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From https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-2125.html

The Department of Foreign Languages at Towson University in Maryland announces a conference, "Forging Linguistic Identities" to be held on March 14-16, 2019 and invites proposals for papers. The conference seeks to examine language as socially embedded within historical and geo-political contexts.

Call for Papers: 
Possible topics might include, but not be limited to: 

- Dialects/diglossia and their role in group identity formation 
- The standardization of national and/or majority language(s) and its impact on national or regional politics 
- Multi-lingualism and its negotiation and practice by the communities of use. 
- Use(s) of indigenous languages under transnational states 
- National reception of dialect/minority-language literature and verbal culture 
- Migration 
- Translation studies 

The scope of the conference is not limited by region, language, or time period. Proposals involving languages taught by the Department of Foreign Languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Ancient Greek, Biblical and Modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) are especially encouraged. Proposals are welcomed across disciplines, from scholars of languages and literatures, education, geography, history, psychology and sociology. 

Deadline for submissions is November 1, 2018

View the full call for papers at https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-2125.html