<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class="">First circular and Call for papers</b><br class=""><br class=""><b class="">The 50th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL 50)</b><div class=""><br class="">Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences<br class=""><font color="#ff2600" class="">October 13-16, 2017</font><br class=""><br class=""><i class=""><b class="">Conference Webpage:</b></i> <a href="http://iea.cass.cn/icstll50" class="">http://iea.cass.cn/icstll50</a> (currently being updated, but a beta version can be accessed now at <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.15999984741211px;" class=""><a href="http://47.93.90.16/" class="">http://47.93.90.16/</a>)</span><br class=""><br class="">We are pleased to announce that the 50th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL 50) will be held in Beijing Xiangshan (Fragrant Hill) Hotel, China 13-16 October 2017.<br class=""><br class="">The conference is hosted by Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.<br class=""><br class=""><i class=""><b class="">Call for papers</b> (Deadline: 1 June 2017)</i><br class="">We invite submission of abstracts for papers covering all aspects of linguistic research on Sino-Tibetan and other area languages. This encompasses descriptions of phonetics & phonology, morphology, syntax, discourse studies, semantics & pragmatics, language documentation and typology, field reports of recently researched languages, as well as the consequences of contact with languages belonging to other linguistic families are invited for submission.<br class=""><br class="">Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words in a 12-point, unicode-compliant font, and should be written in English or Chinese. Authors should take care to remove self-identifying references so that the abstract may be properly reviewed. Abstracts should be submitted online in pdf format using Easychair (<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icstll50" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icstll50</a>).<br class="">The deadline for abstract submission is 1st June 2017.<br class=""><br class="">We are also accepting applications for pre-conference workshops. Please send a summary of the topic and suggested participants to <a href="mailto:icstll50@163.com" class="">icstll50@163.com</a>.<br class=""><br class=""><i class=""><b class="">Important dates:</b></i><br class="">1 June 2017: deadline for submission of abstracts<br class="">15 July 2017: notification of acceptance of paper<br class="">1 September 2017: deadline for early-bird registration at the discounted rate<br class=""><br class="">Registration will open on the 1st of May; links to register will be available on the conference website.<br class=""><br class=""><i class=""><b class="">Registration fee:</b></i><br class=""><br class=""> Students: US $70 or RMB ¥400 (Chinese Yuan)<br class=""><br class=""> Regular: US $130 or RMB ¥800 (Chinese Yuan)<br class=""><br class="">Please check the conference website (<a href="http://iea.cass.cn/icstll50" class="">http://iea.cass.cn/icstll50</a>) regularly for updates on accommodation, plenary speakers, workshops, and registration. </div><div class=""><br class="">Any further inquiries should be directed to the organizer: <a href="mailto:icstll50@163.com" class="">icstll50@163.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><i class=""><b class="">Conference organizer:</b></i><br class=""><br class="">Presidium of Academic Divisions, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences<br class=""><br class="">Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, CASS<br class=""><br class="">March 1, 2017</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></body></html>