The Philological Society Blog

Written by Mikayla Oliver For over ten years, the Manchester Forum in Linguistics has brought PhD students and early career researchers from allover the world together to share their work and expertise. This year’s edition of the conference was held April 30th to the 1st of May. Thanks to the hard work of the committee and support from our funders, MFiL 2026 was a big success! The evening before the conference, members of the committee and presenters met up to engage in some friendlycompetition! Our pub quiz was a great opportunity for everyone to get to know each other before the presentations kicked off the next … Continue reading MFiL 2026 →

Written by Sólveig Hilmarsdóttir (Cambridge) and Dalia Pratali Maffei (Gent) We, the organisers of the conference Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages (https://svalconference.wordpress.com/), want to thank the Philological Society warmly for their generous support of our initiative. The three-day conference took place in … Continue reading Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages. Towards Third Wave Approaches and Beyond at the University of Cambridge and Jesus College →

Written by Eve Suharwardy In May 2026, I was generously awarded a Fieldwork and Travel Bursary by the Philological Society to attend SULA-TripleA. It was a four-day event which was hosted by the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, … Continue reading Fieldwork and Travel Bursary Recipient: SULA-TripleA conferences →