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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear all, I would really appreciate information
about collegues in Europe (name, institution, e-mail) working on text
comprehensibility/ readibility, on determining text/context and reader
parameters that contribute to text difficulty, and/or determining level of
difficulty of spoken or written texts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>B. Dendrinos</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Professor Bessie Dendrinos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Department of Language and Linguistics
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Faculty of English Studies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>School of Philosophy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>University of Athens</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tel. & fax: +30210 7217873 and +30210
7214978</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:vdendrin@enl.uoa.gr">vdendrin@enl.uoa.gr</A> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Francis M. Hult" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:fmhult@dolphin.upenn.edu"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>fmhult@dolphin.upenn.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:edling@ccat.sas.upenn.edu"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>edling@ccat.sas.upenn.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 5:05
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [EDLING:2359] CFP: Literature for Europe:
European Identities and European Literature in a Globalizing
World</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> ESF-LiU Conference<BR>> <BR>> Literature for Europe: European
Identities and European Literature in a =<BR>> Globalizing World<BR>>
<BR>> Vadstena Klosterhotell, Sweden<BR>> 12-16 May 2007<BR>> <BR>>
Chaired by: Theo L. D'haen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)<BR>> <BR>>
=20<BR>> <BR>> Recently, the European Union welcomed fifteen new member
states. The =<BR>> accession of a number of Balkan states is impending.
Turkey is waiting =<BR>> in the wings. Transatlantic relations to the USA are
hotly debated, in =<BR>> politics as in culture. China and India awake as
economic giants. =<BR>> Globalization is upon us. At the same time, two of
the earliest =<BR>> signatories to the treaties eventually leading to the
European Union =<BR>> reject a proposal for a European Constitution, and
linguistic, =<BR>> religious, and ethnic dividing lines show even in some of
Europe's =<BR>> oldest nation states. What role do literature, and the study
of =<BR>> literature, play in the constant re-negotiation and re-construction
of =<BR>> cultural identities all this implies? How do literary texts,
genres, and =<BR>> forms, thinking about them, teaching them, respond to and
shape ongoing =<BR>> processes of European self-understanding in our era of
globalization? =<BR>> The conference will seek to answer these questions by
charting key =<BR>> developments in a number of fields its organizers see as
crucial to the =<BR>> emergence of a European common literary "space":
Literature and cultural =<BR>> value systems, Literature and cultural memory,
Literary History, =<BR>> Translation, the impact of the New Media and the
Information Age on =<BR>> matters of Literature and Identity, and the impact
of the Postcolonial. =<BR>> Emphasis will be not on looking back, but rather
on pinpointing where a =<BR>> specific field is at right now, looking forward
to probable =<BR>> developments, and drawing up a possible research agenda
for literary =<BR>> studies in Europe.<BR>> <BR>> Invited speakers
should look upon their presentation not as a polished =<BR>> conference
paper, but as a thought-provoking tour d'horizon in which =<BR>> they discuss
the import of what they see as cutting-edge developments in =<BR>> their
field on the relationship between literary studies and "the matter =<BR>> of
Europe". Poster sessions are planned and time will be alloted to =<BR>> short
oral contributions (selected from abstracts).<BR>> <BR>> =20<BR>>
<BR>> =20<BR>> <BR>> Dear Sir or Madam,<BR>> <BR>> =20<BR>>
<BR>> Please be kindly reminded that the closing date for application (and
for =<BR>> abstract submission) is the 28th of February 2007.=20<BR>>
<BR>> =20<BR>> <BR>> Some grants will be available for young
researchers to cover the =<BR>> conference fee and possibly part of the
travel costs. Grant requests =<BR>> should be made by ticking appropriate
field(s) in the paragraph "Grant =<BR>> application" of the application form
=<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=3D230&meetno=3D1"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=3D230&meetno=3D1</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> <BR>> The conference programme as well as the
list of invited speakers is =<BR>> available from </FONT><A
href="http://www.esf.org/conferences/07230"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.esf.org/conferences/07230</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>>
<BR>> =20<BR>> <BR>> Many thanks for passing on this information to any
of your =<BR>> colleagues/students who may be interested in this event. The
conference =<BR>> flyer is attached for this purpose.<BR>> <BR>>
=20<BR>> <BR>> Kind regards,<BR>> <BR>> Corinne Wininger<BR>>
<BR>> Publicity Officer - ESF Communications Unit<BR>> <BR>>
=20<BR>> <BR>> European Science Foundation - Communications Unit<BR>>
<BR>> 1 quai Lezay-Marn=E9sia, BP 90015<BR>> <BR>> 67080 Strasbourg
Cedex, France<BR>> <BR>> Phone: +33 (0)388 76 21 50<BR>> Fax: +33
(0)388 76 71 80<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:clemoal@esf.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>clemoal@esf.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>>
</FONT><A href="http://www.esf.org/conferences"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.esf.org/conferences</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>>
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