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Geopolitics</b></span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">International Association of Applied Linguistics/</span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA)</span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">August 9-14 2020</span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">***Call for Abstracts***</span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif" color="red"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>Submission Deadline: September 16, 2019</b></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">The Language Policy Research Network (LPReN), a </span></font><a href="https://aila.info/research/list-of-rens/overview-of-rens/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Research
Network</span></font></a><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> affiliated with the </span></font><a href="https://aila.info/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Association
Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée</span></font></a><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> or International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), is inviting submissions
for its symposium at the 2020 AILA World Congress to be held August 9-14 in Groningen, the Netherlands.
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">LPReN intends to host three half-day sessions,
</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif" color="black"><span style="font-size:12pt">organized around three areas within the broader field of scholarship relevant to language policy, politics,
and planning: Theory, Method, and Advocacy. Foci include, but are not limited to, reconceptualizing global innovations in language policy and planning, employing novel research methodologies in language policy, and promoting language rights to preserve minoritized
languages.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Each half-day begins with a talk by a featured speaker.</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">
</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Proposals are invited for individual papers and posters.</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">
</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Submissions for presentations may be made in one of the three areas.</span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>Theory</b></span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Featured Speaker:</span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Lionel Wee, National University of Singapore</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Topics for submissions to the Theory session may include: Exploration of the theoretical constructs,
origins, potential, and philosophical implications of language policy, politics, and planning as they relate to the structures, individuals, communities, and societies in which they are undertaken.</span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Featured Speaker:</span></font></div>
<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Topics for submissions to the Method session may include: Identification and explication of
the means through which language policymaking, management, and planning take shape, including identification of the particular overt and covert activities, parties, and institutions that constitute methods employed to burden, obstruct, or facilitate the implementation of
policy. Also, critical examination of research methods for investigating language policy texts and practices including issues of ethics and research design in language policy research.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div>
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<div style="text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0" align="center"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Nkonko Kamwangamalu, Howard University</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Topics for submissions to the Advocacy session may include: Engagement with of the role of
power, elitism, prejudice, privilege, exclusivity, and hegemony in acts associated with language policy; engagement in activities to expose majoritarian narratives and highlight language rights, promote heritage language maintenance and prosperity, and resolve
conflicts among language communities and in organizations.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><i>How to Submit</i></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">The call for papers for the World Congress of Applied Linguistics has now been posted and is
available </span></font><a href="https://www.aila2020.nl/call-for-papers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">here</span></font></a><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">: </span></font><a href="https://www.aila2020.nl/call-for-papers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">https://www.aila2020.nl/call-for-papers</span></font></a></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">The 2020 Congress is organized a bit differently than previous meetings. Rather than submitting
to a general call, presenters should submit to </span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b><i>a particular symposium</i></b></span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">.</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">
</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">The list of symposia is </span></font><a href="https://www.eventure-online.com/eventure/login.form?Uf7d080c8-98a4-48ad-b7f4-0c302630dd35" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">here</span></font></a><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">: </span></font><a href="https://www.eventure-online.com/eventure/login.form?Uf7d080c8-98a4-48ad-b7f4-0c302630dd35" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">https://www.eventure-online.com/eventure/login.form?Uf7d080c8-98a4-48ad-b7f4-0c302630dd35#</span></font></a></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Proposals for this LPReN symposium should be made to</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Symposium 138, Language Policy: Theory, Method, and Advocacy for Contemporary Geopolitics</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">All submissions are peer reviewed.</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">
</span></font><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Presenters at the AILA World Congress, including the LPReN symposium, are responsible for their own travel and lodging costs.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,"EmojiFont"" size="3" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Final Submission Deadline: September 16, 2020</span></font></div>
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