The English Unit of the University of Namur was pleased to be able to host the 2025 conference of the Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE) on Friday 12 December 2025, preceded by a half-day symposium on Thursday 11 December 2025.
The theme for this year's conference was 'Language and literature across the lifespan'. The plenary speakers were Michael Erard, whose most recent book Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words helped inform our choice of theme, and Vanessa Joosen, who shared recent insights from her inspiring work on depictions of age and the life course in children's literature. For more on the conference theme, read on!
The conference was preceded by a half-day interdisciplinary symposium, 'Lifelines: Language, memory and the life course', on Thursday 11 December. The list of speakers included Winny Ang, Steven Gilbers, Patrick McGuinness, Peter Petré, Emma-Louise Silva and Markus Werkle-Bergner.
Details of the programme for both events can be discovered via the Timetable and Contribution List sections, or via the downloads at the bottom of this page.
Recordings and photos from the two days are now available.
The conference was open to both BAAHE members and non-members (or not-yet members). Do consider joining BAAHE if you're not a member yet!
Feel free to download and publicize our posters, programme and schedules linked at the bottom right corner of this page!
Key dates
- Call for papers published: 30 May 2025
- Deadline for submissions:
15 September 20255 October 2025 - Notifications of acceptance: early to mid October 2025
- Registration deadline (extended): 17 November 2025
- Pre-conference symposium: the afternoon of 11 December 2025
- Conference day: 12 December 2025