LINGUIST List 22.399 Sun Jan 23 2011 Confs: Anthropological Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/India Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.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.     Renuka Ozarkar , Role of Language & Culture in the Makings of a Nation Message 1: Role of Language & Culture in the Makings of a Nation Date: 20-Jan-2011 From: Renuka Ozarkar <renuka_ozarkaryahoo.acom> Subject: Role of Language & Culture in the Makings of a Nation E-mail this message to a friend Role of Language & Culture in the Makings of a Nation Date: 27-Jan-2011 - 29-Jan-2011 Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Contact: Avinash Pandey Contact Email: arpandey73gmail.com; avinashlinguistics.mu.ac.in Meeting URL: http://www.mu.ac.in Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: This three-day interdisciplinary seminar is being organized by the Department of Linguistics, University of Mumbai and Academy of Political & Social Studies, Pune in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee year of the formation of the State of Maharashtra.The seminar is a step towards a greater understanding of the complex relationship between language & culture with modernity, nationalism, democracy & development. These issues will be discussed at this seminar, amongst others, under various sub- themes such as language and social justice, language planning and social change, language movements, issues of linguistic and cultural development, language-culture and media, language-culture and development, etc. They can be of theoretical or analytical nature, or issues dealt with at the level of all-India perspective, or issues emerging from the experiences of various states, or a particular field of social life, or the inter-linkages. For the detailed schedule of the seminar, please visit the website: http://www.mu.ac.in/lingsemi.pdf The speakers at the seminar are: K.N. Panikkar Aijaz Ahmad Madhava Prasad Gopal Guru Satish Poduval K. Satyanarayana Shobha Satyanath Kamala Ganesh Veena Naregal K.N. Ganesh Shahid Amin G.P. Deshpande Javeed Alam Harishchandra Thorat Pushpa Bhave Sandeep Pendse Avnish Patil Avinash Pandey Ramu Ramanathan Virginius Xaxa Imtiaz Hasnain Ajit Mohanty L. Khubchandani Shoba Ghosh Kanchana Mahadevan Uma Chakravarti Probal Dasgupta A photo exhibition titled 'Asahi Maharashtra' by Sandesh Bhandare is also organised during the seminar. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 23-Jan-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.