19.3525, Calls: General Ling/Canada; General Ling/USA

Wed Nov 19 16:40:20 UTC 2008

LINGUIST List: Vol-19-3525. Wed Nov 19 2008. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 19.3525, Calls: General Ling/Canada; General Ling/USA

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1)
Date: 18-Nov-2008
From: Kate McCurdy < mccclu2009 at gmail.com >
Subject: McGill Canadian Conf. for Linguistics Undergraduates 

2)
Date: 18-Nov-2008
From: Verity Warne < compassconference at wiley.com >
Subject: Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference

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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:36:19
From: Kate McCurdy [mccclu2009 at gmail.com]
Subject: McGill Canadian Conf. for Linguistics Undergraduates

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Full Title: McGill Canadian Conf. for Linguistics Undergraduates 
Short Title: McCCLU 

Date: 06-Mar-2009 - 08-Mar-2009
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada 
Contact Person: Kate McCurdy
Meeting Email: mccclu2009 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.mccclu.com 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 09-Feb-2009 

Meeting Description:

A forum for undergraduates to share original research relating to linguistics. 

Call for Papers

Undergraduate students interested in participating are encouraged to submit an
abstract for a 20-minute talk with a 10-minute question period on any topic
pertaining to linguistics. Students may also submit an abstract for a poster on
any topic relevant to linguistics at our poster session to be held during the
conference. Abstracts should be a maximum of one-page in length and should be
submitted online to mccclu2009 at gmail.com by Monday February 9th, 2009. Please
indicate whether you would like to be considered for a 20-minute talk or for the
poster session or both.

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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:36:29
From: Verity Warne [compassconference at wiley.com]
Subject: Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference

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Full Title: Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference 

Date: 19-Oct-2009 - 30-Oct-2009
Location: Online, USA 
Contact Person: Kirsten Claiden-Yardley
Meeting Email: compassconference at wiley.com
Web Site: http://www.blackwell-compass.com/home_conference 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Jan-2009 

Meeting Description:

Blackwell Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference: 'Breaking Down Barriers'
19-30 October 2009
www.blackwell-compass.com/home_conference 
Join the largest online meeting of minds in the social sciences and humanities 

Call for Papers  

Location: Online, free registration
Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 January 2009
Registration Is Free! To register visit
http://www.blackwellpublishingsurvey.com/survey/149278/29a8/ 

The first Compass online conference aims to help break academic boundaries-
within and between disciplines, between theory and practice, approaches and
methodologies- by providing a space for multi and cross disciplinary review on
the theme of Breaking Down Barriers.

Abstracts are invited for survey/review papers from the disciplines of History,
Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Geography, Linguistics, Sociology, and Social
Psychology. In particular, we welcome papers that explore the issues of
Paradigms, Borders, The Environment, Communication, Justice and Human Rights

Keynote Speakers include:
Professor Roger Griffin - Oxford Brookes University (History/Politics)
http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/staff/details/griffin   
Professor David Crystal - University of Wales, Bangor (Language/Linguistics)
http://www.davidcrystal.com/David_Crystal/biography.htm  
Dr Roy Baumeister - Florida State University (Social Psychology)
http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/baumeister.dp.html  
Professor Peter Ludlow - Northwestern University (Philosophy)
http://www.philosophy.northwestern.edu/people/ludlow.htm  
Dr Eileen Joy - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Literature)
http://www.siue.edu/ENGLISH/Directory/joy.html  
Professor Mark Macklin - University of Wales, Aberystwyth (Physical Geography)
http://www.aber.ac.uk/rivers/staff/macklin.htm 

Submission Details
- Abstract submission deadline: 1 January 2009
- An Abstract submission template is available at
http://www.blackwell-compass.com/home_conference. Send your abstracts to
compassconference at wiley.com 
- Papers will be peer-reviewed. Each accepted paper will receive two formal
commentaries plus comments from attendees and will be published in one of the
Compass journals. Preference will be given to papers which hold interest for
more than one discipline.

For more information on the conference and instructions for authors visit
www.blackwell-compass.com/home_conference

For more information on the Compass journals visit www.blackwell-compass.com

Please contact compassconference at wiley.com if you have any queries regarding
this event.

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