Conference Overview

The Undergraduate Conference on Languages and Cultures at Elon University (UCLC@Elon) provides an opportunity to present undergraduate scholarship on world languages and cultures in a target language and in English. Conference presenters are made up of students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program. UCLC 2025 will be held on Friday, September 19. The conference theme for 2025 is “The Future is/of World Languages and Cultures”.

Call for Submissions

We invite undergraduate students to submit proposals showcasing their learning and research in world languages by May 2, 2025. Students can submit proposals for papers/panels (in the target language or English), and posters (in English).

We hope to receive proposals from students studying the following:

  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Classical languages (Latin and Greek)
  • French
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Regional indigenous languages
  • Italian
  • Spanish

Find more details and the Call for Papers here. All submissions are due on May 2, 11:59pm (EST).

Conference Goals

  • To give students learning world languages an opportunity to present in a professional setting
  • To give students learning world languages an opportunity to practice understanding and interacting with the target language and cultures by experiencing research in languages and cultures across multiple languages, including English
  • To create a conference highlighting second language and culture
  • To allow undergraduate students to network with other students of their languages and across languages (at Elon and beyond)
  • To provide a venue where undergraduate students can experience a professional keynote speaker
  • To connect local high schools with language learning opportunities in college
  • To allow world language teachers to network and make connections with other world language teachers in North Carolina and the region
  • To offer world language faculty an opportunity to collaborate across language sections on a shared initiative

Contact the Planning Committee

uclc@elon.edu

Department of World Languages and Cultures
CB 2125
100 Campus Drive
Elon, NC 27244