<p>Dear colleagues,</p><p>I just forward the info from Jenny Larsson:<br />
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Baltic Studies in the Nordic Countries<br />
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Call for papers<br />
<br />
The conference The Baltic Languages - Structure and Contacts will be held
June<br />
11-12, 2010, at Stockholm University, Section for Baltic Languages.<br />
<br />
We invite papers on all aspects of Baltic linguistics: description,<br />
documentation, historical development, and structure of the Baltic languages.<br
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We also welcome papers dealing with language contact – both past and
present.<br />
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A period of twenty minutes will be allotted for each paper, followed by a<br />
ten-minute discussion period. Abstracts must be received by March 1, 2010. <br
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Abstracts should be no more than 1 page typewritten. Please attach a cover<br />
sheet with your name, institutional affiliation, and accurate contact<br />
information (mailing address and e-mail address). All abstracts will be<br />
evaluated by an international committee.<br />
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Invited speakers are:<br />
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Prof. Pietro U. Dini, University of Pisa<br />
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Prof. Bonifacas Stundžia, Vilnius University<br />
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Prof. Giedrius Subačius, University of Illinois at Chicago <br />
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This conference is being arranged in commemoration of the first professorship<br
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of Baltic Languages, established 1970, at Stockholm University. The chair,<br />
placed at the Department for Slavic and Baltic Languages, was held by noted<br
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scholar in Baltic linguistics Velta Rūķe-Draviņa (1917-2003) until her<br />
retirement in 1983. A lecture will be given in her honour.<br />
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Conference fee: 30 €<br />
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Updated information about the conference can be found at:<br />
<a target="_blank"
href="http://www.bafity.su.se/pub/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=13881">http://www.bafity.su.se/pub/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=13881</a>
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Please address abstracts and inquiries to: Prof. Peteris Vanags,<br />
peteris.vanags@balt.su.se or Ass. Prof. Jenny Larsson,
jenny.larsson@balt.su.se<br />
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Dept. of Baltic languages, Finnish and German<br />
Section for Baltic Languages<br />
Stockholm University<br />
SE- 106 91 Stockholm<br />
Sweden <br />
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Ilja Serzants<br />
PhD Research Fellow<br />
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Tel.: + 47 555 88994; Fax: + 47 555 89660<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://ling.uib.no/ilja">http://ling.uib.no/ilja</a><br
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Sydnesplassen 7<br />
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Boks 7805, 5020 Bergen<br />
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Norway</p>