Human,
Environment
and Ecology
oikos (house) + logos (word): ecology carries language in its very name.
Prof. Dr. Özlem TERZİ
The 12th International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture is held in memory of Prof. Dr. Özlem TERZİ.
ABOUT
The International Language, Literature and Culture (LLC) Conference is an annual academic event organised by Çankaya University in Ankara in collaboration with a different partner university each year. The conference has become an internationally recognised platform that brings together academics from around the world and the host country with the aim of promoting interdisciplinary dialogue in the humanities and social sciences.
THREE STRANDS, ONE ECOSYSTEM
Find your way through the programme
Archaeology, Art History and History
Human–environment interaction in past societies, ancient landscapes and the historical traces of nature.
Western Languages and Literatures
Ecocriticism, climate fiction and more-than-human readings.
Turkish Language, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology
From Ottoman poetry to urban ecology; the ties between society, mind and nature.
KEYNOTES AND PANEL
Voices of word and soil
Reading Climate Fictions: A Dissensual Practice
Human–Environment Interaction in Roman Pisidia
Ecology beyond Representation: Mattertext, Art, and Posthuman Relationality
The urban-rural systems of Late Hellenistic to Roman Imperial Sagalassos and present-day Ağlasun
THEMES · DATES · VENUE
Conference details
Continuing the interdisciplinary tradition of the International Language, Literature and Culture (LLC) Conference Series, the 12th International Language, Literature and Culture Conference, jointly organized by Çankaya University and Bournemouth University, will be hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Süleyman Demirel University on 21–24 October 2026. Scholars and researchers are cordially invited to contribute to the conference under the theme “Human, Environment and Ecology.”
The conference seeks to address the climate crisis and ongoing environmental transformations—among the most urgent global challenges of our time—by examining the relationship between humans, society, and nature within an interdisciplinary framework.
Reconsidering this relationship not solely in terms of conflict, but also through the lenses of mutual interaction, adaptation, and transformation constitutes the central point of departure of the conference. In this context, ecocriticism will be approached as a critical field of inquiry that extends beyond literary and linguistic studies to intersect with a broad spectrum of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including philosophy, history, geography, archaeology, sociology, anthropology, history of arts, psychology, philology, media studies, translation, and education.
The conference aims to foreground the cultural, ethical, aesthetic, and social dimensions of environmental issues and to foster rigorous scholarly discussions aimed at rethinking humanity’s position within ecological systems. By bringing together experts and researchers from diverse fields, the event aspires to contribute meaningfully to ongoing debates in ecocritical and environmental humanities studies.
The topics listed below reflect the thematic framework of the conference; interdisciplinary, comparative, and innovative contributions in related areas are also warmly welcomed.
Conference Themes
Ecocriticism (literature, film, visual arts, translation, and cultural representations)
Environmental History and Archaeology (human–environment interactions in past societies; historical analyses of environmental change)
Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (the Anthropocene, environmental justice, animal rights, ecological ethics)
Environmental Sociology and Anthropology (social impacts of climate change; local and global environmental movements; Indigenous ecological knowledge)
Environmental Psychology (eco-anxiety, environmental awareness, connectedness with nature, psychological foundations of pro-environmental behavior)
Sustainability and Development (social, cultural, and economic dimensions of sustainable living models)
Space, Urban Studies, and Ecology (ecological urbanization; environmental impacts of urban transformation; green spaces)
Disasters, Climate Crisis, and Society (social and cultural consequences of climate-related disasters)
Environmental Communication and Media (media representations of the climate crisis and public perception)
Environmental Policy and Law (national and international environmental policies; climate negotiations; legal regulations)
Publication Options
- Abstracts of the papers accepted for presentation will be published in the Book of Abstracts. In addition, full texts of the papers that are orally presented and subsequently submitted will, upon the authors’ request and subject to a favorable peer-review process, be considered for publication in the “Human, Environment and Ecology” Special Issue of the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences of Süleyman Demirel University (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/suitder).
- Furthermore, a selection of the full papers that are orally presented and submitted will also be considered for publication, depending on the authors’ preference and the successful completion of the peer-review process, as a proceedings volume by a national or international publishing house.
Important Dates
- Conference Programme: Announced – see the Programme page (online sessions: Online Sessions)
- Conference Dates: 21–24 October 2026
- Conference web site: https://llc2026.sdu.edu.tr
- The official languages of the conference are English and Turkish
Venue
- Süleyman Demirel University
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Isparta, TÜRKİYE
SINCE 2012
A tradition that flows like a river
Every year a poster, every poster a milestone.