2nd Call - technology in literature, culture, linguistics at KFLC 2008

[Lauersdorf, Mark R]

Hello all,

At this year's Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (April 2008) the Language Technology division is inaugurating an initiative highlighting the use of technology to enhance literature, culture, and linguistics teaching and research.

In bringing Language Technology to a high-level international academic conference that has a strong literary-cultural tradition/orientation, we are attempting to create a forum for both academics and technologists that encourages and promotes discussion of technological innovation in the teaching and research of *world literatures and cultures* (in addition to the more customary discussions of technology in language instruction).

We will, of course, also be continuing our successful sessions on the use of technology in the acquisition of language skills.

This is the 2nd Call for Proposals - the abstract submission deadline is coming up on 15 December 2007.

I hope that you will consider submitting a proposal and that you will encourage your colleagues with interests in the application of technology to literary, cultural and linguistic scholarship to do the same.

If you haven't yet been to "LangTech at the KFLC", there is still time and opportunity to join us for language technology in the Bluegrass in 2008!

Mark Lauersdorf

P.S. A .pdf version of this Call for Papers is available for you to share with your colleagues who may not be on SEELANGS and your colleagues in other divisions and departments at your institution.  Please let me know if you would like to receive the .pdf version.


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CALL FOR PAPERS -- LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY

In its third year as an official division of the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference the Language Technology group is inaugurating a new initiative.

In addition to the traditional 3-day series of sessions discussing the use of technology to enhance the acquisition of language skills, this year's "LangTech at the KFLC" is soliciting papers for a parallel 3-day series of sessions devoted specifically to Technology for Literature, Culture, and Linguistics.

For this new series of sessions, abstracts are invited that focus on the use of technology in literary, cultural, and linguistic teaching and research, including but not limited to:

- integrating technology into literature, culture, and linguistics classrooms
- technology as a tool for student projects and research in literature, culture, and linguistics
- faculty research in literature, culture, and linguistics employing technology tools ("digital humanities")

For the traditional sessions, abstracts are welcome in all other areas and aspects of technology and language, such as:

- using tech tools and techniques for language instruction in all skills and on all levels
- guiding language educators toward optimal use of technology in their teaching and research
- employing technology-based research and publication in language scholarship
- managing language technology in an academic setting

The KFLC has a tradition of attracting scholars from a broad range of languages and specializations.  This year's conference will have sessions in Arabic, French, German, Hispanic, Italian, and Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies, as well as Second Language Acquisition.  We would like to see this broad range represented in the Language Technology sessions, to encourage cross-pollination of ideas among the individual languages and disciplines working to integrate technology into their teaching and research programs, and to encourage participants from the various literature, culture, and linguistics sessions to join us in our discussions.

Abstracts should be no more than one page (250 words) in length and should be submitted directly online at:

http://www.stoa.org/kflc2/submit.php?cf=3D6

In view of the multi-language audience that we hope to attract to all Language Technology sessions, the recommended language of presentation is English.

Deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals is 15 December 2007.
[Note that this is later than the general KFLC abstract submission date.]

All proposed abstracts will be considered for inclusion in the KFLC program.  Acceptance of a paper implies a commitment on the part of the participant(s) to register and attend the conference.  All presenters must pay the appropriate registration fee by 15 February 2008 to be included in the program. The conference will take place 17-19 April 2008 on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

For more information on conference logistics, please visit:

http://www.uky.edu/as/kflc/

For specific information on the Language Technology sessions, contact the division leader at the coordinates listed below.

We look forward to seeing you in beautiful springtime Kentucky for the continuation of past successes and the start of an exciting new series in literature, culture, and linguistics at "LangTech at the KFLC"!

Mark Lauersdorf

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Dr. Mark Richard Lauersdorf
KFLC - Language Technology division leader

Associate Professor of Languages and Linguistics
Director of Language Technology
Department of Modern & Classical Languages
Department of Hispanic Studies
1055 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027, USA

phone: ++ 859.257.7101
fax: ++ 859.257.3743
e-mail: lauersdorf at uky.edu

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