Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026

The 8th Corpora and Discourse International Conference (CAD 2026) will be held at Lancaster University (UK) from Tuesday 23rd June to Thursday 25th June 2026.

The conference will include a wine reception, to be held on the 23rd June, with the conference dinner taking place on the evening of the 24th June.

About

The Corpora and Discourse International Conference brings together researchers from across the world who conduct research at the intersections of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis. Our Call for Papers can be found here.

Research presented at the conference might include (but is certainly not limited to) work that identifies as: corpus-assisted discourse studies, corpus-based (critical) discourse studies, corpus-based contrastive linguistics, corpus-based sociolinguistics, corpus-driven discourse studies, corpus-informed discourse studies, corpus stylistics, corpus pragmatics or corpus and discourse work that does not identify with a particular label.

The conference aims to showcase the diversity of research in this area and to give space for important conversations that help to move this varied field forward.

Key dates

  • 2 September 2025 – Call for Papers opens
  • 19 December 2025 – Extended deadline for abstract submissions
  • Mid-January 2026 – Notifications of acceptance (or rejection)
  • 2 February 2026 – Early bird registration opens
  • 6 April 2026 – Late bird registration opens
  • 1 June 2026 – Registration closes
  • 23-25 June 2026 – Conference

Updates

To stay up to date, follow us on Bluesky: @corporadiscourse.bsky.social 

This website will also be updated regularly, so check back for more information as we get closer to the conference.

For queries, please contact Dr Gavin Brookes at: g.brookes@lancaster.ac.uk

Preparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026

— Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 (@corporadiscourse.bsky.social) 2025-07-13T18:29:35.908Z

CAD history

This is the eighth iteration of the Corpora and Discourse International Conference, with the first having taken place in 2002. See below for a list of institutions that have previously held the CAD Conference: