Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on the History of Speech Communication Research Coimbra, September 17-18, 2026

This volume contains papers presented at the 8th International Workshop on the History of Speech Communication Research, held in Coimbra in 2026. The eighth edition focused on the history of experimental phonetics and speech communication research during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, emphasizing the transnational circulation of scientists, scientific journals, instruments, methods, and ideas. The contributions challenge traditional centre–periphery models by highlighting the complex networks through which knowledge was produced and exchanged. They also demonstrate the methodological diversity of the field and its interdisciplinary character. The workshop was jointly organised by the R&D PHONLAB project (2022.06811.PTDC), the Special Interest Group on the History of Speech978-3-95908-772-8 Communication Sciences (SIG-HIST), and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra.