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<p class=MsoNormal>*** FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ***<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The International Society for the Empirical Study of
Literature and Media will hold its 11th International Conference in the FedEx
Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis July 8-11, 2008 (<a
href="http://igelweb.org/igelweb/IGEL2008">http://igelweb.org/igelweb/IGEL2008</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--IMPORTANT DATES:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>IGEL Conference: July 8-11, 2008<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>IGEL Summer Institute: July 5-8, 2008<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Deadline papers IGEL Conference: February 8, 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE EMPIRICAL STUDY OF
LITERATURE AND MEDIA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The International Society for the Empirical Study of
Literature and Media (German acronym IGEL) is aimed at the advancement of
empirical literary research through international and interdisciplinary
cooperation (http://igelweb.org). IGEL was founded in 1987. Biennual meetings of
the society have been hosted in Siegen (Germany), Amsterdam (Netherlands),
Memphis, Budapest (Hungary), Nakoda (Canada), Utrecht (Netherlands), Toronto
(Canada), Pécs (Hungary), Edmonton (Canada) and Munich (Germany).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--11<sup>TH</sup> IGEL CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The 11th International Conference of the Society will be
held in the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis July
8-11, 2008. Keynote speakers include Douglas Biber and Roz Picard. Doug Biber (<a
href="http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~biber">http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~biber</a>) is
internationally known for his computational techniques to analyze the
linguistic characteristics of spoken and written genres and registers. Roz
Picard (<a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~picard">http://web.media.mit.edu/~picard</a>)
is the international authority on affective computing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The IGEL Conference will follow the IGEL Summer Institute,
July 5-7. The Program of the Summer Institute is concerned with the cooperation
of Humanities and Social Science students in order to develop adequate methods
for the empirical investigation of literature and the media.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The IGEL Conference will precede the Society for Text and
Discourse workshop (July 11-12) and the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Text and Discourse (July 12-15), also held in the FedEx Institute of Technology
at the University of Memphis (http://www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Presentations of the 11<sup>th</sup> International
Conference can be in the form of posters or spoken papers. The deadline for submitting
proposals for both presentation formats is February 8, 2008. A Review Committee
will review the proposals, and authors will be notified regarding acceptance by
the end of March 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please submit proposals in English to the website that will
be made available towards the submission deadline (please see <a
href="http://igelweb.org/igelweb/IGEL2008">http://igelweb.org/igelweb/IGEL2008</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Papers will be scheduled for 20 minutes, with an additional
5 minutes for questions and discussion. Posters are scheduled for a poster
session on the second night of the conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Proposals for symposia (sessions with multiple papers on one
particular topic) should be discussed with the conference organizers prior to
submission and follow the same procedure as proposals for papers (<a
href="mailto:conference@igelweb.org">conference@igelweb.org</a>). Their review
process is the same as that or full papers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--TOPICS FOR PAPERS, POSTERS AND SYMPOSIA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Examples of topics for papers, posters, symposia and workshops
include: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Literary reading processes (emotion, cognition,
personality, etc.) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Computational linguistic and corpus linguistic methods of
research on literature and the media (text analysis, corpus studies, hypertext
models, etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-The social role of literature and related media (e.g. film,
theatre, Internet, multimedia, virtual reality) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Pedagogical and educational aspect of literature and the
media <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-The processes of literary/media production, distribution
and reception <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-The role of literary and other cultural institutions: past,
present and future <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-The empirical study of historical reception and historical
readers <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--SUBMISSION FORMAT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Proposals should include the following information:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1. The title of the presentation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>2. Names and institutional affiliations all authors,
including email addresses of all authors<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>3. Contact Address for presenting author<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>4. Presentation Preference (Poster, Paper or Either)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>6. A 75-word abstract of the presentation for publication in
the abstracts booklet.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>7. A summary of the presentation with a title but no author
information (max. 1000 words, including bibliographic references).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--CONFERENCE VENUE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The FedEx Institute of Technology (FIT) is a versatile, high-tech
facility. The Institute is home to cutting-edge research teams working in areas
such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, geospatial analysis, multimedia
arts and nanotechnology. It also serves as a gateway for businesses to
collaborate with University of Memphis researchers. In all, the Institute is
home to over 150 faculty members, researchers and staff.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The FIT is a state-of-the-art facility with a 190 seat
tiered amphitheater boasting the second largest implementation of digital
congress units outside the United Nations, and 17 meeting rooms. Large
projection screens, web cams, touch panel screens, laptop computers, totally
wireless network, SIM cards, poly-vision and video teleconferencing, and
interactive white boards are just some of the cutting-edge features of the
facility. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--ACCOMMODATION<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A block of hotel rooms has been reserved in The Holiday Inn
Hotel at the University of Memphis and the DoubleTree Hotel Memphis.
Announcements for reservations will follow.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Holiday Inn Hotel at the University of Memphis is an
all-suite hotel centrally located in the heart of Memphis and easily accessible
to downtown, the airport, and shopping. The hotel is adjacent to the University
of Memphis. Prices for the reserved block of rooms are $109 per night.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Doubletree Memphis provides lodging in Memphis near the
University of Memphis and Memphis International Airport. It is surrounded by a
variety of entertainment, recreation, theater and restaurants. The hotel has a
complementary shuttle service to and from the airport. Prices for the reserved
block of rooms are $104 per night.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>In addition, dormitory rooms (2 persons sharing rooms) have
been made available for discount rates in the Richardson Tower dormitory rooms
accommodations at the University of Memphis campus. Prices are $35 per night.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--QUESTIONS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For questions or suggestions, please contact <a
href="mailto:conference@igelweb.org">conference@igelweb.org</a>. The IGEL
website will be updated regularly with the latest information on the conference
(<a href="http://igelweb.org">http://igelweb.org</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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