chivalric culture, medievalism after 1700, esp. in modern fantasy, as well as reflection on the concept of kingship and the coronation ritual.

There are two ways to participate in the conference. We accept:

• paper proposals for 20-minute presentations, which should include 300-word abstracts and three to five keywords;
• thematic session proposals for three related papers, which should include a 200-word summary of the overall theme, highlighting its relevance and significance to the field, as well as individual 300-word abstracts for each of the three papers.

To submit all proposals, see our website: https://heart.wn.uw.edu.pl/

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We hope you can join us in Warsaw!