"Perspectives on Slavistics" Conference (Belgium, Sept 2004) - first call for papers

[Kris Van Heuckelom]

First Call for Papers (Please forward)

The Department of Slavic and Oriental Studies at the Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium, is pleased to announce the First International
"Perspectives On Slavistics" Conference. The conference will take place on
the Faculty of Arts campus in Leuven, Belgium, September 17-19, 2004.

The goals of the conference are to encourage the study of Slavic languages
and literatures and to establish connections among (young) scholars working
in these areas. There will be two parallel colloquia, one focusing on
literature, the other reserved for linguistics. The linguistics colloquium
will have the honour to host the 2004 Slavic Cognitive Linguistics
Conference (SCLA). This way we can bring together cognitive linguists and
linguists working in other frameworks, and offer a forum for collaboration
and discussion on current developments in Slavic Linguistics. A selection of
the papers from both the linguistics and literatures conferences will be
published as special volumes of the Belgian journal for Slavicists Slavica
Gandensia. Confirmed keynote speakers include Tore Nesset from Tromso
University in Norway, Elzbieta Tabakowska and Aleksander Fiut from the
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Laura Janda from the University of North
Carolina at Chapell Hill and Elwira Grossman from the University of Glasgow.
David Danaher from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been asked to
provide a lecture that links the linguistics and the literature sections.

Submissions from any (young) scholar working on Slavic languages or
literatures are welcomed, including those in Slavic departments, as well as
in specialized linguistics or literature departments. Papers and posters
will be considered on topics relating to the diachronic or synchronic study
of Slavic languages and literatures from any theoretical perspective. Each
paper will be allowed thirty minutes (including 10 minutes for discussion).
The deadline for submissions is March 15 2004. All submissions should follow
the abstract specifications (see below).

Presentations and posters should be in English in order to open the
conference up to researchers working on non-Slavic languages and
literatures. We strongly encourage the use of modern presentation software,
e.g. Powerpoint. The goal of this is to enhance the effectiveness of the
presentation and to facilitate discussion afterwards. Laptops and beamers
will be provided.

The participation fee will be 50 euros (25 for graduate students and passive
participants), to be paid in advance. Detailed information on payment
options & deadlines and hotel accommodation will be provided by April 2004 .
The participation fee covers the abstract booklet, other conference
materials, refreshments and snacks. A limited number of participants from
economically disadvantaged countries may be allowed free participation upon
application. Please include a motivated application for free participation
when sending in your abstract. In assigning waivers priority will be given
to graduate students and non-tenured scholars.

For details or questions concerning the linguistics section, please contact
Dagmar Divjak (dagmar.divjak at arts.kuleuven.ac.be). If your questions relate
to the literature session, contact Kris Van Heuckelom
(kris.vanheuckelom at arts.kuleuven.ac.be).
http://millennium.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/slavic/conference

Abstract Specifications

Please submit a one-page abstract (max. 500 words) in English, with an
additional page for tables, graphs and references, if necessary. Note that
footnotes are not permitted. Make sure to use the international
transcription in case you work on languages with a Cyrillic alphabet. Gloss
and translate all examples. An abstract should briefly present a hypothesis
and outline the author's plan for defending that hypothesis, i.e. it should
specify research question(s), an approach/method to the data, and (expected)
results. The abstract should be anonymous: each proposal will be reviewed by
three members of an international panel.

We strongly encourage electronic submissions.
The body of your email message should contain the following information:
- author name(s)
- affiliation(s)
- full mailing address
- telephone number
- fax number
- email address
- title of the presentation
- (three or four) keywords
- presenter(s) name (person/s who will be making the presentation)

Please, send title and abstract in an attached file (MS Word). Submit your
linguistics proposal to dagmar.divjak at arts.kuleuven.ac.be and your
literature abstract to kris.vanheuckelom at arts.kuleuven.ac.be by March 15th.

Should you be unable to submit your abstract electronically, send 3
anonymous copies of your abstract, accompanied by 1 copy with the rest of
the information (name, affiliation, address, etc.) to the following address:
Perspectives on Slavistics
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Department of Slavic and Oriental Studies
Blijde Inkomststraat 21
3000 Leuven Belgium
Fax: +32 (16) 324932

Only those proposals following the abstract specifications will be
considered. Notifications of the Organizing Committee's decisions will be
sent out by May 31st, 2004.

Please forward this e-mail to others who you think might find it useful and
interesting.

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