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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <a href="mailto:4thihcc@gmail.com">4thihcc@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:4thihcc@gmail.com">4thihcc@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> 08 October 2019 13:26<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:4thihcc@gmail.com">4thihcc@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> First Call and Announcement - 4th Hindukush Cultural Conference <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dear scholars,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Greeting from Hindukush!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Anjuman Taraqqi Khowar and the Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) are pleased to announce a <b><i>Call for Abstracts</i></b> for the </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none'>4<sup>th</sup></span></b></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span></b></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>International Hindukush Cultural Conference<span style='color:#111111'> </span></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>to be held on following schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:40.5pt;background:#F2F2F2;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:32.8pt'><td width=264 valign=top style='width:198.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:32.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:17.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=Heading2Char><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Conference date</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>:</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=277 valign=top style='width:208.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:32.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>September 14-16, 2020</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:32.05pt'><td width=264 valign=top style='width:198.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:32.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:17.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=Heading2Char><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Abstract Submission Deadline:</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=277 valign=top style='width:208.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:32.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>November 30, 2019</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.25pt'><td width=264 rowspan=6 valign=top style='width:198.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:17.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=Heading2Char><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Conference Themes</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:17.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:17.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=277 valign=top style='width:208.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.25pt'><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:29.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Languages</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:16.8pt'><td width=277 valign=top style='width:208.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:16.8pt'><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:29.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Cultures</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast 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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Multilingual Education</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:22.0pt'><td width=277 valign=top style='width:208.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:22.0pt'><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:29.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Geography</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:16.8pt'><td width=277 valign=top style='width:208.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:16.8pt'><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:29.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>History</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:17.55pt'><td width=277 valign=top style='width:208.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:17.55pt'><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:29.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Tourism</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:17.55pt'><td width=264 valign=top style='width:198.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:17.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:17.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Conference Venue:</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=277 valign=top style='width:208.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:17.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Chitral, northern Pakistan (TBC)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.5pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.5pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>See attached for more information. Looking forward to meeting you in the heart of Hindukush mountains in September 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.5pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.5pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Secretariat,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.5pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>4<sup>th</sup> International Hindukush Cultural Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>