<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p align=""><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">** WE APOLOGIZE FOR CROSS-POSTING **</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-------------------------</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">INTERNATIONAL SPRING SCHOOL 2011</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">"Europe beyond Europe: new horizons on pidgins and creoles" </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">LETiSS - Center for Postgraduate Education and Research </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Pavia, 18-22 April 2011</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>DEADLINE EXTENDED !!!</b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">-------------------------</span></font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Dear list members,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">the Center for Postgraduate Education and Research on “Languages of Europe: Typology, History and Sociolinguistics” (LETiSS) ANNOUNCES its 2nd International Spring School on </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">"Europe beyond Europe: new horizons on pidgins and creoles", to be held in Pavia (Italy), 18-22 April 2011.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The LETISS Center has been the first center in Italy (and in Europe) </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">specifically dedicated to the linguistic situation of Europe, approached from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">a variety of perspectives. More information on the aims, the research topics and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">the activities of the Center can be found on the website (link provided below).</span></div><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>When and Where</b><br>The Spring School will last one week, from Monday, 18 until Friday, 22 April 2011, at the IUSS Institute in Pavia (viale Lungo Ticino Sforza 56, 27100 Pavia, Italy – <a href="http://www.iusspavia.it">www.iusspavia.it</a>).<br><br><b>Who and What - Teachers and courses</b><br>The everyday schedule, from Monday to Friday, will be as follows:<br>9-10.45: 1st course<br>11.15-13.00: 2nd course<br>15-16.45: 3rd course<br>17.15-19.15: 4th course<br><br>1st course– <i>Margot van den Berg</i> (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen): "Creoles at birth? The role of nativization"</span></font></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">2nd course– <i>Barbara Turchetta</i> (Università della Tuscia): "The contribution of Pidgin and Creole studies to the general theory of language change"</span></font></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">3rd course– <i>Susanne Michaelis</i> (University of Gießen/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig): "Grammatical structures in creole language. First results from APiCS"</span></font></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">4th course – <i>Bettina Migge</i> (University College Dublin): </span></font></span></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">"The Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics of Creole languages"</span></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>The students</b><br>20 advanced students in linguistics and related fields will be selected by the Scientific Committee of the School. The main criterion will be the degree of relatedness/pertinence of their research interests with the topics of the School. A certificate of participation will be given to all participants.</span></font></p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Applications</b><br>*applicants must have achieved at least the B.A. + M.A. level (= a five years cycle); therefore students may be Ph.D. students, Post-docs, and young researchers;<br>*in the CV applicants should indicate any research activities and publications that may be relevant for the admission;<br>*applicants should also attach a short description of their past, ongoing and future research projects (up to three pages).<br><br><b>No tuition fee is required!! LETiSS will even cover attendants’ accommodation expenses!</b><br><br><b>Important dates</b><br><b>- 10th December</b>: application deadline. At this stage, the CV + short description of the research projects must be attached (please write an e-mail to: <a href="mailto:letiss@iusspavia.it">letiss@iusspavia.it</a> or <a href="mailto:emanuele.miola@unipv.it">emanuele.miola@unipv.it</a>).<br><b>- 15th December</b>: applicants who have been accepted will receive a communication </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; ">with all relevant information</span></p><p align=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Contacts</b><br>Organizers: Caterina Mauri, Emanuele Miola, Paolo Ramat, Andrea Sansò.<br><br>Please send your application and any questions to: <a href="mailto:letiss@iusspavia.it">letiss@iusspavia.it</a> or <a href="mailto:emanuele.miola@unipv.it">emanuele.miola@unipv.it</a><br>LETiSS website: <a href="http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/LETiSS">www.iusspavia.it/eng/LETiSS</a><br>LETiSS Spring School 2011 website: </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/LETiSS.springschool">http://www.iusspavia.it/eng/LETiSS.springschool</a> </span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div></p></body></html>