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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:left; margin:0mm"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">The Call for Papers (2nd circular) is attached here. We are very much looking forward to seeing all participants in Tokyo next August.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:left; margin:0mm"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">Best regards,</span><br style="font-size:14.666667px">
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<span style="font-size:14.666667px">Yukinori Kimoto (The University of Osaka)</span><br style="font-size:14.666667px">
<span style="font-size:14.666667px">On behalf of the Organizing Committee.</span><br style="font-size:14.666667px">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt">CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS (Second Circular)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt">17-ICAL – 2027</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Seventeenth International Conference on</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Austronesian Linguistics</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">1-5 August 2027</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Call for individual papers:</span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">We are pleased to announce that the 17th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics will take place at Meisei University, Tokyo, on August 1-5, 2027 (on-site only). Scholars are invited for 20-minute talks (plus 10 minutes for discussion)
and/or poster presentations on any aspect of language or linguistics specifically related to Austronesian languages. </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author. Abstracts should be single-spaced, 12-point font, with 1-inch or 2.5-cm margins on all sides. The main text must be limited to one page, and only the data/tables/examples
and references may appear on the second page. Authors’ names should not appear (on the abstract itself), but the abstract should include a title. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Abstracts should be submitted via the Pretalx platform (the link will be shown in our website <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/17ical/" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)">https://sites.google.com/view/17ical/</a> ), except the panel proposal,
which should be compiled by the panel organizer(s), and sent via e-mail (see <b>Call for panels</b>).</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">November 1, 2026</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Deadline for individual abstract submission (oral/poster):</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">January 31, 2027</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance for individual abstracts (oral/poster): </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">March 31, 2027</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Call for panels:</span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Theme- or area-related panels are also invited. Each panel must consist of <b>3–6 presentations </b>(including a discussion session, if </span><span lang="EN-US">any</span><span lang="EN-US">). Panel proposals must be submitted by the panel
organizer as a single PDF file containing the information specified below, following the format and submission guidelines outlined here.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">1. Panel Information</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Panel title</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Panel abstract/rationale explaining the overall theme and scope of the panel (200–300 words)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Keywords (3–5 words)</span></p>
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<span style="text-indent:24pt">Organizer’ name, affiliation, email address</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">2. Proposed program</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Presentation titles </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Presenter’ name, affiliation, email address</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Discussant’s name, affiliation, email address (if applicable)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">3. Individual abstracts</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Presentation title</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Presenter’ name, affiliation, email address</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Abstract (The main text must be limited to one page; only data, tables, examples, and references may appear on a second page.)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Please compile all of the information above into a single PDF file and send it as an email attachment to <a href="http://austronesianlinguistics@gmail.com/" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)">austronesianlinguistics@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Email subject line: “Panel Submission”</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The email must be sent with the contact addresses of all organizer(s), presenters, and the discussant (if applicable) included in the cc line.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Submission open (to be sent to the email address)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">November 1, 2026</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Deadline for individual abstract submission (oral/poster):</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">January 31, 2027</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance for individual abstracts (oral/poster): </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">March 31, 2027</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Keynote speakers:</span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">We are happy to have the following keynote speakers.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ritsuko Kikusawa (National Museum of Ethnology)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bradley McDonnell (University of Hawai‘i)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Elizabeth Zeitoun (Academia Sinica)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Steering Committee: </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Alexander Adelaar (Palacký University Olomouc & The University of Melbourne)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Isabelle Bril (CNRS, France)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Rik de Busser (National Chengchi University, Taiwan)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Shirley Dita (De La Salle University, the Philippines)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Emily Gasser (Swarthmore College, USA)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">David Gil (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Atsuko Kanda Utsumi (Meisei University, Japan)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Daniel Kaufman (The City University of New York, USA)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">František Kratochvíl (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bill Palmer (University of Newcastle, Australia)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Narivelo Rajaonarimanana (Université d’Antananarivo, Madagascar)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Baholisoa Simone Ralalaoherivony (Madagascar)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Alexander Smith (National University of Singapore)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Antonia Soriente (University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tamisha Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Elizabeth Zeitoun (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Organizing Committee of 17-ICAL:</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Atsuko Kanda Utsumi (Meisei University)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Yukinori Kimoto (The University of Osaka)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Kenichiro Kurusu (University of the Philippines)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Local and travel information:</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The conference will take place at Meisei University, Tokyo. Please check our conference website for updates:</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/17ical/" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)">https://sites.google.com/view/17ical/</a></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Updates will automatically be sent to all members of the AN-LANG list and LINGUIST LIST. Any email inquiries can be sent to <a href="http://austronesianlinguistics@gmail.com/" style="color:rgb(150,96,125)">austronesianlinguistics@gmail.com</a>.</span></p>
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<div>木本幸憲 Yukinori Kimoto<br>
kimoto.hmt@osaka-u.ac.jp<br>
大阪大学人文学研究科 言語文化学専攻<br>
Graduate School of Humanities, The University of Osaka<br>
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