LINGUIST List 9.1359

Wed Sep 30 1998

FYI: NEH Seminars, Conf. index, Forensic linguist

Editor for this issue: Brett Churchill <brettlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Arnold, Douglas, NEH Announcement: Summer Seminars and Institutes
2. Peter White, Latest conference index
3. DUBARTELL, forensic linguist needed

 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
 SUMMER SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES PROGRAM

 Each summer the National Endowment for the Humanities
 supports study opportunities for educators to strengthen
 humanities teaching and scholarship in the nation's schools
 and colleges.

 Now is the time to begin planning a proposal to
 direct a seminar or institute in the summer of
 2000. The application deadline is March 1, 1999.

 Contact a program officer now to discuss a topic for a
 *seminar* or an *institute*. Seminars and institutes are
 offered either for school teachers or for faculty who teach
 undergraduates. The program officers listed below are
 available to advise applicants on choice of topic, format,
 and audience. Samples of successful proposals and
 application guidelines are available upon request.

 Thomas M. Adams 202/606-8396
 Douglas M. Arnold 202/606-8225
 Wilsonia E. D. Cherry 202/606-8495
 F. Bruce Robinson 202/606-8213

 Seminars and Institutes Program
 Division of Research and Education Programs
 National Endowment for the Humanities
 Washington, DC 20506
 E-mail: sem-instneh.gov

The latest conference list on linguistics and related topics (October
1998) is now available at URL http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/conf.html

36 new conferences have been added to the list. 

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Peter White
Centre for Language Teaching and Research
University of Queensland, Qld 4072
Australia
Tel: +61 7 3365 6893; Fax: +61 7 3365 7077
Email: peterwlingua.cltr.uq.edu.au
Web: http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/users/peter.white
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A detective of the Office of the District Attorney in Erie, PA has asked me
for help in locating a forensic linguistics consultant. The detective
needs an expert to examine written language material. If you are interested
please call Detective Mark Watts at 814-451-6406.


Deborah DuBartell, Ph.D.
Linguistics Program
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA 16444 USA
814-732-2736