[LingGEOG] CfP: Diversity of Writing Systems: Embracing Multiple Perspectives Conference

[Catherine Lee]

Although geography is not explicitly mentioned, the conference organizers
encourage researchers from "any academic discipline" to submit:

Full Title: Diversity of Writing Systems: Embracing Multiple Perspectives.
Association of Written Language and Literacy's 12th International Workshop
Short Title: AWLL12

Date: 26-Mar-2019 - 28-Mar-2019
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Anna Judson
Web Site: https://awll12.wordpress.com/

Linguistic Field(s): Writing Systems

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2018

Meeting Description:

The Association of Written Language and Literacy’s twelfth gathering
(AWLL12), organized in conjunction with the Faculty of Classics, University
of Cambridge, will focus on the wealth of diversity within the world’s
historical and contemporary writing systems. The conference sets out to
offer an opportunity for exchange between a wide range of scholars
interested in writing systems and written language, in order to foster
greater mutual understanding of their multiple perspectives on the
typological, structural, historical, sociocultural, technological, and
individual variety present within writing systems. Abstracts are therefore
welcome from researchers working on reading and writing within any academic
discipline, including, but not limited to, linguistics, psychology,
archaeology, sociology, education and literacy, technology, digital
humanities, and computer science. PhD students and early-career researchers
are also especially encouraged to apply.

Key issues to be addressed include:

- What fundamental principles underlie the structure and function of the
world’s historical and contemporary writing systems? Is a single unified
typology of writing systems possible or are separate taxonomies preferable?
- What linguistic and psychological processes are at work in the adaptation
of one writing system to another? How are these affected by the cultural
and social context of the adaptation?
- What linguistic, psychological, cultural and social, and technological
factors bring about diversity within writing systems? How do such factors
influence literacy acquisition and shape the use of writing?
- How can studying the development of historical writing systems enhance
our understanding of contemporary writing systems? How can contemporary
research on reading and writing contribute to the study of historical
writing systems?
- How are the world’s writing systems likely to develop in the future? What
principles should guide orthography development for as yet unwritten
languages?

The 2.5-day programme will include two keynote lectures, a symposium
focusing on research into ancient Mediterranean and Chinese writing systems
at Cambridge, oral and poster presentations, and a panel discussion.

Keynote speakers:

Sonali Nag, University of Oxford
Research interests: literacy and language development and the relationship
between writing systems and learning, particularly in South and South-East
Asian languages.

Kathryn Piquette, University College London
Research interests: Egyptian and Near Eastern writing and art, and the
development and application of advanced imaging techniques for the
elucidation of ‘visual’ culture from the wider ancient world and beyond.

Local organisers:

Robert Crellin and Anna Judson (University of Cambridge, U.K.)

Programme committee:

Lynne Cahill (University of Sussex, U.K.), Robert Crellin (University of
Cambridge, U.K.), Terry Joyce (Tama University, Japan), Anna Judson
(University of Cambridge, U.K.), Dorit Ravid (University of Tel Aviv,
Israel)

Further information:

AWLL website: http://faculty-sgs.tama.ac.jp/terry/awll/index.html

Twitter: awll2014

Facebook: Association for Written Language and Literacy

If you have any queries regarding the conference please contact the local
organisers, Anna and Robert, at AWLL12.2019[at]gmail.com. For queries about
AWLL, please contact Terry Joyce, at terry[at]tama.ac.jp.

Call for Papers:

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted as a PDF attachment
to AWLL12.2019[at]gmail.com by September 30 2018. Please indicate whether
you would prefer to be considered for an oral presentation (20-25min) or a
poster presentation (maximum size portrait A0 or landscape A1). Applicants
will be notified on the acceptance of their abstracts by the end of
November 2018.

Details of registration for presenters and for others wishing to attend
without presenting will be circulated along with the final programme after
this date.

-- 
Catherine Lee

Department of Linguistics
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
1890 East-West Road, 569 Moore
Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
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