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<DIV><FONT size=1>Reminder call for Papers: Colloquium on "Text and
Economics"<BR>(16-18 May 2002, University of Antwerp)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>The colloquium aims at providing a forum for innovative,
interdisciplinary research and discussion on the interface between text studies
and economics. Contributors are invited to explore in what way methods and
insights from economics can contribute to the analysis of texts as well as what
role text studies can play in economic research.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Possible themes include: <BR>- the discourse of economics
(narrative, metaphor, style, rhetoric, etc.)<BR>- the economy in literature<BR>-
the economics of language and literature<BR>- economic aspects of institutional
and professional discourse<BR>- new economic insights from
literature.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>We welcome submissions from scholars in a variety of fields,
such as economics, literary studies, linguistics, pragmatics, philosophy,
sociology, law, etc. Both theoretical and empirical papers using a wide range of
methods will be considered. The invited speakers will include Deborah Cameron
(Institute of Education, London), Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois at
Chicago & Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) and Cathérine Labio (Yale
University).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>The colloquium is organised by UFSIA, University of Antwerp
(Belgium), in the framework of the celebration of "150 years UFSIA". It brings
together researchers from the Department of Language and Communication and from
the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Applied Economics UFSIA-RUCA,
which is an interdisciplinary faculty located in the centre of Antwerp. The
organizing committee consists of Toon Braeckman (KULAK-KULeuven), Ingeborg Dusar
(UFSIA-RUCA), Guido Erreygers (UFSIA-RUCA), Geert Jacobs (UFSIA-RUCA), Stef
Slembrouck (Universiteit Gent), and Toon Vandevelde (KULeuven).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Submission Guidelines</DIV>
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<DIV>Proposals should contain:<BR>1. the title of the paper<BR>2. the author's
name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail, and phone number<BR>3. an abstract of
500 to 1,000 words.</DIV>
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<DIV>Proposals can be submitted by e-mail to the conference organizers at the
following address: <A
href="mailto:text-and-economics@ua.ac.be">text-and-economics@ua.ac.be</A>.
Alternatively, proposals can be sent to the following postal address: Colloquium
on "Text and Economics", Faculty of Applied Economics UFSIA-RUCA, University of
Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.</DIV>
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<DIV>The submission deadline is 30 September 2001. Contributors will be notified
of acceptance by 31 October 2001. Final papers are due by 1 April 2002.</DIV>
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<DIV>Presentations will be 30 minutes in length followed by a 15-minute
discussion period. </DIV>
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<DIV>Further inquiries can be addressed to: <BR>- Ingeborg Dusar, Department of
Language and Communication<BR>(tel. +32 3 220 42 22, <A
href="mailto:ingeborg.dusar@ua.ac.be">ingeborg.dusar@ua.ac.be</A>)<BR>- Guido
Erreygers, Department of Economics<BR>(tel. +32 3 220 40 52, <A
href="mailto:guido.erreygers@ua.ac.be">guido.erreygers@ua.ac.be</A>)<BR>- Geert
Jacobs, Department of Language and Communication<BR>(tel. +32 3 220 41 39, <A
href="mailto:geert.jacobs@ua.ac.be">geert.jacobs@ua.ac.be</A>).</DIV>
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<DIV>The colloquium's website address is: <A
href="http://www.tew.ua.ac.be/text&economics.htm">http://www.tew.ua.ac.be/text&economics.htm</A>.</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>