Programme

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Time Event (+)
08:30 - 09:00 Opening speeches (Amphi T1 (PNRV))  
09:00 - 10:00 Plenary conference (title to come) (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) - Laurent Le Gall  
10:15 - 12:30 language ecology, multilingualism, endangered languages (Room 1) (+)  
10:15 - 10:42 › Climate Change Conceptualisation in Mabia Languages in Ghana - Samuel Owoahene Acheampong, University of Education [Winneba] - Samuel Alhassan Issah, University of Education [Winneba]  
10:42 - 11:09 › Stories We Did Not Live By: Ecological Discourse Analysis of Neglected Ghanaian Oral Narratives - Anthony Adawu, University of Education [Winneba]  
11:09 - 11:36 › Exploring the interdependence of linguistic vitality, ecological resilience, and ancestral wisdom embedded in proverbs - Benedicta Lomotey, Université du Ghana = University of Ghana  
11:36 - 12:03 › Preserving Traditional Ecological Knowledge through isiXhosa: Language as a Repository of Environmental Wisdom - Zoliswa Made, Nelson Mandela University [Port Elizabeth] - Nompumelelo Kapa, University of Fort Hare  
12:03 - 12:30 › The cultural and environmental positionality of amaXhosa towards seasonal changes in South Africa - Zakhile Somlata, Nelson Mandela University [Port Elizabeth]  
10:15 - 11:40 language, power, and ecology (Room 2) (+)  
10:15 - 10:42 › An Ecolinguistic Study of Irula Ritual Songs from Tamil Nadu - Priscilla Angel V, Shiv Nadar University Chennai - Tanima Bagchi, Shiv Nadar University Chennai  
10:42 - 11:09 › Beyond the Lungs of the Planet: Ecological Metaphors in Brazil's Environmental Discourse and the Moral Politics of Global Leadership - Jana Vaneckova, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Univerzita Karlova [Praha, Česká republika] = Faculty of Sciences, Charles University [Prague, Czech Republic]  
11:09 - 10:36 › Ground Zero: Nuclear Metaphors for Climate Change - Suzu Yoshida, Meiji University [Tokyo]  
10:15 - 12:30 Paper presentations (Room 3)  
10:15 - 12:30 Paper presentations (Room 4)  
10:15 - 12:30 Paper presentations (Room 5)  
10:15 - 12:30 narrative (Room 6) (+)  
10:15 - 12:30 › Communicating the Climate Crisis: Institutional Best Practices and Polarization in Public Debate - Doriana Cimmino, University of Ca' Foscari [Venice, Italy] - Daria Evangelista, Universiteit van Amsterdam = University of Amsterdam - Elena Zanet, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale - Amedeo Avogadro - Chiara Mercuri, Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland - Nataly Pineda Castañeda, Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland  
10:15 - 11:20 eco-translation (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) - David ar Rouz (+)  
10:15 - 10:45 › Écotraduction et décroissance : corps-territoires, mémoires et justice épistémique face au Capitalocène à partir de la littérature caribéenne - Laura De la Fuente López, Universidad de Salamanca, Sorbonne Université  
10:45 - 11:20 › Eco-sémiotique et trajectoires du traduire : l'apport de l'éco-traduction - Ineke Wallaert, Centre de recherche inter-langues sur la signification en contexte  
11:25 - 12:30 teaching ecolinguistics and ecolinguistics in teaching (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) - David ar Rouz (+)  
11:25 - 11:55 › L'autodocumentation écolinguistique : présentation des premiers résultats en Kabylie orientale - Massinissa Garaoun, Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique  
11:55 - 12:30 › Le discours de la catastrophe climatique – comment alarmer sans être considéré comme ‘alarmiste' ? - "Climate change discourse – how to alarm without sounding like an alarmist?" - Margot Colleu, On-Words!  
11:35 - 12:05 language ecology, multilingualism, endangered languages (Room 2) (+)  
11:36 - 12:03 › Explaining Mongolian Ecological Worldview through Metaphorical Expressions in the Mongolian Language (Монгол хэлний метафорын илэрхийллээр монголчуудын байгальтай харьцах сэтгэлгээний онцлогыг тайлбарлах нь) - Unurtsetseg Nergui  
12:00 - 12:30 narrative (Room 2) (+)  
12:03 - 12:30 › Monomodal and Multimodal Metaphor in Ecological Documentary: A Diachronic Analysis - Shiyu Han, University of Glasgow  
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch  
13:30 - 14:05 Paper presentations (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) - In French with interpretation into English (+)  
13:30 - 14:05 › Entre sentience et productivité : le traitement linguistique du végétal - Arnaud Godet, Centre de recherche inter-langues sur la signification en contexte  
13:30 - 15:45 Workshop – Ecostylistics - Workshop – Ecostylistics  
13:30 - 15:45 Workshop – Multilingual Herbology - Multilingual Herbology: Embedding Multilingualism into Learning for Sustainability in Scotland by Dobrochna Futro, Lavinia Hirsu, Pinar Aksu  
13:30 - 15:45 Workshop – “Metaphors to adapt, metaphors to resist” - “Metaphors to adapt, metaphors to resist” Figurative language in disrupted climates Camille Biros, Caroline Rossi, Pauline Bureau, Adeline Terry  
13:30 - 18:15 Workshop – The ‘water-multiple' - The ‘water-multiple': A workshop on languaging and change in liquid practices by Döring Martin, Stephen Cowley, Sune Steffensen  
13:30 - 18:15 narrative (Room 6) (+)  
13:30 - 18:15 › Communicating the Climate Crisis: Institutional Best Practices and Polarization in Public Debate - Doriana Cimmino, University of Ca' Foscari [Venice, Italy] - Daria Evangelista, Universiteit van Amsterdam = University of Amsterdam - Elena Zanet, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale - Amedeo Avogadro - Chiara Mercuri, Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland - Nataly Pineda Castañeda, Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland  
14:05 - 14:35 language, power, and ecology (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) (+)  
14:05 - 14:35 › The “Valorization” Discourse in Moroccan Ethnobotanical Research: An Ecolinguistic Analysis - Ouidad Infi, Moulay Ismail University  
14:40 - 15:45 language ecology, multilingualism, endangered languages (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) - Anatole Danto (+)  
14:40 - 15:45 › Littoraux et forêts : regards sociocognitifs croisés sur la construction multisensorielle en discours de deux espaces naturels - Laurent Gautier, Centre Interlangues Texte Image Langage  
15:45 - 16:00 Break  
16:00 - 18:15 language ecology, multilingualism, endangered languages (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) - Laurent Gautier (+)  
16:00 - 18:15 › Littoraux et forêts : regards sociocognitifs croisés sur la construction multisensorielle en discours de deux espaces naturels - Laurent Gautier, Centre Interlangues Texte Image Langage  
16:00 - 18:15 Workshop – Ecolinguistics and English language teaching - Integrating Ecolinguistics into the English Language Teaching Classroom: Reading and Writing the Stories We Teach By by Edward Rutledge  
16:00 - 18:15 Workshop - Creative Alchemy - Creative Alchemy: Wildness, Beauty, Imagination as Theoretical and Methodological Framework (Revised Proposal) Dawn Wink: Eastern New Mexico University  
19:30 - 23:00 Dinner  

Friday, July 10, 2026

Time Event (+)
09:00 - 12:00 Jardins des Milles Pas & La Basse Cour: Agroecology, from field to plate - Description to come  
09:00 - 12:00 City center of Rennes: depaving, uncovering the Vilaine river - Description to come  
09:00 - 12:00 Prairies Saint-Martin: urban water management - Description to come  
09:00 - 12:00 Beauregard: Trees in the city - Description to come  
09:00 - 12:00 Tourist Office: visit of the city of Rennes - Description to come  
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch  
14:00 - 15:00 Plenary conference – (title to come) (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) - Michael Cronin  
15:15 - 17:30 language ecology, multilingualism, endangered languages (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) (+)  
15:15 - 17:30 › Embodiment, Numerosity, and Cultural Practices: Cognitive and Semiotic Perspectives - Vera Da Silva Sinha, Federal University of Paraiba  
15:15 - 17:30 Workshop – Weaving regenerative metaphors - Weaving regenerative metaphors by Jessica Ball  
15:15 - 17:30 Workshop – Not quite pagan - Not Quite Pagans: Ancient Eyes, Modern Tongue; the Challenge of Languaging an Eco-Spiritual Sensibility by Grace Wells  
15:15 - 17:30 Workshop – LLMs and Ecolinguistics - Large Language Models and Ecolinguistics: co-creating an ecological future by Martina Russo, Jorge Vallego, Eleanor Tiernan  
15:15 - 17:30 Conversation – Ecolinguistics in language policies (EN +) - Ecolinguistics in language policies: discussing possible measures and approaches by David ar Rouz  
15:15 - 17:30 Paper presentations  
15:15 - 17:30 Paper presentations  
15:15 - 17:30 Paper presentations  

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Time Event (+)
08:30 - 09:30 Plenary conference – (title to come) (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) - Elisabetta Zurru  
09:30 - 09:45 ICE 9 Announcement (Amphi T1 (PNRV))  
09:45 - 10:00 Coffee break  
10:00 - 12:15 language ecology, multilingualism, endangered languages (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) (+)  
10:00 - 12:15 › Littoraux et forêts : regards sociocognitifs croisés sur la construction multisensorielle en discours de deux espaces naturels - Laurent Gautier, Centre Interlangues Texte Image Langage  
10:00 - 12:15 Paper presentations  
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch  
13:30 - 17:45 language ecology, multilingualism, endangered languages (Amphi T1 (PNRV)) (+)  
13:30 - 17:45 › Littoraux et forêts : regards sociocognitifs croisés sur la construction multisensorielle en discours de deux espaces naturels - Laurent Gautier, Centre Interlangues Texte Image Langage  
13:30 - 17:45 Workshop – Co-creative rewriting of narratives (FR) - Pratique de réécriture co-créative de récit. Les contes de fées traditionnels détournés by Françoise Lucas  
13:30 - 17:45 Workshop – Co-creative ecolinguistics for environmental planning - Co-creative ecolinguistics for environmental planning by Daniele Brombal  
13:30 - 17:45 Workshop – A day at ICE 20 or Ecolinguistics in 2050 (EN +) - A day at ICE 20 – Ecolinguistics in 2050 by Catrin Peterson, David ar Rouz, Élodie Merlot, Nathalie Brillant Rannou  
13:30 - 15:45 Conversation – Cultural ontologies, language science, colonialism - Cultural ontologies, language science, colonialism by Chris Sinha & Vera da Silva Sinha  
17:45 - 18:00 Break  
18:00 - 18:30 Conference closing (Amphi T1 (PNRV))  
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