What the HEL? The 5th SwiSca Symposium on Swearing FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS WHEN: Thu 23 November & Fri 24 November 2017, 9.30am to 5pm (Fri to 10am to 3pm) WHERE: University of Helsinki, lecture hall 2 (konsistorin sali), Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki The Nordic research network Swearing in Scandinavia (SwiSca) would like to welcome you to What the HEL – the 5 th SwiSca Symposium on Swearing. The event takes place on 23 November and 24 November 2017 at the University of Helsinki. SwiSca welcomes talks on any theme related to swearing, insults and other types of taboo language. The symposium features invited international speakers, including Senior Lecturer Dr. Karyn Stapleton from Ulster University (keynote), Professor Kristy Beers Fägersten from Södertörn University (SwiSca) and Associate Professor Marianne Rathje from the University of Southern Denmark (Swisca). They will be joined by SwiSca members University Lecturer Elizabeth Peterson, Univers