LINGUIST List 26.2432

Mon May 11 2015

Calls: English, Applied Ling, Discourse Analysis, General Ling, Lang Acquisition, Ling & Lit/Serbia

Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>


Date: 09-May-2015
From: Ksenija Bogetic <ksenija.bogeticgmail.com>
Subject: 5th International Conference of the English Department Belgrade
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Full Title: 5th International Conference of the English Department Belgrade
Short Title: ELLSTAT

Date: 23-Oct-2015 - 24-Oct-2015
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Contact Person: Radojka Vukcevic
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.fil.bg.ac.rs/lang/sr/fakultet/naucni-skupovi-i-konferencije/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Ling & Literature

Subject Language(s): English

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2015

Meeting Description:

5th International Conference of the English Department, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade

English Language and Literature Studies: Tradition and Transformation (ELLSTAT)
23-24 October 2015
Faculty of Philology, Belgrade

The English Department at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, is pleased to announce the fifth international conference on English language and literature studies. The aim of the ELLSTAT conference is to promote exchange of ideas across different areas and theoretical frameworks of English linguistics and anglophone literary/cultural studies throughout a broad academic community.

The list of plenary speakers will include:

- Elizabeth Archibald (Professor of English Studies, Durham University, UK)
- Istvan Kecskes (Professor of Linguistics and Communication, State University of New York, Albany, USA)
- Gerard Steen (Professor of Language and Communication, University of Amsterdam, NL)

Conference Fee:

The early bird conference fee is 60 Euros through 15 September 2015. After this deadline, the regular conference fee is 80 Euros. The fee includes a conference pack.

2nd Call for Papers:

We welcome proposals for papers addressing diverse issues within the general theme of the conference – Tradition and Transformation – in the following fields:

- Theoretical Linguistics
- Applied Linguistics
- Literary Studies
- Cultural Studies

The official language of the conference is English.

Each paper will be allotted 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion).

A selection of papers will be published after the conference in the BELLS (Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies) journal.

Theme Sessions:

In addition to individual papers, theme session proposals are welcome. Theme session proposals should include the following:

- The title and a brief rationale of the proposed theme session
- The name(s) of the session organizer(s)/convener(s)
- The names of authors, titles and abstracts of the papers to be presented in the session (recommended session structure: 4 papers)
Theme session proposals are due by: 15 June 2015.

Abstract Submission Guidelines:

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words (references excluded) and should be sent via e-mail (as Microsoft Word attachments) to:
ellstat.belgradefil.bg.ac.rs

Abstracts should be fully anonymous (title of the paper + abstract + references).

The following information should be specified in the body of the e-mail:

(1) Title of the paper
(2) Name of the author(s)
(3) Affiliation of the author(s)
(4) Key words
(5) Email address(es)

Important Dates:

Submission of abstracts: 15 June 2015
Submission of thematic session proposals: 15 June 2015
Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2015

Conference Web Presentation:

www.fil.bg.ac.rs/lang/sr/fakultet/naucni-skupovi-i-konferencije/



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