Conference Information

Full Title:	18th Himalayan Languages Symposium

Short Title:	HLS 18
Location:	Benares, India
Start Date:	10-Sep-2012 - 12-Sep-2012
Contact:	Anil Thakur
Meeting Email:	click here to access email
Meeting URL:	http://www.himalayansymposium.org/
Meeting Description:	18th Himalayan Languages Symposium 10-12 September 2012 Department of Linguistics Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India We are pleased to announce that the 18th Himalayan Languages Symposium will be held at the Department of Linguistics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India on 10-12 September 2012. The Himalayan Languages Symposium is an annual event that provides an open scholarly forum for scholars working on various aspects of languages of the greater Himalayas region: Burushaski, Kusunda, Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Iranian, Austroasiatic, Kradai, Andamanese, Nahali, Dravidian, or any other language of the area. The Symposium, in addition to Himalayan languages, also welcomes contributions from related disciplines such as history, anthropology, archaeology and prehistory of the greater Himalayan regions. (More details are available on the relevant links on the Symposium website: http://www.himalayansymposium.org/) Workshop: In addition, we also plan to hold a one-day workshop on ‘Resource Creation and Technology Development in Himalayan/Lesser-known Languages’. Registration: All the participants are required to register by filling the registration form after receiving the invitation letter. Registration Fee: Rs. 5000/- (with accommodation), Rs. 3000/- (without accommodation). [Student participants may apply for partial fee waiver after receiving the invitation letter]. Registration fee, to be paid on arrival at BHU, includes symposium kits, breakfast and lunch. The accompanying person will also have to register. The participants are requested to make their own travel arrangements and arrange for funding from their parent organizations. International participants who need a visa to enter India may contact the Indian Consulate for visa procedures. The invitation letter may be attached with the visa application. Please complete your registration at http://www.himalayansymposium.org/.
Linguistic Subfield:	Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Typology
LL Issue:	23.781


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