International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology
ISHLL is a society of scholars working on the history of the dictionary, the making of historical dictionaries, and historical lexicology.
ISHLL was established as a result of the first International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology, which took place in Leicester in 2002.
Conferences have been held at;
- Leicester UK (2002)
- Gargnano del Garda, Italy (2004)
- Leiden, The Netherlands (2006)
- Edmonton, Canada (2008)
- Oxford, UK (2010)
- Jena, Germany (2012)
- Gran Canaria, Spain (2014)
- Bloomington Indiana, USA (2016)
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ISHLL conference publications
- Julie Coleman and Anne McDermott, eds., Historical Dictionaries and Historical Dictionary Research (De Gruyter, 2002)
- John Considine and Giovanni Iamartino, eds., Words and Dictionaries from the British Isles in Historical Perspective (Cambridge Scholars, 2007)
- Marijke Mooijaart and Marijke van der Wal, eds., Yesterday's Words: Contemporary, Current and Future Lexicography (Cambridge Scholars, 2008)
- John Considine, ed., Adventuring in Dictionaries: New Studies in the History of Lexicography (Cambridge Scholars, 2010)
- John Considine, ed., Current Projects in Historical Lexicography (Cambridge Scholars, 2010)
- John Considine, ed., Webs of Words: New Studies in Historical Lexicology (Cambridge Scholars, 2010)
- Charlotte Brewer, ed., The Fifth International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology (Oxford University Research Archive, 2010)
- Bettina Bock and Maria Kozianka, eds., Weiland Wörter-Welten – Akten der 6. Internationalen Konferenz zur Historischen Lexikographie und Lexikologie (Jena, 25. – 27. Juli 2012). Whilom Worlds of Words – Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology (Verlag Dr Kovac, 2014)