The French Phonology Network (Réseau Français de Phonologie) is launching a call for abstracts for its 2025 annual conference, the twenty-second in its history. The 2025 edition will be held from July 1^st to 3^rd in Agadir, Morocco. The conference is sponsored by the research laboratories SFL (UMR 7023, University Paris 8 & CNRS), LPP (UMR 7018 Université Sorbonne Nouvelle & CNRS), and LILDAS (Faculty of Languages, Arts and Humanities, Ibn Zohr University).

Submissions anchored in any school or theoretical framework of phonology are welcome. Topics of interest may relate to phonology in general or for specific languages, along synchronic or diachronic dimensions. Topics may focus on, but are not limited to, signal processing, perception, articulation, acquisition, diachrony, dialectology, formalism, epistemology, descriptive phonology and all issues which explicitly deal with phonology and its interfaces.

The meeting will be preceded by a workshop on June 30, devoted to current issues in Amazigh phonology.

Presentations will be given in French or English. When possible, we encourage people to speak in one of these languages, while providing handouts or slides in the other. Presentations will be scheduled for 30-minute time slots (20-25 minutes for presentation and 5-10 minutes for discussion).

Keynote speakers

Karolina Broś (University of Warsaw, Poland)

David Embick (University of Pennsylvania, United States) 

Ian Maddieson (University of New Mexico, United States) 

Source : https://www.unm.edu/~ianm/

It is with deep sadness that we share with you this terrible news: Ian Maddieson has passed away. Ian passed away this Sunday evening (February, 2^nd) in Albuquerque. The only consolation is that he left us without suffering.

Ian was an emblematic figure in our field, a remarkable person who left an indelible mark both scientifically and as a human being. He was to be one of our guests at this RFP, and was very enthusiastic about the idea of sharing three days of exchanges with us in Agadir. We plan to pay tribute to him, and the organizing committee is currently considering the best ways to do so. 

In the meantime, our thoughts are with Caroline Smith, his wife and long-time companion, and all those who were close to him. We share their grief at this difficult time, and our hearts and thoughts go out to them.

Mohamed Lahrouchi
Rachid Ridouane
Noam Faust
Lahoucine Bouyaakoubi