LINGUIST List 22.505 Sat Jan 29 2011 Calls: Sociolinguistics/UK Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.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.     Robert Lawson , Birmingham Cityscapes Message 1: Birmingham Cityscapes Date: 27-Jan-2011 From: Robert Lawson <robert.lawsonbcu.ac.uk> Subject: Birmingham Cityscapes E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Birmingham Cityscapes Date: 18-Jun-2011 - 18-Jun-2011 Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom Contact Person: Robert Lawson Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.bcu.ac.uk/pme/school-of-english/research/birmingham-cityscapes Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2011 Meeting Description: Engaging with current issues facing urban research in Birmingham, the Birmingham Cityscapes conference will provide a forum for academics, scholars, practitioners, community leaders and local residents to discuss urban research in the city, with a special focus on inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary approaches. The conference will explore urban research from a number of angles, while also addressing the perceived disconnect between those driving change in the city and those researching the experience of the individual in an urban environment. The conference also aims to facilitate the development of new research networks and will provide an opportunity for theoretical and applied knowledge transfer across the public, private, voluntary, and academic sectors. Call for Papers: This conference aims to stimulate dialogue, so papers are invited from both established and merging academic researchers and active practitioners. Papers which centre on inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to urban research, impact-driven research, or community-level projects, are particularly welcome. Possible themes include (but are not limited to): - The use of urban spaces - Community relations in the city - Urban regeneration and development - Representations of the city in the media - Crime and deviancy - Urban art and design - Urban language and city narratives Papers should be 20 minutes in length, with 10 minutes for questions. Each author may submit a maximum of one individual abstract and one co-authored abstract, or two co-authored abstracts. Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by the Birmingham Cityscapes panel. There will be a prize for best post-graduate paper. Abstracts (maximum of 300 words, excluding references) are invited by 1 March 2011. Please email abstracts as a Word or PDF attachment to cityscapesbcu.ac.uk with the title 'Cityscapes Abstract' in the subject line. Abstracts should contain no identifying information. Author(s) information including name, institution or affiliation, and e-mail address should be included in the body of the e-mail. Notification of acceptance will be by 18 March 2011. Please feel free to forward this to your colleagues. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 29-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.