CFP: 3rd Int Conference on Missionary Linguistics (12-15 March 2005)

[Doug Cooper]

An announcement of the THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON MISSIONARY LINGUISTICS (1491-1850), is attached.  After
consulting with the organizing committee, Prof. James confirms
that the conference invites and welcomes papers that offer
critical analyses of the effect of missionary linguists on indigenous
languages and cultures (noting that their focus is the period
1491 - 1850).

  And speaking of missionary linguistics, and in case it has
escaped notice, 2004 is the 150th anniversary of (later Bishop
of Siam) Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix's landmark Thai-Latin-French-
English-phonetic dictionary, _Dictionarium Linguae Thai_.

   DC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory James" <lcgjames at ust.hk>
Dear Colleague,
Allow me to draw your attention to the forthcoming THIRD
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MISSIONARY LINGUISTICS
(1491-1850), which will be held at Hong Kong University of Science
of Technology and the Inter-University Institute of Macau from
12th to 15th March, 2005.

Details of this conference can be found at:
http://www.ub.uio.no/uhs/sok/fag/RomSpr/mislinghongkongmacao/english/index.html
http://lc.ust.hk (then click on the link at “Upcoming events”).

>From the announcement:

 "  After the discovery of the New World the Europeans began to
 establish their hegemony in a new continent. European expansion,
 colonisation and christianization of a large number and variety of
 Amerindian tribes was accompanied by the study and recording of
 the native languages of the Americas.  In the same period, Christian
 missionary activities escalated in Asia, especially the Far East, and
 in Russia, and a little later in Africa. In the early 19th century, the
 Pacific became a new "America" for missionary linguistics. This
 congress aims to outline the state of research done  in the field. "

  I should be grateful if you would draw this conference to the
attention of any of your colleagues who may be interested in its
theme. If you require any further information, please do contact me.

Sincerely,
Gregory James
Director, Language Centre,
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
lcgjames at ust.hk
Co-organiser, Third International Conference on Missionary Linguistics