Figurative Thought and Language 8 (FTL 8)

Diversity in Figurative Thought and Language

July 9 – July 11, 2025

The 8^th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language (FTL 8) will be hosted by the Department of English at the University of Klagenfurt. Continuing the tradition of the conference series, which offers inspiring venues for research on Figurative Thought and Language from multiple perspectives and approaches, the conference theme of FTL 8 is Diversity in Figurative Thought and Language.

Organizing team

Alexander Onysko (Chair)

Lisa Papitsch

Nicole Imrich

Scientific Committee

Aleksandra Bagasheva (Sofia)

Alexander Onysko (Klagenfurt)

Annalisa Baicchi (Genoa)

Angeliki Athanasiadou (Thessaloniki)

Arne Peters (Bremen)

Carina Rasse (Klagenfurt)

Cristiano Broccias (Genova)

David O’Reilly (York)

Eva-Maria Graf (Klagenfurt)

Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibañez (La Rioja)

Frank Polzenhagen (Landau)

Hans-Georg Wolf (Potsdam)

Herbert L. Colston (Alberta)

Isabel Balteiro (Alicante)

Jeannette Littlemore (Birmingham)

Kateryna Pilyarchuk (Frankfurt an der Oder)

Laura Hidalgo-Downing (Madrid)

Linda Thornburg (Hamburg)

Mario Brdar (Osjiek),

Marcus Callies (Bremen)

Marta Degani (Klagenfurt)

Miguel Ángel Campos (Alicante)

Nikola Dobrić (Klagenfurt)

Raymond Gibbs (Santa Cruz)

Réka Benczes (Budapest)

Silvia Cacchiani (Modena and Reggio Emilia)

Senior Consultant Committee

Angeliki Athanasiadou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Annalisa Baicchi (University of Genova, Italy)

Mario Brdar (Osijek University, Croatia)

Herbert Colston (University of Alberta, Canada)

Ad Foolen (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

Klaus-Uwe Panther (University of Hamburg, Germany, and Nanjing Normal University, China)

Günter Radden (University of Hamburg, Germany)

Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza (University of La Rioja, Spain)

Gerard Steen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)