LINGUIST List 19.2366
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Tue Jul 29 2008
Calls: Socioling/Netherlands; Socioling, Anthropological Ling/Poland
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1. Harm
Nijboer,
Names in the Economy III
2. Monika
Kopytowska,
Race, Religion and Representation
Message 1: Names in the Economy III
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Date: 29-Jul-2008
From: Harm Nijboer <harm.nijboermeertens.knaw.nl>
Subject: Names in the Economy III
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Full Title: Names in the Economy III
Short Title: NitE
Date: 11-Jun-2009 - 13-Jun-2009
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contact Person: Harm Nijboer
Meeting Email: nitemeertens.knaw.nl
Web Site: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nite/
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics;
Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2008
Meeting Description:
Names in the Economy III is an interdisciplinary symposium dedicated to the
study of names as both language and capital.
Call for Papers
The Meertens Instituut cordially invites the submission of paper proposals for
its symposium Names in the Economy III, which will be held in Amsterdam from
11-13 June, 2009.
Contributions could cover the fields of product names, company names, brand
names and other names that are of economic interest. Throughout the conference a
special focus will be maintained on how names act as capital and how this
affects the linguistic and cultural aspects of the names involved. We welcome
paper proposals by scholars from a broad range of disciplines, including (but
not limited to) economics, law, sociolinguistics, onomastics, semantics,
psycholinguistics, marketing communication and cultural anthropology.
If you want to present a paper at the symposium, please send a one-page outline
to nitemeertens.knaw.nl before 1 November 2008. You will be notified before 15
January 2009 whether your paper will be accepted or not.
See for further details:
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nite/
Message 2: Race, Religion and Representation
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Date: 28-Jul-2008
From: Monika Kopytowska <mkopytowskayahoo.com>
Subject: Race, Religion and Representation
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Full Title: Race, Religion and Representation
Short Title: RRR
Date: 07-May-2009 - 10-May-2009
Location: Lodz, Poland
Contact Person: Monika Kopytowska
Meeting Email: mkopytowskayahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.filolog.uni.lodz.pl/pragmatics/RRR.htm
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; General
Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2008
Meeting Description:
Łódź was a unique multicultural experiment, one of the most culturally-mixed
cosmopolitan centers in 19th-century and pre-war Europe. It is fitting that a
conference focusing on issues of race and religion, among other realms of
multiculturalism, should be held in Łódź, which was the second largest Yiddish
center in Europe (and the third in the world), a Polish city with also a unique
German heritage, a place with a fascinating African-American historical
connection. This inter-disciplinary conference intends to explore the many
issues -- past, present and future -- that surround our notion of race and
religion, along with its representation in the media and the arts.
The conference will be a forum to address such issues as:
- linguistic representation as socially constituted and constitutive
- media and representation
- images and representation
- collective memories and linguistic representation
- ideologies of power in the media
- racial stereotypes in the media
- language as a tool of racial discrimination
- rhetoric of anti-Semitism, anti-Islamism and xenophobia
- race and propaganda
- metaphor and racial representation
- religion and the media
- religious images and concepts in contemporary culture
- spoken and written forms of sacred texts
- performativity and religious discourse
- metaphor and religion
- myths, archetypes and symbols
- language and conflict
- ethnic conflicts and representation in the media
- language and identity
- Jews and Polish-Jewish relations in art, media and literature
- Christianity in art, media and literature
- Islam and the Middle East in art, media and literature
- African culture(s) in art, media and literature
- Asian culture(s) in art, media and literature
- Gypsy culture(s) in art, media and literature
- Yiddish language and culture
- new and changing Polish identities
- Łódź and its cross-cultural challenges
NB: The list of topics is not exhaustive.
Call for Papers
Organizing Committee:
Dr. Monika Kopytowska
Prof. Dr. Piotr Cap
John Crust, M.A.
Abstracts:
The conference language will be English and Polish. Presentations will consist
of 20-minute slots, followed by a 10-minute discussion time. Participants
intending to give a paper are requested to e-mail an abstract of about 200-300
words to both of the following addresses: mkopytowskayahoo.com and
johncrustyahoo.com. The abstract should include the participant's name,
academic position, affiliation, e-mail address and postal address. The deadline
for abstracts is December 31, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be sent by
January 15, 2009. Participants without a paper are asked to e-mail their name
and academic affiliation only.
A peer-reviewed selection of conference papers will be published with an
international publisher.
Plenaries:
The conference will feature between 4 and 6 plenary lectures given by
internationally-recognized specialists in their designated fields. The complete
list of confirmed plenary presentations will be announced in late 2008/early 2009.
Venue and Equipment:
The conference will be held at the University of Łódź Conference Center, ul.
Kopcińskiego 16/18, 90-232 Łódź (www.csk.uni.lodz.pl/eng/index.php). The
conference site offers all presentation amenities, including laptops, powerpoint
beamers and overhead projectors.
Registration Fees:
The registration fee covers a set of conference materials, coffee breaks with
refreshments and access to Internet facilities. The regular fee is 150 Euros.
Accommodation and full board in the Conference Center, including a buffet dinner
party, is 350 Euros. Participants from Poland, East European countries and
countries with severe currency restrictions (please contact the organizers to
check if you qualify) will be offered reduced fees of 80 Euros (320 PLN,
conference fee) and 150 Euros (600 PLN, accommodation and board). Please note
that accommodation and full board cover a three-night stay (7th-8th, 8th-9th and
9th-10th May, breakfast included) plus the following meals: lunch and supper on
the 7th, lunch and buffet dinner party on the 8th, lunch and supper on the 9th,
and lunch on the 10th. Fees should be transferred by March 15, 2009 to the
following bank account:
''RRR, Monika Kopytowska'', Uniwersytet Łódzki
Bank PKO S.A., II O/Łódź
ul. Piotrkowska 270, 90-959 Łódź, Poland
Acc. no. (IBAN): PL14 1240 3028 1111 0010 0434 7782
SWIFT: PKOPPLPWLDZ
The second circular, which will contain detailed information on the conference
venue, transportation, as well as a provisional program of the conference, will
be e-mailed to the registered participants by March 31, 2009.
For further information please contact:
Dr. Monika Kopytowska
Department of Pragmatics
Institute of English, University of Łódź
Al. Kosciuszki 65
90-514 Łódź, Poland
tel/fax +48 42 6655220
e-mail: mkopytowskayahoo.com
Important Dates:
December 31, 2008, abstracts due
January 15, 2009, notification of acceptance
March 15, 2009, all conference fees due
March 31, 2009, second circular and provisional conference program
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