LINGUIST List 21.4419 Thu Nov 04 2010 Calls: Ling & Literature, Sociolinguistics/USA Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Michael Kunz , Science and Myth: Literature and Linguistics Message 1: Science and Myth: Literature and Linguistics Date: 03-Nov-2010 From: Michael Kunz <makunzindiana.edu> Subject: Science and Myth: Literature and Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Science and Myth: Literature and Linguistics Date: 25-Mar-2011 - 26-Mar-2011 Location: Bloomington, Indiana, USA Contact Person: Michael Kunz Meeting Email: makunzindiana.edu Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 20-Dec-2010 Meeting Description: This conference will explore two vast yet related topics, science and myth. While their respective relevance to literature and linguistics may seem transparent, we are especially interested in investigating the perhaps unexpected links between the two. Literature may be seen as a non-scientific discipline, but science nonetheless finds a place in it. Linguistics, although a science, also has its 'mythical' elements. Call For Papers Possible topics include but are not limited to: - Debunking theories and myths - Cutting edge theories in literature and linguistics - New applications of old theories - Reinventing and/or repurposing myths - Boundaries between science and pseudoscience - Scientific writing (methods, art practices, literary movements); Science and Realism; Science and Surrealism - Language myths - Interdisciplinarity (multiple theories/approaches) - Mythical figures in literature and linguistics (heroes and living legends) - Rewriting Mythological/Classical Characters - Mathematical applications to literature (OULIPO) - The Limits of Science - Miracles - unexplainable science - beyond science - Myth busting - political/social/ethnic stereotypes/clichés - The act of writing as experimentation - Linguistics then and now: the evolution of scientific methodologies (historical linguistics, philology, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, etc.) - Keynote speakers TBA We invite those interested in our theme to submit an abstract (300 words maximum) by email to makunzindiana.edu before December 20, 2010. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and may be in English, French or Italian. Please include your institutional affiliation, contact information and a brief biography focusing on your work along with your abstract. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 04-Nov-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.