<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none"><!-- p { margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; }--></style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<p>Dear colleagues,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We are happy to inform you that the registration for <strong>Chulalongkorn Summer School of Southeast Asian Linguistics
</strong>or<strong> ChulaSEALing2017</strong> is now open. The summer school will be held from
<strong>5 – 16 June</strong><strong> </strong><strong>2017</strong> at <strong>Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</strong>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The summer school will provide participants with a general overlook on Southeast Asia as a linguistic area, and theoretical discussion and methodological training in Southeast Asian linguistics, as well as practical knowledge on language situations and language
policy in the ASEAN region.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Participants will choose to attend three of the nine courses taught by prominent linguists. Here are the course listings:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- <strong>David Bradley</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>La Trobe University</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> Language Policy and the Sociolinguistics of Language Endangerment in Southeast Asia</p>
<p>- <strong>David Peterson</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>Dartmouth College</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> Language Documentation in the Context of Southeast Asia</p>
<p>- <strong>James A</strong><strong>.</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Matisoff</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>University of California, Berkeley</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> The Tibeto-Burman Language Family in Areal Southeast Asian Perspective</p>
<p>- <strong>James N</strong><strong>.</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Stanford</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>Dartmouth College</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> Variation in Indigenous Southeast Asian Languages</p>
<p>- <strong>John Whitman</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>Cornell University</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> Microparametric Variation and Historical Change in Southeast Asian Languages</p>
<p>- <strong>Marc Brunelle</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>University of Ottawa</strong><strong>)</strong><strong> </strong><strong>and James Kirby</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>University of Edinburgh</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> The Synchrony and Diachrony of Tonation in Southeast Asia</p>
<p>- <strong>Nick Enfield</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>University of Sydney</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> Mainland Southeast Asian Languages in Global Perspective</p>
<p>- <strong>Pittayawat Pittayaporn</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>Chulalongkorn University</strong><strong>)</strong><strong> </strong><strong>and Weera Ostapirat</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>Mahidol University</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> Comparative Kra-Dai</p>
<p>- <strong>Umberto Ansaldo</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>University of Hong Kong</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> Language Contact and Contact Languages in SEA</p>
<p>- <strong>Walter Bisang</strong><strong> </strong><strong>(</strong><strong>University of Mainz</strong><strong>)</strong></p>
<p> Grammaticalization in East and Mainland Southeast Asian Languages</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The summer school will be accompanied by the lecture series <strong>“</strong><strong>Past, Present, and Future of Southeast Asian Linguistics</strong><strong>”</strong> which will take place during 5 – 16 June in the evening. It will comprise 5 special
public lectures on pertinent issues in Southeast Asian linguistics by world-class scholars. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/lectures/">http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/lectures/</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Furthermore, <strong>Chulalongkorn International Student Symposium on Southeast Asian Linguistics</strong> will be held on 8 – 9 June 2017 in cooperation with Cornell University, University of Sydney, and Nanyang Technological University. This event will
serve as a forum for young scholars from ASEAN countries and beyond to exchange ideas and perspectives as well as to form networks of future experts on the Southeast Asian linguistic area. Participation is free of charge. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/symposium/">http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/symposium/</a>.<br>
</p>
<p> <br>
</p>
<p>Registration for the summer school is now open. Registration fee covers course materials, lunches, breaks, closing dinner and insurance. You can fill out the
<strong>online application form</strong> at <a href="http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/registration">
www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/registration</a>. The deadline for registration is
<strong>April 30, 2017</strong>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We are also delighted to announce <strong>merit-based scholarships</strong> to help students from developing countries defray costs of attending ChulaSEALing2017. The application deadline is <strong>March 31, 2017</strong>. For information, please visit <a href="http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/scholarships">www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/scholarships</a>.
We are also working on securing more funding.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>For more information about the summer school, please visit <a href="http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/">http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/</a>. If you have any other queries, you may find the FAQs section on our website helpful. You
can also contact us at <a href="mailto:linguistics.artschula@gmail.com">linguistics.artschula@gmail.com</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We look forward to welcoming you to ChulaSeaLing2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Pittayawat Pittayaporn</p>
<p>Chair of ChulaSEALing2017 organizing committee<br>
</p>
<p> <br>
</p>
<div id="Signature">
<div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:; margin:0">
<div>---</div>
<div>Pavadee Saisuwan, PhD</div>
<div>Department of Linguistics</div>
<div>Faculty of Arts</div>
<div>Chulalongkorn University</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>