LINGUIST List 14.512

Thu Feb 20 2003

Calls: Variation/Rocky Mountain Lang Association

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

Directory

1. urih, New Ways of Analyzing Variation, PA USA
2. lutfi.hussein, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, MT USA

32nd Annual Meeting on New Ways of Analyzing Variation

Short Title: NWAVE32
Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States of America 
Date: 09-Oct-2003 - 12-Oct-2003 
Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2003

Web Site: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/NWAVE
Contact Person: Bill Labov
Meeting Email: nwavebabel.ling.upenn.edu
Linguistic Subfield(s): Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

NWAVE32 will be held in Philadelphia from October 9th to 12th, 2003.
The theme of the meeting is LANGUAGE HISTORY AND LANGUAGE CONTACT.

For more information and the Call for Papers, see the NWAVE32 web
site:
 http://www.ling.upenn.edu/NWAVE

Looking forward to seeing you all in Philadelphia in the fall,

THE NWAVE COMMITTEE

57th Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language
Association

Location: Missoula, Montana, United States of America 
Date: 09-Oct-2003 - 11-Oct-2003 
Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2003

Contact Person: Lutfi Hussein
Meeting Email: lutfi.husseinasu.edu
Linguistic Subfield(s): Discourse Analysis 

Meeting Description: 

Special Topic Session: 
Discursive Construction of the Middle East since the Mid-20th Century

This panel addresses some of the discourses and images that have
constructed Western, particularly American, perceptions of the Middle
East since the mid-20th century. Scholars, through a critical analysis
of a variety of texts, will illustrate how common representations of
the Middle East have persisted despite cultural, historical, and
political changes in the region. This panel aims to promote critical
awareness of the discursive forces affecting Western perceptions of
the Middle East and how these forces can help or hinder the
understanding of current events involving Western and Middle-Eastern
nations. 

Please send abstracts (300 words) via email or regular mail
to: Lutfi M. Hussein, Department of English, Arizona State University,
Tempe AZ 85287-0302 (lutfi.husseinasu.edu).