Welcome to the official RaAM account! 🎉 All updates about the association and our conferences will be posted here. Please note that @RaAM_org has been deactivated. Follow us to stay informed!

Learn more about keynote speakers, abstract guidelines (deadline extended to October 31, 2025), and submission details on their website:

Join it to discuss how technology, migration, and cultural exchange are driving the emergence of new linguistic trends, hybrid languages, and communication practices.

This year’s special theme, “Linguistic Innovations in a Globally Interconnected World,” invites linguists, educators, and researchers to explore how globalization shapes language.

We’re happy to share an interesting event that may catch your attention: TALC 8 – Linguistic Innovations in a Globally Interconnected Worldthe Call for Papers for the 8th Białystok–Kyiv Conference on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (TALC 8).

🗓️ Deadline: October 31, 2025 (Friday), 23:59 GMT Submit your news via this form 👉 https://t.co/O68wa5ihPu We’re excited to hear from you and share your updates with the RaAM community!

PhD students are especially invited to contribute to the Metaphor Column. You can interview an established academic or get interviewed yourself!

🔸 Upcoming conferences/workshops 🔸 Reports on past events 🔸 MA/PhD programs, summer schools 🔸 New or ongoing projects 🔸 Recent publications 🔸 Calls for papers 🔸 Self-introductions (new/existing members) …and anything else relevant to RaAM members!

We’re preparing the November 2025 RaAM Newsletter and would love to include your contributions! Here’s what we’re looking for 👇

Contact for more information: Prof. Dr. Judith Papadopoulos (papadopoulos@hdm-stuttgart.de) at the Hochschule der Medien, Germany

The project runs for approximately 2 months on a freelance basis (remote) with attractive compensation. Master's students, doctoral candidates, postdocs, or former academics are welcome – no university affiliation required.

For an industry project, we are seeking native speakers of Chinese, and English with strong expertise in metaphor analysis. The task is to analyze texts in your native language for metaphorical concepts.

Metaphor experts wanted! We’re sharing this opportunity for those interested in metaphor analysis:

Finally, congratulations to Xinyue Ren, Carina Rasse and Chiara Pompei for winning awards at the conference! #RaAM17 #LTU #RaAM2025 Hamad Al-Azary RaAM 17 Local Organising Committee

I also want to thank the City of Southfield and Mayor Kenson Siver for speaking at the opening ceremony and providing attendees space at the annual Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival! Also a special thanks for our excellent keynote speakers: Vicky Lai, @BodoWinter and @agdorst.

the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences & Communications and Chair Paul Jaussen and the leadership at Lawrence Tech for supporting this event, President Tarek Sobh and Provost Karl Daubmann.

I want to thank all attendees for their intellectual contributions, the conference scientific committee, the RaAM Executive Committee, our student volunteers, Cheri Frost and Cherie Shaik, The College of Arts and Sciences and Dean Patrick Nelson, +

I have attended RaAM conferences as a student, postdoc, and faculty member. To have now organized and hosted a RaAM conference is a milestone for me, years in the making.

For most, it was their first time visiting LTU and the Metro Detroit area - what an honour to host you!

Over the past few days (Aug. 7 -10), researchers from four continents visited @LawrenceTechU to attend the 17th Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM) Conference - the first RaAM event in the Americas.

Did you take part in #RaAM17? We’d love your feedback! It only takes 2 minutes to answer 3 quick questions, and your input will help shape future RaAM events in Pavia (2026) and Pamplona (2027). 👉 https://t.co/ruWzJU4KI0