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soc.surrey.ac.uk>Call for Participation CHILDREN AND SOCIAL COMPETENCE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, 5-7 JULY 1995. Challenges to the traditional socialisation and developmental models of childhood are currently being made from within a variety of disciplines, including sociology, linguistics, psychology, anthropology and education. Increasingly, children are being seen as competent social agents, rather than as less developed versions of adults. These challenges pose critical questions for how we understand the social worlds of pre-adolescent children and their relationships with each other, as well as with adults. This international conference will bring together researchers from various disciplines to further our understanding of these issues, their theoretical implications and methodological consequences. We are now inviting proposals for papers which address the following and related topics: *Childhood viewed as an arena of social competence, vs. childhood viewed as a process of socialisation. *Children as social agents. *The use of language in children's peer group interaction. *The forms of social organisation constructed by children in peer group activities. *The relationship between gender, peer groups, language and/or play. *Cross-cultural dimensions of children's social competence. *Methodological implications of the shift from a socialisation/ developmental paradigm to a social competence model of childhood. Proposals are invited in the form of a one page abstract (250-300 words). The deadline for submission is 28 February 1995. Successful authors will be informed by 31 March 1995. DETAILS OF FEES Reduced registration (payable by 28 Feb 1995): 30 Full registration (payable by 23 June 1995): 50 Accomodation plus meals: 100 Meals only package: 50 Registration forms are available on request from the organisers, to whom abstracts (2 copies) should also be addressed: Ian Hutchby and Jo Moran-Ellis Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 5XH UK. E-mail: scs1ihMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
ruc.dk>Copenhagen Congress on THE MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL CITY Royal Danish School of Educational Studies at Copenhagen June 22-28, 1996 Copenhagen has been named the Cultural Capital of Europe in 1996. This has been taken as an opportunity by the national and city authorities to organize a wide range of activities related to the culture of an industrialized city, including facets such as children's culture, popular culture, multiculturalism, to mention just a few. One of the events taking place is an international congress for scholars in the field of multilingualism and multiculturalism, with a European emphasis. The purpose of the congress is to review the international research done with respect to the conditions of minorities, the mutual relations between minorities and majorities on the different levels of authority, and to establish a forum for continuous collaboration and exchange among the researchers in multiculturalism. The congress will cover five main themes. 1. Levels of Power and Cultural Dominance in Europe 2. Multiculturalism and the Media 3. Multiculturalism in Schools and Day Care Institutions 4. Business and the Minorities 5. Survival and Disappearance of Minority Languages and Cultures. For each of the five main themes we have invited one keynote speaker and a commentator. The keynote speaker will present a written research review, a state of the art article, which will be presented to the participants prior to the congress in 1996. The commentator will comment and put he research review in perspective. The keynote speakers will be asked to deliver written contributions in the fall of 1995, so their contributions can be sent to tte congress participants early enough to give everybody time to read the articles before the congress. Among the contributing scholars are Guus Extra, John Edwards, Sonja Novak-Lukanovic, Robert Phillipson, Wuoko Knocke, Suzanne Romaine, Kenneth Hyltenstam, and Charles Husband. The congress will take place at the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies at Copenhagen on June 22-28, 1996. The congress will be organized with plenary sessions in the mornings, sections and workshops in the afternoons, and also exhibitions. The plenary sessions with short lectures by the keynote speakers, comments by the commentators, and possibly panel discussions will each deal with one of the five main themes. Sections and workshops will be timetabled under the same main themes. There are plans for a book exhibition with international and Danish publishers. We hope to be able to offer cheap accomodation in student housing facilities close to the congress site. There will also be a rich cultural and social program for the participants and accompanying guests. You are kindly invited to participate in the congress, and to present a paper. We also encourage you to suggest topics for workshops, papers etc. Please fill out the form and return it to the organizers before March 15, 1995. A second circular will be issued later in 1995. We expect a rich and intensive June in Copenhagen. Large resources will be invested in the Cultural Capital project. The city will be active and colorful with lots of events, exhibitions, and goings-on. We hope to hear from you soon, and look forward to receiving you here in 1996. Anne Holmen Karen Risager J|rgen Gimbel Christian Horst Steffen Johannessen Normann J|rgensen Preliminary Registration for the Copenhagen Congress on The Multilingual and Multicultural City June 22-28, 1996 Name: ___________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Phone: __________________ Fax:_____________________ E-mail: ___________________________________________ Title of paper: ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Comments, suggestions:___________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Send to: Center for Multicultural Studies, Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Emdrupborg, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV. Fax: (45) 39 69 25 50. e-mail: cfmsinkjMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
garnet.berkeley.edu>I am organizing a panel on Portuguese Linguistics during the 1995 AATSP meeting (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese), to be held in August 9-11, in San Diego, Ca. I would like to invite proposals on any topic related to Portuguese Linguistics. Papers may be in Portuguese or English. Please submit abstracts before December 1, 1994 to: Ana Maria Carvalho Department of Spanish and Portuguese University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, Ca 94720 e-mail: anamariaMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue