[EDLING:2402] CFP: Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice

[Francis M Hult]

> CFP: Interdisciplinary Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice
> 
> The program in Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP) at the 
> University of Colorado at Boulder is pleased to invite submissions to 
> its first graduate student-run interdisciplinary conference. Abstracts 
> for 20 minute papers covering topics in various areas of sociocultural 
> linguistics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocultural_linguistics) are 
> invited for either the General Session or the Theme Session (see below) 
> and are due by April 15, 2007. For both Sessions, we encourage papers 
> that focus on the broad connections between language, culture and 
> society and are grounded in empirical research. Examples of possible 
> frameworks or analytic traditions for either Session may include, but 
> are not limited to:
> 
> Sociolinguistics
> Linguistic anthropology
> Narrative studies
> Critical discourse analysis
> Conversation analysis
> Language and identity
> Discourse pragmatics
> Computer-mediated discourse
> Ethnography of speaking
> Language and literacy
> Verbal art and performance
> Bilingualism and code-switching
> Language globalization
> Intercultural communication
> Language socialization
> 
> *Conference Details:
> 
> The conference will take place from Oct 5 - Oct 7, 2007. Our confirmed 
> plenary speakers are H. Samy Alim (Anthropology, UC Los Angeles), Mary 
> Bucholtz (Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara), Kathy Escamilla (Education, 
> University of Colorado), and Crispin Thurlow (Communication, University 
> of Washington). The Friday of the conference will consist of workshops 
> held by plenary speakers and CLASP faculty, while Saturday and Sunday 
> will be devoted to paper presentations and plenary talks. The conference 
> website can be found at: 
> http://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/faculty/kira_hall/clasp/conf/
> 
> *Theme Session
> Papers for the Theme Session should focus on a topic or issue dealing 
> with interdisciplinary approaches to doing research on language, society 
> and culture. Papers for consideration in the Theme Session may address 
> issues dealing with crossing (inter)discipinary boundaries in both 
> theoretical and applied research. Possible topics for the Theme Session 
> might include: dialogues between linguistic anthropology and 
> sociolinguistics; the use of feminist and queer conversation analysis; 
> ethnographic approaches to doing critical discourse analysis; etc.
> 
> *Submission Guidelines
> Please email a 500 word abstract to clasp.conference at gmail.com by April 
> 15, 2007. The abstract should be attached in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 
> Rich Text (.rtf) format and should contain NO information identifying 
> the author(s) of the paper. Abstracts are evaluated on an anonymous 
> basis. In the body of the email, please include the following information:
> 
> -Name(s) of author(s)
> -University or other affiliation(s) of the author(s)
> -Email address(es) of the author(s)
> -Title of proposed paper
> -Whether you'd like to be considered for the General or Themed session
> -Equipment requirements
> -Any additional comments
> -3-5 keywords describing the paper
> 
> Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via email by 
> August 1, 2007.
> 
> *About CLASP
> 
> More information about CLASP can be found here: 
> http://www.colorado.edu/linguistics/faculty/kira_hall/requirements.html