Upcoming ISLE conferences
ISLE9 will be hosted by KU Leuven from 24 May – 27 May 2027. The conference theme is “Symmetries and Asymmetries”.
Important dates
Workshop proposal deadline: 30 June 2026
Abstract submission deadline: 1 November 2026
Presenter registration deadline: 1 March 2027
Keynote speakers
Bert Cappelle (University of Lille)
Devyani Sharma (University of Oxford)
Catherine Travis (The Australian National University)
George Walkden (University of Konstanz)
Presidential address
Merja Kytö (Uppsala University)
More information can be found on the conference website.
Previous ISLE conferences
ISLE 8
ISLE 7 was organized by the University of Santiago de Compostela and took place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from 1-4 September 2025.
ISLE 7
ISLE 7 was organized by the University of Queensland and took place virtually and in Brisbane, Australia, from 19-23 June 2023.
ISLE 6
ISLE 6 was organized by the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu and took place virtually from 2 to 5 June 2021.
ISLE 5
ISLE 5 took place in London, England, from 17 to 20 July 2018.
ISLE 4
ISLE 4 took place in Poznan, Poland, from 18 to 21 September 2016.
ISLE 3
ISLE 3 took place in Zurich, Switzerland, from 24 to 27 August 2014.
ISLE 2
ISLE 2 took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from 17 to 21 June 2011.
ISLE Inaugural Conference
The inaugural conference of ISLE took place in Freiburg, Germany, from 8 to 11 October 2008.