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<div class="moz-signature">The ISHL nominating committee expects to
make a recommendation to the Society by the end of April regarding
the venue of the 23rd International Conference on Historical
Linguistics in 2017. Formally this is done by nominating an
individual from that institution as President of the
Society/Conference Director for 2017. Historical linguists are
therefore invited to consider whether they would like to host the
conference at their institution and submit nominations if they are
interested.<br>
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A formal proposal to host the conference requires a <font>brief
(one-page)
statement describing the suitability of the institution/city and
the proposed conference arrangements, and a formal letter of
support </font><font><font><span>from a senior administrator
at the University stating that the institution is happy to
host the
conference (a financial guarantee is not required). Formal
proposals should be sent to myself as Chair of the
Nominating Committee, copied to JC Smith
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:johncharles.smith@stcatz.ox.ac.uk"><johncharles.smith@stcatz.ox.ac.uk></a> as Secretary of
the Society by the end of March. We have received several
expressions of interest to date; any institution that has
not yet made us aware of its intention to bid should
establish informal contact before then.<br>
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</span></font></font>Since the 2013 conference will be in
Oslo, and the 2015 conference in Naples, the committee has
expressed the wish to hold the 2017 conference outside of Europe.
Previous and forthcoming venues this century are listed below:<br>
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2001 Melbourne, Vic. (XV) (Barry Blake)<br>
2003 Copenhagen (XVI) (Lene Schøsler)<br>
2005 Madison, Wisc. (XVII) (Thomas Cravens & Joseph
Salmons)<br>
2007 Montréal, Qué. (XVIII) (Fernande Dupuis)<br>
2009 Nijmegen (XIX) (Ans van Kemenade)<br>
2011 Osaka (XX) (Ritsuko Kikusawa)<br>
2013 Oslo (XXI) (Dag Trygve Truslew Haug)<br>
2015 Naples (XXII) (Michela Cennamo)<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/dwew2"><b>Dr David Willis</b></a>
University Senior Lecturer
<a href="http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/ling/">Department of Linguistics, University of Cambridge</a>
Fellow in Linguistics
<a href="http://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/">Selwyn College</a>, Cambridge CB3 9DQ
Tel: +44 1223 335885 Office: 23 West Road, Rm 5
Honorary Secretary, <a href="http://www.lagb.org.uk">Linguistics Association of Great Britain</a>
Please use college address for postal correspondence.
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