LINGUIST List 22.3781 Wed Sep 28 2011 Calls: Applied Ling, Language Documentation, Socioling/USA Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.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.     Christen Serrano Madsen II , Conference on Language Revitalization in the 21st Century Message 1: Conference on Language Revitalization in the 21st Century Date: 27-Sep-2011 From: Christen Serrano Madsen II <langrevit21stgmail.com> Subject: Conference on Language Revitalization in the 21st Century E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Conference on Language Revitalization in the 21st Century Date: 31-May-2012 - 01-Jun-2012 Location: New York, NY, USA Contact Person: Christen Serrano Madsen II Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 16-Jan-2012 Meeting Description: Language Revitalization in the 21st Century: Going Global Staying Local May 31 - June 1, 2012 CUNY Graduate Center, New York City The CUNY Graduate Center and the International Centre for Language Revitalization of the Auckland University of Technology will hold a two-day symposium on language revitalization in New York City May 31 - June 1, 2012. The first day will include two keynote addresses and a host of invited speakers, while the second day will include a poster session and film festival. A central goal of this symposium is to share successful language revitalization strategies from around the world, and to understand how revitalization can strengthen local cultural identity and at the same time connect speakers to one another across the globe. Oral presentations will be organized around the following themes: - Learning that works - Development of tools, resources, and materials - Collaborative initiatives between communities and academics - Increasing awareness of threatened languages and revitalization movements Keynote Speakers: Dr. Timoti Karetu, Maori Jesse Little Doe Baird, Wopanaak Call for Posters: Abstracts on language revitalization are welcomed for poster presentation at the symposium. Abstracts are limited to one single-spaced page, including data and examples. All text should fit within an A4 page, 12-point font with 2.5cm (approx. l inch) margin all around. Abstract submission is by e-mail attachment only. Save your anonymous one-page abstract as a PDF file and name it with your last name. Send the abstract as a PDF attachment to the following address: langrevit21stgmail.com In your e-mail, please make sure to include the following information: - Title of your paper - Name(s) of author(s) - Affiliation (department and university, or organization) - Preferred e-mail address (where notification of acceptance should be sent). Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: January 16th, 2012 Notification of acceptance: February 16th, 2012 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 28-Sep-2011       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.