ISHLL is a society of scholars interested in the history of the dictionary, making historical dictionaries, and historical lexicology. Membership is currently free.

ISHLL was established as a result of the first International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology, which took place in Leicester in 2002. Subsequent conferences have been at Gargnano del Garda (2004), Leiden (2006), Edmonton (2008), and Oxford (2010). ICHLL6 will take place at the University of Jena, Germany from the 25th to the 28th of July, 2012. The call for papers is now closed.

ISHLL conference publications

Julie Coleman and Anne McDermott, eds., Historical Dictionaries and Historical Dictionary Research

John Considine, ed., Adventuring in Dictionaries: New Studies in the History of Lexicography

John Considine, ed., Current Projects in Historical Lexicography

John Considine, ed., Webs of Words: New Studies in Historical Lexicology

John Considine and Giovanni Iamartino, eds., Words and Dictionaries from the British Isles in Historical Perspective

Marijke Mooijaart and Marijke van der Wal, eds., Yesterday's Words: Contemporary, Current and Future Lexicography

More information

If you would like to receive further information about future ICHLLs, please subscribe to the mailing list. Subscribers to the mailing list may also receive information about other relevant events and publications. If you have any notices that you would like to send to this mailing list, please email them to the chair of the committee, Julie Coleman (jmc21@le.ac.uk).

ISHLL also has an email discussion group. If you would like to contribute to the discussion of the history of the dictionary, making historical dictionaries, and historical lexicography, please subscribe to the discussion group. If you have a professional or scholarly interest in slang lexicography, please subscribe to the slang discussion list.