IDEA 18 Hacettepe

Founded in 2005, IDEA (English Language and Literature Research Association of Türkiye) is the Turkish national association for English studies. As the only professional association in Türkiye affiliated with ESSE (The European Society for the Study of English), IDEA aims at bringing together academics working in the fields of linguistics, literature, language teaching and cultural studies. The 18th IDEA Conference will be held on the basis of in-person participation and by the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University.

Scope

Our conference accepts papers in a wide range of topics from many different fields of “Studies in English.” We invite individual papers in the following general fields:

English Literature
Irish Studies
Literatures in English
Cultural and Critical Studies
Linguistics
English Language Teaching
Translation Studies

Conference Language

The official language of the conference is English.

Abstract/Short-Bio Submission

Please submit an abstract (max. 250 words) for a 20-minute presentation, including 3-5 key words and a short-bio (70-100 words) as a single Microsoft Word file (no PDF please) to the conference email address: idea18hacettepe@gmail.com

Please include your full name, institutional affiliation (including country information), abstract title, and email address (not included in the 250-word text limit) at the top of the abstract file.

The deadline for abstract submissions is December 15, 2025.

The receipt of submissions will be acknowledged within 3 workdays. If you have not received a confirmation after 3 workdays, please contact Res. Assist. Onur Çiffiliz at onurciffiliz@hacettepe.edu.tr or Assist. Prof. Dr. İmren Yelmiş at imren.yelmis@hacettepe.edu.tr

Peer Review Process

All abstracts will be double-blind peer reviewed by two reviewers.

Publication Prospects

All accepted abstracts will be electronically published as Book of Abstracts and maintained on the conference website.

A separate call for submissions will also be issued soon after the conference to invite full text articles to be selected through double-blind peer review for a special issue in Journal of British Literature and Culture (JBLC).

Registration

Registration information is available at:

https://idea18.hacettepe.edu.tr/en/%3C_registration_%3E-18

Contact Person

All inquiries (excluding abstract submission related issues) should be addressed to Prof. Dr. Huriye Reis, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University through the conference email address: idea18hacettepe@gmail.com

Conference Location: The conference will take place at Beytepe Campus, Hacettepe University, Ankara / Türkiye.

For details of the conference, please follow the updates at: https://idea18.hacettepe.edu.tr/en

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