15.52, Calls: Ling & Lit/Portugal; General Ling/Australia

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Subject: 15.52, Calls: Ling & Lit/Portugal; General Ling/Australia

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1)
Date:  Fri, 2 Jan 2004 09:37:42 -0500 (EST)
From:  blayer at spartan.ac.brocku.ca
Subject:  International Conference on Storytelling and Cultural identity

2)
Date:  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:38:11 +1100 (EST)
From:  Jane Simpson <jhs at mail.usyd.edu.au>
Subject:  Australian Linguistics Society Annual Conference

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 2 Jan 2004 09:37:42 -0500 (EST)
From:  blayer at spartan.ac.brocku.ca
Subject:  International Conference on Storytelling and Cultural identity

International Conference on Storytelling and Cultural identity
Short Title: ICS

Date: 27-Jun-2005 - 29-Jun-2005
Location: TERCEIRA/AZORES (Portugal), Portugal
Contact: Irene Maria F. Blayer FRancisco C. Fagunds
Contact Email: ics at www.brocku.ca  fagundes at spanport.umass.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.cm-ah.pt

Linguistic Sub-field: Ling & Literature
Subject Language: English
Subject Language Family: Romance
Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2005

Meeting Description:

The primary focus of this conference is to explore the power of
storytelling in the recuperation of memory, collective identity
formation, and the presence of oral traditions in literature and the
sister arts. All forms of storytelling narrative (oral and written),
performative, cinematic, musical, and hybrid as well as methodologies
(linguistic, sociological, political, anthropological, etc.) will be
considered as long as they relate to the themes explicit and implicit
in the title of this conference.


International Conference on Storytelling and Cultural Identity

CALL FOR PAPERS
JUNE 27-29, 2005
Terceira, Azores

The primary focus of this conference is to explore the power of
storytelling in the recuperation of memory, collective identity
formation, and the presence of oral traditions in literature and the
sister arts. All forms of storytelling narrative (oral and written),
performative, cinematic, musical, and hybrid as well as methodologies
(linguistic, sociological, political, anthropological, etc.) will be
considered as long as they relate to the themes explicit and implicit
in the title of this conference. Papers may be presented in any of the
following languages: Portuguese, Castilian, English, and French.

Children's Stories
Narrative and Linguistics
Narrative and  Myth
Narrative and Visual/Performing Arts and Music
Oral Tradition and Contemporary Chronicle
Postmodern and Postcolonial Narratives
Relationships of Oral and Written Narratives
Story, Dialogue and Discourse
Storytelling in Vitorino Nemésio
Testimonial Narrative (Autobiography/Biography)
Text, Context and Intertext in Storytelling and Poetical Performance
Theories and Strategies of Oral Narratives
Other Suggestions


We welcome the submission of abstracts for a 20-minute presentation
plus a 10-minute discussion.  Papers will be selected based on the
evaluation of an anonymously written abstract. Only one individual or
one joint abstract per author or presenting group will be
accepted. Send a 600-word abstract. Upon acceptance of your abstract
please submit immediately a short 200-word summary for publication in
the conference program. Include the title of the paper on the abstract
but not the author's name. Deadline for receipt of abstracts and a
concise (1/2 page) narrative cv is June 30th, 2004. Please include a
separate cover page with the following:
*Author's name and affiliation
*email
*Mailing address
*Title of Presentation

Please email your abstract to ics at www.brocku.ca

Late submissions will not be accepted, and we cannot accept papers
that are to be published elsewhere. Acceptance of your paper for
presentation implies a commitment on your part to register and attend
the conference. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by August
30th, 2004.  A selection of the papers presented will be published in
the independent volumes in Portuguese and English.

Visit the conference web page for details  www.cm-ah.pt/ccc
Organizing Committee:

Dr. Irene Maria F. Blayer, Modern Languages, Brock University,
Ontario, Canada L0S 1J0 blayer at spartan.ac.brocku.ca

Dr. Francisco Cota Fagundes, Spanish and Portuguese University of
Massachussetts Amherst 01003 fagundes at spanport.umass.edu

Dr. Mário Cabral, Director CCCAH, 9700-Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira,
Azores cccahbral at cm-ah.pt




-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:38:11 +1100 (EST)
From:  Jane Simpson <jhs at mail.usyd.edu.au>
Subject:  Australian Linguistics Society Annual Conference

*ALS 2004: FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS*

The Australian Linguistics Society is holding its Annual Conference
(ALS2004) at the University of Sydney, in Sancta Sophia College, 13-15
July 2004.  Carol Neidle (Boston University) will give a plenary
session on signed languages.

ALS 2004 welcomes work on any area of general linguistics, whether
descriptive, typological, theoretical, sociolinguistic.  Previous
conferences have usually had a good selection of papers on languages
of Australia and the Pacific.

The main conference sessions will involve 30-minute talks (20 min. +
10 min. discussion). Presentations should describe original,
unpublished work.  As well, there will be workshops, including one on
different approaches to historical linguistics.  Papers for workshops
will be arranged by the workshop convenors.

SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS
Submissions should be in the form of abstracts only.  Abstracts can be
up to 500 words in length and should include a title.  They must be
received by March 1, 2004.

You can submit your abstract by e-mail (als2004 at arts.usyd.edu.au), or
by regular mail.

ALS2004 c/- Walsh, Simpson, Mushin
Linguistics F12
University of Sydney NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA

FAX 61+2-9351-7572

Abstracts may be submitted on the conference webpage
http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/submit.php
You should receive an e-mail confirming receipt.  We'd like you to
submit on the webpage, because it will save us time in uploading.
However, since this is the first time we have used this software, if
you submit by web-page, we'd also like you to e-mail us just to say
that you've sent an abstract (als2004 at arts.usyd.edu.au).

If you don't submit by webpage, please provide the following
information:

PAPER TITLE
NAME
AFFILIATION
E-MAIL ADDRESS
IS AUTHOR A STUDENT? (Y/N)
IS AUTHOR A MEMBER OF ALS? (Y/N)
MAIL ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
FAX NUMBER


To present a paper, you need to be a member of the Australian
Linguistics Society (http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/als/).

Membership comes with a subscription to the Australian Journal of
Linguistics (http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/als/journal.html).  You
can join the society at the time of the annual conference, or you can
join earlier by contacting:

ALS Treasurer, Associate Professor Doug Absalom
Faculty of Education & Arts,
University of Newcastle, NSW 2300.
Ph. 61-2 49216437
Doug.Absalom at newcastle.edu.au

Organising committee

Ilana Mushin <imus7639 at mail.usyd.edu.au>
Jane Simpson <jhs at mail.usyd.edu.au>,
Michael Walsh <mjw at mail.usyd.edu.au>,

Department of Linguistics F12
University of Sydney NSW 2006

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