Fwd: Call for papers: International Conference on Language & Identity, American Society of Geolinguistics

[Harold F. Schiffman]

>You are cordially invited to submit a proposal to read a paper at AN
>INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY Sponsored by THE
>AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GEOLINGUISTICS and BARUCH COLLEGE OF THE CITY
>UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK at BARUCH COLLEGE THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
>October 4-5, 2002.
>
>Papers on any aspect of the topic should take 15 minutes to read aloud
>but may be expanded to as many as 15 pages (single-spaced, with one-line
>spaces between paragraphs) for publication in the proceedings. Those
>will appear early in 2003. Participants are asked to submit final
>articles to the secretary by December 15, 2002.
>
>Names are so important to personal identity that even those seeking
>aliases tend to retain some part of the real name, if only initials.
>Language underlies ethnic unity and fuels political aspirations, whether
>speakers have a country or their own or (as with gypsies or the Kurds)
>not. The conference will address all the cultural, economic, political
>and other ramifications of the connections between language and
>personal, group, and national identities; the impact of artificial and
>dominant international languages; the have/have-nots of the modern
>technological world with its special languages; bilingualism and
>language competition/legislation; language as affecting the personality
>and the tribe; and more.
>
>The conference is, like other ASG conferences since 1985, under the
>direction of Prof. Leonard R. N. Ashley, president of ASG, and the
>secretary again is Prof. Wayne H. Finke. Prof. Finke may be contacted
>now with early proposals (to 400 words) for papers, questions about
>registration fees, $45.00 (as usual covering also the gala banquet and a
>copy of the proceedings), etc. Enjoy New York City in the fall and
>participate with colleagues from the US and abroad in an important
>scholarly meeting!
>
>Deadline: July 15th 2002
>
>Professor Wayne H. Finke, Modern Languages, B6-280, Baruch College, 17
>Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10010-5585. E-mail:
>wayne_finke at baruch.cuny.edu