Researching and Applying Metaphor: final call for papers

[Koller, Veronika]

***RaAM 9: 3rd and final call for papers - deadline 31 December***

The conference
The ninth conference on Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM 9) will be held in Lancaster, UK, from 4-7 July 2012. The theme for 2012 is "Metaphor in Mind and Society", and the confirmed plenary speakers are:

*         Masako Hiraga (Rykkio University, Japan),

*         Albert Katz (The University of Western Ontario, Canada)

*         Andreas Musolff (University of East Anglia, UK).
There will be two pre-conference workshops on:

*         Corpus linguistics methods in metaphor analysis - facilitated by Anatol Stefanowitsch (University of Hamburg, Germany),

*         Methods of researching metaphor and gesture - facilitated by Irene Mittelberg (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) and Cornelia Mueller (European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany).
In addition to the social programme, the conference will involve a book launch as well as a metaphor-themed exhibition and performance in cooperation with the Lancaster Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Guidelines for abstracts and proposals
The international Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor<http://www.raam.org.uk/Home.html> welcomes researchers from various theoretical approaches studying metaphor and metonymy in different forms of expression (not just language but also, for example, designed artefacts or performed works) and in different realms of use in society (e.g., educational, political, commercial, artistic). Contributors to the 2012 conference may approach metaphor and metonymy from a variety of perspectives (including cognitive, discursive, cultural, pedagogical, social, ideological, etc.) and by applying a variety of methods (including discourse analytical methods, corpus-based methods, experimental methods, etc.)

We are inviting abstracts for:

a)      20-minute papers

b)      Poster presentations

c)      Themed panels (including between 5 and 8 papers).

Abstracts for papers and posters should be no more than 300 words (excluding references). Proposals for themed panels should be no more than 800 words (excluding references) and comprise abstracts for each paper included within them. The deadline for abstracts and proposals is 31 December 2011. We will notify all colleagues who have submitted an abstract or proposal by 15 March 2012 to let them know whether their submission has been accepted or not.

Abstracts should be submitted via the online submission system Conftool, which can be accessed here<https://www.conftool.net/raam2012/>. Please follow the instructions on how to create a new user account. Once you are registered, you will be able to log on to Conftool, create your abstract, modify it as necessary, and submit it.

Prizes and bursaries
Prizes will be awarded for the best paper by a PhD student (thanks to John Benjamins publishers) and for the best poster.

We are also happy to announce that we can offer ca. ten PhD bursaries, based on merit and/or financial need. These will normally be available to colleagues who have had their abstracts accepted and entail either a waiver of the registration fee or a fee waiver and help towards travel costs. In addition, we can offer ca. ten needs-based bursaries for participants who are not PhD students and need financial assistance in order to be able to attend the conference.

Contact
For further information, please visit http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/RAAM/<https://legacy-exchange.lancs.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/RAAM/> or email raam2012 at lancaster.ac.uk<mailto:raam2012 at lancaster.ac.uk>.


Dr Veronika Koller
Senior Lecturer in English Language
Department of Linguistics and English Language
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YL
United Kingdom
Phone: ++44-(0)1524-594642
Web: http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/52/
"It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world." (Mary Wollstonecraft)

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