27.4676, Calls: Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Socioling, Translation/Poland

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Subject: 27.4676, Calls: Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Socioling, Translation/Poland

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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:00:49
From: Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk [barbara.lewandowska.tomaszczyk at gmail.com]
Subject: Contacts & Contrasts: Language, Literature, Culture

Full Title: Contacts & Contrasts: Language, Literature, Culture 
Short Title: C&C 2017 

Date: 29-May-2017 - 31-May-2017
Location: Konin, Poland 
Contact Person: Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
Meeting Email: cc at pwsz.konin.edu.pl
Web Site: http://cc.pwsz.konin.edu.pl 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2017 

Meeting Description:

The Department of Research in Language, Literature and Translation of the
State University of Applied Sciences in Konin carries out research which
focuses on areas that contribute to the body of knowledge about  language,
literature, and translation in the context of intra- and inter-cultural
conditioning.

The Contacts & Contrasts conference is being held for the first time in 2017
and will continue to be held biennially. 

Languages of the conference: English, German, Polish

Plenary speakers:

Stephen Croucher (University of Jyväskylä) 
Lucile Desblache (Roehampton University, London)
Hubert Orłowski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Samuel Bogumil Linde University
of Foreign Languages, Poznań)
Mirosław Pawlak (State University of Applied Sciences in Konin)
Eliza Pieciul-Kamińska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) 
Hanna Pułaczewska (University of Szczecin)
Geoffrey Williams (Université de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient)

Fee:

The conference fee includes lunches, conference dinner, tea/coffee, materials
and the publication of the volume. Costs of travel, accommodation and the
excursion are covered by the participant.

Early bird (till 30 March, 2017): 450 PLN – 160 Euros  
Regular (after 30 March, 2017): 490 PLN – 180 Euros
Deadline for fee payment - 20 May 2017

Participants interested in the excursion should add 20 PLN/6 Euros to their
payment.

Bank transfer and exchange costs are paid by participants.

Information about paying conference fees can be found at
http://www.cc.pwsz.konin.edu.pl/konferencje/.

Important Dates:

Early-bird registration and fee payment: 30 March 2017
Regular registration and fee transfer deadline: 20 May 2017

Call for Papers:

The Department of Research in Language, Literature and Translation of the
Faculty of Philology at the State University of Applied Sciences in Konin
invites abstracts of papers, posters and thematic sessions in areas of
research on contacts, comparison and contrasts in languages, literatures and
cultures, including allied fields in the cognitive, social and communication
sciences.

Submissions relevant to the topics are detailed below: 

- Discourse and intercultural communication
- Social interaction
- Contrasts and conflicts
- Identity and hybridity
- Media in contrast
- Literary genres and styles across languages and cultures
- Contrasts in languages and cultures
- Contact Linguistics
- Translation/Interpreting
- Languages & international contacts
- Study abroad
- Professional discourses

Presenters will be given 30 min. for presentation and questions. Accepted
papers will be published in a collective volume.

Abstract Submission:

Thematic sessions:

Theme session convenors should submit their theme session proposals directly
to the conference organisers (by email: cc at pwsz.konin.edu.pl ) in a.pdf and a
.doc(x) format. Theme session proposals should include: 

- Session title, name and affiliation of the theme session convener, an
introduction of up to 400 words explaining the theme, a list of the authors
and titles of the individual papers, and all abstracts for the theme session
in suitable order.

Individual papers/posters:

- Please mark PAPER or POSTER with the title of your abstract
- Submit your abstract(s) in doc(x). and pdf formats with the filename
labelled: 
Name.PaperTitle.doc(x)/pdf e.g., Smith_Discourse_Function_of_Negatives_in_
German_and_English.doc(x)/pdf 
- Include up to ten keywords in the abstract.
- Limit abstracts to two pages in length, inclusive of data and references.
Use Times Roman 12 p. Incorporate data into the main text of the abstract, not
on a separate page.

E-mail contact address: cc at pwsz.konin.edu.pl
Conference website:  http://www.cc.pwsz.konin.edu.pl/

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