LINGUIST List 14.26

Tue Jan 7 2003

Calls: German Studies/Korean Teachers of English

Editor for this issue: Karolina Owczarzak <karolinalinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. tes1, German Studies Conference, CA USA
2. jrkim, Korea Association of Teachers of English, Korea

11th Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference

Location: Berkeley, CA, USA
Date: 15-MAR-03 - 16-MAR-03

Call Deadline: 10-Jan-2003

Contact Person: Tes Skogmo
Meeting Email: tes1uclink4.berkeley.edu
Linguistic Subfield(s): Ling & Literature


Meeting Description: 

''Language is not simply means for understanding, but the impression
of the mind and world-view of the speaker. [. . .] That is why the
learning of a foreign language is the achievement of a new standpoint
in the present world.'' 
Wilhelm von Humboldt

When our personal narratives no longer intersect, due to the
fragmentary, heteroglossic nature of identity construction in the
postmodern era, how do we create community or a sense of it? What
roles do language, ideology and power play in community formation?
And how does the meaning-making subject interact with and through the
semiotic systems of its communities? The graduate students of the
German Department at the University of California at Berkeley welcome
scholars from across the disciplines to engage in this theoretical
discussion.
				
We are open to submissions in any time period from the medieval to the
present. We are also interested in submissions that approach these
questions from other perspectives in the humanities. Possible areas
of investigation include but are not limited to:

-Literary Cults / Salons 
-Secret Societies 
-Missionary Groups: Religious and Otherwise 
-Theories of Gemeinschaft 
-Comedy & Community 
-Pedagogical Implications 
-Linguistic Nationalism/Linguistic Hegemony 
-Narrativizing Community 
-Communal Images 
-Lost in Translation? 
-German Reunification 
-German Idealism and Philosophies of Language 
-Conceptual Blending & the Arts 
-A Global Cinema? 
-Stunde Null / Kahlschlagliteratur 
-Mystical communities 
-Romantic subjects 

The language of the conference is English, but submissions in German
are also welcome. In some cases we may be able to provide a travel
subsidy. Please mail or email a one page abstract with a separate
cover sheet indicating your name, affiliation, address, phone number
and email address to:

Tes Skogmo 
Department of German 
University of California at Berkeley 
Berkeley CA 94720 
tes1uclink4.berkeley.edu			

The Korea Association of Teachers of English 2003 Summer International
Conference

Short Title: The 2003 KATE Int'l Conference

Location: Daejeon, the Republic of Korea
Date: 26-Jun-2003 - 28-Jun-2003 
Call Deadline: 15-Feb-2003

Web Site: http://www.kate.or.kr
Contact Person: Hwa-ja Lee
Meeting Email: Lhjsunchon.ac.kr
Linguistic Subfield(s): Applied Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The 2003 KATE International Conference will be held in Daejeon, the
Republic of Korea, from June 26th (Thursday) to 28th (Saturday), 2003,
by the Korea Association of Teachers of English (KATE). The theme of
the conference is ''English Language Policy and Curriculum''. On June
26th, 2003, Thursday, pre-conference sessions will be organized by
some SIGs, either in the form of lecture or workshop.

The title of the presentation paper should be sent to the conference
chair by February 15th, 2003, and the abstract (within 500 words) by
April 26th, 2003. When submitting the abstract, please include the
following information: name, affiliation, mailing address, (mobile)
phone numbers, and e-mail address. E-mail submission (with a MS Word
or HWP file attachment) is preferred.

For further details, please contact Dr. Lee, Hwa-ja (Conference Chair,
Sunchon National University) by e-mail at Lhjsunchon.ac.kr or by
phone at +82 61 750 3327(Office).

Please join us for KATE 2003! 

KATE website: http://www.kate.or.kr