<br><font size=3 color=#008000 face="Arial Black">2007 Sino-Tibetan Conference</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hooray! You can now register for the
upcoming 2007 Sino-Tibetan conference, which will be in Harbin, China on
26-29 September. Full information can be found on their very well organized
website <www.hlju.edu.cn/icstll40> (<http://210.46.97.15/icstll40>),
where you can register and electronically submit your abstract. Further
information below.</font>
<ul>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">What -- 40th International Conference
on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2007)</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">When -- September 26-29, 2007</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Where -- Harbin, the capital city of
Heilongjiang Province in northeast China (Heilongjiang University)</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Contact -- www.hlju.edu.cn/icstll40</font></ul>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Upcoming ICSTLL conferences </b></font>
<ul>
<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2008 -- The ICSTLL-41 will be held in
2008 in </font><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><b>London</b></font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">,
England, hosted by Prof. Justin Watkins of SOAS. </font>
<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">2009 -- Preliminary plans are for ICSTLL-42
(2009) to be held in </font><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><b>Thailand</b></font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">.
</font></ul>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Brian Migliazza</b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Asia Area Linguistics</font>
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<br><font size=4 color=#008080 face="Arial Narrow"><b>40th International
Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The 40th International Conference on
Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL-40) will be held at Heilongjiang
University in Harbin, China, from September 26th to the 29th, 2007. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial Black">Location -- </font>
<ul>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Harbin is the capital city of Heilongjiang
Province in northeast China . A beautiful city located on the SongHua River
, Harbin is known as the "Moscow of the East." It is a well-known
summer resort for its pleasant and cool climate in summer, and a skiing
and skating paradise in winter. ICSTLL-40 will be held under the clear
sky and crisp air of the autumn when the weather is pleasantly cool. </font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Heilongjiang University is a modernized
comprehensive university with a history of more than 60 years. Currently,
there are more than 30 colleges/institutes with 73 specializations. The
total enrollment of full-time students comes to over 30,000. In 2001, Heilongjiang
University was appraised by the State Ministry of Education as one of the
top institutions in undergraduate education. Linguistics being one of the
strong programs on campus, the University has been a frequent host for
national and international linguistics conferences. </font></ul><font size=2 face="Arial Black">Contact
-- </font>
<ul>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">The ICSTLL-40 web site is <www.hlju.edu.cn/icstll40>.
Submit the abstract through the conference web site. The deadline for abstracts
is June 30, 2007 . After July 1st , the ICSTLL-40 Organizing Committee
will send out formal invitation letters. We hope to see many of you in
Harbin ! If you have any questions or suggestions about the conference,
please contact:</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Dai Zhaoming - email <dzhm8419@sina.com>
Tel - 86-451-86608643 </font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Lihong Wu & Dayi Bai - email <icstll40@126.com>
Tel - 86-451-86609457 Fax - 86-451-86609457 </font></ul><font size=2 face="Arial Black">Sponsors
-- </font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">The conference is being organized
jointly by:</font>
<ul>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology
of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, </font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Central University for Nationalities
and </font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Heilongjiang University.</font></ul><font size=2 face="Arial Black">Organizing
Committee --</font>
<ul>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Lv Jiping -- Heilongjiang University,
China (Director)</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">James A.Matisoff -- University of California
, Berkeley , USA (Member)</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sun Hongkai -- Institute of Ethnology
and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , China (Member)</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Dai Qingxia -- Central University for
Nationalities, China (Member)</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Huang Xing -- Institute of Ethnology
and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , China (Member)</font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Dai Zhaoming -- Heilongjiang University,
China (Member)</font></ul><font size=2 face="Arial Black">Hotel -- </font>
<ul>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">The conference will be held in the Jin
Gu Hotel.The hotel lies on the shore of beautiful Songhua River and located
on the most prosperous street of Harbin's Central street. </font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">It is a luxurious four-star-class business
hotel, providing the following 3 room types for the conference participants
at a special price. </font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">After receiving the invitation letter,
you may begin to make hotel registration. </font>
<li><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Address:185# Harbin Central street,
China. TEL 86-451-84698700. </font></ul>