LINGUIST List 15.1183

Mon Apr 12 2004

Calls: Lang&Lit/Botswana; Forensic Ling/Poland

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  • aruaae, 3rd International Conference on Language and Literature (hosted by the Department of English, University of Botswana)
  • linglex, Language and the Law 2005: East meets West

    Message 1: 3rd International Conference on Language and Literature (hosted by the Department of English, University of Botswana)

     Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:33:59 -0400 (EDT)
    From: aruaae <aruaaemopipi.ub.bw>
    Subject: 3rd International Conference on Language and Literature (hosted by the Department of English, University of Botswana)


    3rd International Conference on Language and Literature

    Date: 13-Jun-2005 - 17-Jun-2005 Location: Gaborone, Botswana Contact: Arua Arua Contact Email: aruaaemopipi.ub.bw Meeting URL: http://www.thuto.org

    Linguistic Sub-field: Ling & Literature Subject Language: English

    Meeting Description:

    3rd International Conference on Language and Literature (Hosted by the Department of English, University of Botswana. 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA)

    THEME: ENGLISH STUDIES IN AFRICA: THE CRISIS OF RELEVANCE

    DATE: 13-17 JUNE 2005

    The relevance of English Studies to Africa has remained a burning issue for the last two centuries. The need to revisit the subject has become increasingly urgent because of the continuing perception that many departments of English (and their programmes) across Africa have had very little impact on the governments and peoples of Africa. Accordingly, this conference will address this crisis of the relevance of English Studies to Africa, especially at the turn of the 21st century. In particular, the conference will seek to examine and attempt to clarify the role of English Studies in Africa from various (interdisciplinary) perspectives: theoretical, pedagogical, cultural, social and economic.

    Abstracts: Abstracts of up to 500 words are invited based on the sub-themes suggested below. Prospective participants are, however, free to write on topics related to themes not included on the list.

    Sub-themes:A.General: 1.What is English Studies? 2.English and the Humanities 3.Language, literature and colonialism 4.Language, literature and gender

    B. Language:1.The balance between English language description and proficiency 2. Evolving standards and models of English in Africa 3.English as an international language: Ownership, adaptability, identities, etc. 4.English and the new technologies 5. Language and class 6.Language planning and the national language question 7.English as a global industry 8.English Studies and social expectations

    C. Literature: 1.Literature in English and African culture 2. Literary education and the global culture 3.African literature and canon formation 4. Literature and change 5. Literature and identities 6. African literature and the diaspora

    Abstracts are to be submitted by email (Email attachments should be in Microsoft word or rich text formats). The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 December 2004. Prospective participants will be notified as from 15 January 2005 whether their abstracts have been accepted or not.

    Panels and workshops: Participants who wish to organize special panels and workshops, or mount exhibitions should notify the organizer early.

    Conference venue: The conference will hold on the main campus of the University of Botswana.

    Registration and fees: Conference registration fees are as follows: a) Participants from Africa (P200)*** b) Participants from other parts of the world (P500) c) Students from Africa (Free)

    Publication of proceedings: Selected papers from the conference will be published.

    Websites: Information will be posted on the Department of English website (http://www.thuto.org) (click on English) and the UB website (http://ub.bw/home.html) as soon as they become available.

    Accommodation: Details of accommodation will be provided six months before the conference date.

    All correspondence to:

    Dr. Arua E. Arua Department of English, University of Botswana Private Bag UB00703, Gaborone, Botswana Tel: (267) 3552177; (267) 3163202 Fax: (267) 3185098 Email: aruaaemopipi.ub.bw) (use both addresses) aruaaebotsnet.bw )

    *** Exchange rate: US$1.00 = P5.00 (One USD is equivalent to five Botswana Pula

    Message 2: Language and the Law 2005: East meets West

     Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:22:51 -0400 (EDT)
    From: linglex <linglexuni.lodz.pl>
    Subject: Language and the Law 2005: East meets West


    Language and the Law 2005: East meets West Short Title: L&L 2005

    Date: 12-Sep-2005 - 14-Sep-2005 Location: Lodz, Poland Contact: Krzysztof Kredens Contact Email: linglexuni.lodz.pl Meeting URL:

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    The conference seeks to provide a forum for discussion in those scientific fields where linguistic and legal interests converge, and to facilitate integration between scholars from the former Eastern Bloc countries and elsewhere in Europe and the world.

    Language and the Law 2005: East meets West Department of English Language University of Lodz

    12 - 14 September 2005

    FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS

    The Department of English Language at Lodz University plans to hold an international conference devoted to language and the law. Our aim is to provide a forum for discussion in those scientific fields where linguistic and legal interests converge, and to facilitate integration between scholars from the former Eastern Bloc countries and elsewhere in Europe and the world.

    Research in the interrelations of language and the law has of late gathered momentum in continental Europe. More and more academic projects are being implemented every year, which has been made possible by the development of the European Research Area, a structure designed as a research-coordinating equivalent of the common market. On May 1st 2004 ten new countries will join the European Union, making it a political structure of as many as 25 official languages. A timely acknowledgement of New Europe's role in jurislinguistic scholarship, the conference will be an excellent opportunity to address linguistic aspects of law-enforcement in a multilingual community, and in a legislatively uniform environment with different legal systems, adversarial and inquisitorial.

    We invite papers discussing the role and shape of language in legal and forensic settings. The topics include:

    analysis of legal discourse, structure and semantics of statutes and legal instruments, legal terminology issues, legal translation, speech style in the courtroom, social organisation of conversation in legal settings, structure of cross-examination, sociopragmatic aspects of interpreting in court, comprehensibility of legal instruments, language and disadvantage before the law, linguistic minorities and linguistic human rights, forensic linguistics (particularly forensic authorship attribution, analysis of contested meanings and forensic phonetics) This list is not exhaustive.

    DATES The conference will be held over 3 days, from 12 to 14 September 2005 (arrival day 11 September) at the Lodz University Conference Centre. We expect approximately 100 participants from Poland and Eastern Europe, Western Europe and other parts of the world.

    SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Susan Blackwell, The University of Birmingham, UK Ronald R. Butters, Duke University, USA Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, University of Lodz Lawrence M. Solan, Brooklyn Law School, USA Maria Teresa Turell, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Marek Zirk-Sadowski, University of Lodz

    PLENARY SPEAKERS Malcolm Coulthard, University of Birmingham, UK Maurizio Gotti, University of Bergamo, Italy Peter Sandrini, University of Innsbruck, Austria Susan Sarcevic, University of Rijeka, Croatia

    We have also invited a number of scholars to be semi-plenary speakers. Their names will be made public in the second circular.

    ABSTRACTS Abstracts of papers should be up to 750 words long and forwarded (by e-mail, fax or mail) to the organisers. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 December 2004.

    Presentations should last 30 minutes including demonstrations, questions and discussion.

    PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS Selected papers from the conference will be published by Peter Lang GmbH in a volume of the Lodz Studies in Language series.

    COSTS The cost of conference registration, accommodation and meals at the conference centre is:

    150 EURO fee 300 EURO accommodation and meals

    Colleagues from newly-joined EU states, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the former Yugoslavia can apply for a bursary to participate in the conference.

    The conference fee will cover conference materials, participation in sessions, conference dinner and social programme. The accommodation/meals charge will cover accommodation in a single, twin or double room at the Lodz University Conference Centre, three meals a day and coffee breaks.

    PAYMENT Payment should be by cheque (in US dollars or equivalent in other currencies), made out to: Lodz University, Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (L&L 2005) and forwarded to: University of Lodz Department of English Language Al. Kosciuszki 65 90-514 Lodz Poland

    Bank transfers are also welcome. The account number is:

    PKO S.A. II O/Lodz 86124030281111000028222488

    Please state the following in your transfer description: L&L 2005-Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk

    Alternatively, cash or cheque payment can be made on arrival.

    ORGANISING COMMITTEE Dr Krzysztof Kredens Dr Stanislaw Goźdź-Roszkowski

    Department of English Language Al. Kosciuszki 65 90-514 Lodz Poland tel: (#48) 42 6655220 fax: (#48) 42 6655221

    e-mail: linglexuni.lodz.pl

    FURTHER INFORMATION Further details about the conference will be publicised in regular circulars to participants and academic institutions. A web page will soon be operational where more information on our plans for the conference, Lodz, and Lodz University will be made available.

    Official language of the conference will be English.

    THE CITY OF LODZ Lodz, whose history dates back to the 15th century, is the second largest city in Poland, with a population of nearly one million people. It is located 130 km (85 miles) south-west of Warsaw, almost in the very centre of Poland. Its short yet remarkable history is closely linked to the growth of the textile industry - even today its most characteristic sights include late-19th-century neogothic factories and well-preserved, magnificent villas and palaces of former factory owners, now turned into museums or sites of various cultural and educational institutions. Lodz is not only an important industrial centre, but also a city of culture, often referred to as the capital of Polish film. The most renowned Polish film directors such as Krzysztof Kie�>lowski, Roman Pola�"ski and Andrzej Wajda are all graduates of the world-famous Lodz Film School. Despite the fact that Lodz is an industrial city, it has the largest urban green areas in Poland, among them Lagiewniki, the biggest municipal park in Poland, with two wooden chapels and a Baroque monastery. Since 1945 Lodz has been an important academic centre with numerous state-run academic institutions, among them the University of Lodz.