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The octopus has arrived in Greifswald 🐙🐙🐙 #OctoConf
Persuasion 3 conference poster featuring octopus tentacles on red background behind glass on a notice board
October 27, 2026 at 10:15 PM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
Scary news just in time for Halloween: the registration for #OctoConf (Language & Persuasion 3) is closing today 😱😱😱

Here's the link in case you still want to register: events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
October 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
Registration for "Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language" aka #OctoConf is still open until next Friday (Oct 30). First time on site, I couldn't be more excited 🤩
sofiaruediger.bsky.social Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Feb 2
The octopus conference is back! 🐙
"Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language", Nov 19-20, 2026, Tampere University, Finland
#LanguageAndPersuasion #Linguistics #OctoConf
October 23, 2026 at 7:03 AM
coocho.bsky.social
Speaking of forensic linguistics, we have the traditional Dark Side of Persuasion panel at the #OctoConf “Influence, Manipulation, Seduction 3”

Registration open until October 30:

events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
Amy Brown (Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics) W h e n P e r s u a s i o n B e c o m e s C o e r c i o n : L i n g u i s t i c S t r a t e g i e s o f M a n i p u l a t i o n i n S t a l k i n g D i s c o u r s e Dawn Archer (Manchester Metropolitan University) D o e s N o t o r i e t y M a k e S o m e I n fl u e n c e r s I m m u n e t o “ C a n c e l C u l t u r e” ? Damien Lenoir (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA); ALTER) M o d a l A u x i l i a r i e s a s T o o l s o f P e r s u a s i o n : I n t e r l o c u t i v e S t r a t e g i e s i n U S A n t i-V a c c i n e D i s c o u r s e s
September 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
Me? Procrastinating? Never! It was vital to create these time cards for #OctoConf (#LanguageAndPersuasion2026) today. The more octopuses, the less time you have left for your presentation 🐙🐙🐙
5 minutes, 2 minutes. Time's up cards with increasing numbers of octopus tentacles
September 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
coocho.bsky.social
Remember to catch your early bird registration fee for the #OctoConf by 15 September

events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
August 29, 2026 at 7:47 AM
picornell.eurosky.social
I've registered!
#InfluenceManipulationSeduction #OctoConf ♥️ #Tampere
sofiaruediger.bsky.social Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · Aug 24
Registration for "Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language" (aka #OctoConf) at Tampere University (Nov 19-20) is now open: events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
Full program to follow very soon, but check out the amazing plenary speakers 🐙🐙🐙
Photos of the three plenary speakers: Charlotte Taylor Massimiliano Demata Katarina Pettersson
August 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
Everybody thinks I'm in Finland for a conference when I'm in fact mug smuggling for #OctoConf
6 red octopus mugs
August 26, 2026 at 6:07 AM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
Registration for "Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language" (aka #OctoConf) at Tampere University (Nov 19-20) is now open: events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
Full program to follow very soon, but check out the amazing plenary speakers 🐙🐙🐙
Photos of the three plenary speakers: Charlotte Taylor Massimiliano Demata Katarina Pettersson
August 24, 2026 at 1:33 PM
coocho.bsky.social
Don't let the octopus swim (crawl?) by, submit an abstract for our persuasion conference #OctoConf

CFP ends July 1, conference 19-20 November

events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
Octopus tentacles on a red background
February 6, 2026 at 9:34 AM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
The triptych is complete! #LanguageAndPersuasion aka #OctoConf coming to @tampere.fi this November:
events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...
Abstract submissions due July 1.
🐙🐙🐙
three mugs with octopus tentacles red mug with octopus tentacles
May 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
Something for the lightning talks at #OctoConf? But make the bear an octopus 🐙
@coocho.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social
elisewang.bsky.social Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · Feb 16
I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:

If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
February 16, 2026 at 10:34 AM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
looks like Finland is the place to be for conferencing this year, #OctoConf 19-20 November in Tampere and #CMCcorpora 27-28 August in Oulu: cmc2026.org/call/
What a delight to be co-organizing the former and giving a keynote at the latter 😊
Call for Papers — CMC-Corpora 2026
cmc2026.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
sofiaruediger.bsky.social
The octopus conference is back! 🐙
"Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language", Nov 19-20, 2026, Tampere University, Finland
#LanguageAndPersuasion #Linguistics #OctoConf
octopus tentacles, red background
February 2, 2026 at 7:47 AM