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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font size="4">Gargnano (Garda Lake, Italy), 8-12 May 2017</font></b><font size="1"><span></span></font></font></span></p>
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<div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3">The SIGN-HUB Summer School 2017 addresses theoretical and experimental issues in sign language linguistics including research in the domains of the phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of sign languages.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b>Students</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3">The summer school is open to master students, graduate students and junior researchers who:</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><ul><li style="list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:circle"> <font size="3">(i) already have familiarity with sign language research but are not trained in formal linguistics </font></li><li style="list-style-position:outside;list-style-type:circle"><font size="3">(ii) are trained in formal linguistics but are not yet familiar with sign language linguistics. </font></li></ul><span style="font-size:medium;background-color:transparent">In order for the two groups of students to work fruitfully together in the classroom, a list of preparatory readings will be provided before the summer school starts.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3">The summer school will take place at the scenic setting of <a href="http://www.gargnanosulgarda.com/events-lake-garda/Palazzo-Feltrinelli-uk.html" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(229,142,90);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(229,142,90)"><font color="#0000ff"><b>Palazzo Feltrinelli</b></font></a> in Gargnano (Garda Lake, Italy) from May 8-12, 2017.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3">Recommended Education Level: BA</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b>Languages</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3">The languages of the Summer School will be <b>English</b> and <b>ASL/IS</b>. Interpreting between ASL/IS and English will be provided.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b>SIGN-HUB</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3">The SIGN-HUB Summer School 2017 is the training school of the Horizon2020 project “<i>The Sign Hub: Preserving, Researching and Fostering the Linguistic, Historical and Cultural Heritage of European Deaf Signing Communities with an Integral Resource</i>” (2016-2020) funded by the European Commission within the Horizon 2020 program, and it continues the series of COST SignGram summer schools. For information about this project visit: <a href="http://sign-hub.eu/" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(229,142,90);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(229,142,90)"><font color="#0000ff">sign-hub.eu</font></a>.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;font-size:13.3333px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><img border="0" height="109" src="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/_/rsrc/1485169238099/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017/SIGN-HUBLogowhite.jpg?height=109&width=320" width="320"></div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,253,248)"><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:medium;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017/EUflag.jpg?attredirects=0" style="color:rgb(229,142,90);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:none;background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/_/rsrc/1485168729932/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017/EUflag.jpg?height=133&width=200" width="200" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px;"></a></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:medium;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia"><font size="3">This event is part of the H2020 project SIGN-HUB (69334), financed by the European Commission.</font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:medium;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:medium;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:georgia;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto"><p style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:medium;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-family:georgia">The SIGN-HUB Summer School is partly funded by</span></p><p style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:medium;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-family:georgia;text-align:left;background-color:transparent">Labex EFL Empirical Foundations of Linguistics, a network of Linguistic labs based in the Paris area, </span></p><p style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:medium;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-family:georgia;text-align:left;background-color:transparent">and </span><span style="font-family:georgia;text-align:right;background-color:transparent">is hosted in the Gargnano facilities of the University of Milan (Department of Philosophy).</span></p><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017/P7.jpg?attredirects=0" style="color:rgb(229,142,90);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:none;background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial"><img border="0" height="88" src="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/_/rsrc/1485169155230/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017/P7.jpg?height=88&width=200" width="200" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px;"></a> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017/unimi.jpg?attredirects=0" style="color:rgb(229,142,90);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:none;background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial"><img border="0" height="62" src="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/_/rsrc/1485169171925/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017/unimi.jpg?height=62&width=320" width="320" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px;"></a></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b>Courses</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><i>Carlo Geraci</i> </font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3">(CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod, Paris)</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><b>Sign Language Phonology</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><i>Carlo Cecchetto </i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3">(CNRS-Paris 8 & University of Milan-Bicocca)</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><b>Sign Language Syntax</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><i>Annika Herrmann </i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3">(University of Hamburg)</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><b>Information structure in sign languages</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><font size="3">Each class will meet daily (from Monday to Thursday) for about two hours. </font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><font size="3">Each instructor will be available for individual meetings after the class.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b>Additional Activities</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><i>Mirko Santoro </i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3">(CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod, Paris)</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><b>Capacity building training session for early stage Deaf researchers in sign linguistics</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><i>Sara Trovato</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3">(University of Milan-Bicocca)</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><b>How to effectively support the right to sign languages</b> [Evening lecture]</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3">Josep Quer </font><font size="3" style="background-color:transparent">& Markus </font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:medium">Steinbach</span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3">(ICREA-Pompeu Fabra University) (</font><span style="font-size:medium;background-color:transparent">University of Göttingen) </span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><b>The Sign-Hub project in the sign language research landscape</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:center"><font size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><b><font color="#ff0000" size="3">Funding</font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><b><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><br></font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><font size="3">Some bursaries will be made available to cover the cost of accommodation and meals during the stay in Gargano. Under equal conditions, priority will be given to young Deaf researchers.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><font size="3">A limited number of non-financially supported students will be admitted to the school as well. These students will not pay any tuition fee.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><font size="3"><b><font color="#ff0000">Important dates</font></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><font size="3"><b><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><font size="3"><b>Application</b>: 31-Jan-2017 to 24-Feb-2017</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:medium;background-color:transparent"><b>Notifications</b>: March,15</span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:medium;background-color:transparent"><b>Course start</b>: May, 8</span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b>Application procedure</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif"><font color="#ff0000" size="3"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><font size="3">Applicants should submit a CV, a short letter of intent, and the name of a referee. The applicant should communicate his/her deaf/hearing status and whether he/she would like to apply for a bursary.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:medium">Apply by email to: </span><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(229,142,90);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(229,142,90);background-color:transparent;font-size:medium;font-family:georgia"><a href="mailto:sign.hubsummerschool2017@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(229,142,90);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(229,142,90);background-color:transparent;font-size:medium;font-family:georgia">sign.hubsummerschool2017@gmail.com</a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(107,93,64);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",serif;text-align:left"><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#0000ff"><b><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#0000ff"><b><font face="georgia, serif">For further information visit:</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017">https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/home/summer-school/summer-school-2017</a></font><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"> </font></b><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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