The 7th General ILLA Conference

THE 5^th ILLA FOCUS CONFERENCE ON FORENSIC LINGUISTICS

Title: Language as evidence

Date: 2 September 2025

THE 7TH GENERAL ILLA CONFERENCE

Title: Language and Law in an Age of Uncertainty and Transition

Date: 3-5 September 2025

Hosted by The Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Law, Vytautas Magnus University

We are delighted to announce the7^thILLA General Conferenceto be held at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. The upcoming edition of the conference focuses on the uncertainties of the 21st century, which greatly impact different areas in present-day societies, including linguistic behaviours and law practices. This conference thus invites scholars, legal practitioners, policymakers, and other professionals from different areas to share their research on language and law by relating it to the context of transition and uncertainty.

As in the previous conferences, this General Conference will be preceded by another event – the 5th ILLA Focus Conference on Forensic Linguistics (2 September 2021) to be held at the same location.

Language of the conferences: English

Format of the conferences: In-person plenaries and 20-minute presentations in thematic panels

Organised in cooperation withThe International Language and Law Association (ILLA)

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Prof. Dr. Jūratė Ruzaitė, Vytautas Magnus University (Contact:jurate.ruzaite@vdu.lt)

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Julija Kiršienė, Vice-Rector for Research, Professor at the Department of Private Law, Vytautas Magnus University; ORCID: 0000-0003-2196-5648

Prof. Dr. Aurelija Leonavičienė, Head of the Department of Foreign Language, Literary and Translation Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Vytautas Magnus University; ORCID: 0000-0001-8289-8333

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Darius Amilevičius, Vice-President of the Institute of Digital Resources and Interdisciplinary Research (SITTI), Senior Researcher at SITTI, Vytautas Magnus University; ORCID: 0000-0001-7255-2734

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vilma Bijeikienė, Vice-Rector for Communication, Associate Professor at the Institute of Foreign Languages, Vytautas Magnus University; ORCID: 0000-0003-0807-4322

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saulė Milčiuvienė, Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, Vytautas Magnus University; Head of the project Transform4ERI; ORCID: 0000-0002-8253-9522

LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rūta Eidukevičienė, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Vytautas Magnus University; ORCID:0000-0002-5807-6804

Prof. Dr. Auksė Balčytienė, Department of Public Communications, Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University; UNESCO Co-Chair on Media and Information Literacy for Knowledge Inclusive Societies; Head of the DIGIRES association (https://digires.lt/en/); ORCID:0000-0003-3358-7912

Prof. Dr. Rūta Petrauskaitė, President of the Institute of Digital Resources and Interdisciplinary Research (SITTI), professor at the Department of Lithuanian Studies, Vytautas Magnus University; ORCID:0000-0002-6948-3202

Dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, lecturer at the Department of Foreign Language, Literary and Translation Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Vytautas Magnus University;https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/154416

Dr. Teresė Ringailienė, Director of the Foreign Language Institute, Vytautas Magnus University; ORCID:0000-0002-1082-9096

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS