LINGUIST List 17.1743

Thu Jun 08 2006

Calls: Armenian Ling/Austria;Anthropological Ling/Nigeria

Editor for this issue: Kevin Burrows <kevinlinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Jasmine Dum-Tragut, Workshop: Cultural, Linguistic and Ethnological Interrelations in and around Armenia
         2.    Yisa Yusuf, Proverb Conference in Nigeria
Message 1: Workshop: Cultural, Linguistic and Ethnological Interrelations in and around Armenia
Date: 07-Jun-2006
From: Jasmine Dum-Tragut <jasmine.dum-tragutsbg.ac.at>
Subject: Workshop: Cultural, Linguistic and Ethnological Interrelations in and around Armenia



Full Title: Workshop: Cultural, Linguistic and Ethnological Interrelations in and around Armenia
Date: 04-Jul-2007 - 07-Jul-2007 Location: Michaelbeuern, Salzburg, Austria Contact Person: Jasmine Dum-Tragut
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Armenian; Georgian; Turkish

Language Family(ies): East Caucasian; Indo-European; Kartvelian; Northwest Caucasian

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2007

Meeting Description:

The Armenian highland and the neighbour regions in Anatolia and the Caucasus are well-known for their - often shared - cultural traditions, expressed in the linguistic inventory of the languages spoken in this region, in the spoken and written folk tales and myths, in religious and family customs, folk beliefs, and way of living and also expressed in folk art.

Papers are welcome in various fields of studies mainly presenting the interrelations of culture, language and traditions of this region: e.g. cultural words and isoglosses, proverbs, sayings, legends and myths, onomatology, terminology in agriculture, husbandry etc., customs as well as ethnological topics (traditional costumes, food etc.) in Armenia and the neighbouring regions (Turkey, Southern Caucasus, Iran, Azerbaijan).


Workshop ''Cultural, linguistic and ehtnological interrelations in and around Armenia'' Michaelbeuern (Austria), July 4th to 7th, 2007.

Longer presentations and discussions are welcome.Workshop language: English (but other languages may be accepted).Workshop fee: Euro 15,-

Please send the title of your paper with a short abstract/ description of your presentation in English until January 31st, 2007 to Univ. Doc. Dr. Jasmine Dum-Tragut.

Please contact:Univ.Doc. Dr. Jasmine Dum-Tragut; Department of Armenian Studies; ORIENTALE LUMEN, Mayr-Melnhof-Institute for the Christian East, Moenchsberg 2a, A-5020 Salzburg. FAX +43/662/84 25 21 143. e-mail: jasmine.dum-tragutlet.leidenuniv.nl

Information about the workshop place:The 8th century Benedictine abbey Michaelbeuern is located 30 km northeast from Salzburg, in the soft and green landscape of the Salzburg alpine upland and Salzburg lake district.The monastery offers newly renovated rooms with shower, toilette and phone in the gothic wing; a conference room and a meeting room. The food is supplied by the monastery: typical regional food made from the products of the monastery's farm.

Prices:- Double room with full-board (breakfast-lunch-dinner): Euro 36.60/per night and person- Single room: additional Euro 6 per night.

For closer information about the monastery:http://www.abtei-michaelbeuern.at


Message 2: Proverb Conference in Nigeria
Date: 06-Jun-2006
From: Yisa Yusuf <yisa_yusufyahoo.com>
Subject: Proverb Conference in Nigeria



Full Title: Proverb Conference in Nigeria
Date: 01-Aug-2006 - 05-Aug-2006 Location: Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Contact Person: Yisa Yusuf
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Ling & Literature; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2006

Meeting Description:

This conference is convened to examine the ubiquity, versatility and resilience of proverbs as Africa continues to strive to balance tradition with modernity.

PROVERB CONFERENCE IN NIGERIA

CALL FOR PAPERS

Theme:

CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN PROVERBS

1ST - 5TH AUGUST, 2006

Venue:

Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

As Eustace Egblewogbe puts it, ''African proverbs everywhere…are a distillation of the wisdom of the people derived over the ages from a careful observation of everyday experiences involving human beings, nature, and animals, as well as natural phenomena and social events.'' Moreover, as is asserted in the proverb about proverbs recorded by Wolfgang Mieder, ''A good maxim is never out of season.'' When radical changes occur in society, these proverbs adapt accordingly because, as Mieder further notes, due to their flexibility, proverbs can be ''intentionally changed to fit the needs and thoughts of modern people.'' It is in the light of the foregoing that this conference is convened to examine the ubiquity, versatility and resilience of proverbs as Africa continues to strive to balance tradition with modernity.

The sub-themes for the conference include but are not limited to the following:

-Proverbs and Literature-Proverbs and Linguistics-Proverbs and Philosophy-Proverbs and Religion-Proverbs and Law-Proverbs and Education-Proverbs and the Performing/Visual Arts-Proverbs and Mass-media-Proverbs, Politics and Diplomacy-Proverbs and Economics-Proverbs and Gender-Proverbs and Multiculturalism-Proverbs and the Diaspora-Proverbs and Medicine-Proverbs and the Environment-Proverbs, Science and Technology

Prospective participants are required to send abstracts of not more than 250 words electronically to yahoo.com

Conference Planning Committee:Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Professor Yisa Kehinde Yusuf, Convener, Department of EnglishDr. Laide Sheba, Department of African Languages and LiteraturesMr. Wale Adeniran, Institute of Cultural StudiesDr. Yunusa Kehinde Salami, Department of PhilosophyDr. Yomi Daramola, Department of MusicDr. Niyi Okunoye, Department of EnglishMr. Kehinde Ayoola, Department of EnglishMr. Adebayo Mosobalaje, Department of English