Due to the by now world-wide Covid-19 restrictions on travelling and holding large-scale meetings, we have decided to postpone the conference to 7 to 11 June 2021. All proposed workshops and accepted abstracts will in principle retain their current status. Please note that current information about the conference fees is based on those set for the current year, so that they may be taken only as a general indication for what they will be in 2021. Feel free to get in touch with us if there are any questions about the conference.

Due to the by now world-wide Covid19 restrictions on travelling and holding meetings, the committee has decided to cancel the conference in June. We are now looking into postponing the conference (either to a later date in 2020 or to 2021). We will keep you informed about any further developments. All proposed workshops and accepted absracts will retain their current status, whatever developments will occur. Also, if you have registered for the conference, please hold your registrations until further notice.

Following current regulations regarding the attempts to constrain the effects of the Corona virus outbreak, the University of Leiden has cancelled all physical forms of teaching until 6 April. As conference organisers, we will use this period to consider how to proceed with the conference. In the most extreme situation, we will have to postpone ICEHL-21 until a later date. For those of you who have already registered for the conference: please note that all current registrations will be held until further notice.

Please note that if you haven’t done so already and wish to make use of the Early Bird Registration for the conference, that it closes on 1 March.

As part of the conference's social programme, participants of ICEHL-21 have the opportunity to go on a walking tour related to the Pilgrim Fathers.

Leiden University's famous botanical garden offers a 50% reduction on entry tickets to participants during the conference.

ICEHL is a conference on all aspects and subjects relating to English Historical Linguistics. Having started in Durham, in 1979, its twenty-first edition will be held at Leiden University Centre for Linguistics 8-12 June, 2020.

We are happy to announce that the Call for Papers for ICEHL-21 is now out.