<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=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""></blockquote><font color="#5856d6" class=""><br class=""></font><strong class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" georgia="" class="">First circular</span></strong><br class=""><strong class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family:;" georgia="" class="">and</span></strong><br class=""><strong class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family:;" georgia="" class="">Call for papers</span></strong><br class=""><strong class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family:;" georgia="" class=""> </span></strong><br class=""><strong class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family:;" georgia="" class="">The <span class="">50th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL 50)</span></span></strong><br class=""><em class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" georgia="" italic="" normal="" class=""> </span></em><br class=""><em class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" georgia="" italic="" normal="" class="">Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences</span></em><br class=""><em class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family:;" georgia="" italic="" normal="" class=""> </span></em><br class=""><em class="" style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family:;" georgia="" italic="" normal="" class="">October 13-16, 2017</span></em><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><b class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i class="">Conference Webpage:</i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span><a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://iea.cass.cn/icstll50" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">http://iea.cass.cn/icstll50</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> (currently being updated, but a beta version can be accessed now at </span><a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://47.93.90.16/" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">http://47.93.90.16/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">)</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" 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.</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" 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.</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><b class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i class="">Call for papers</i></b><i class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"> (Deadline: 1 June 2017)</i><br class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" 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.</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" 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 (</span><a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icstll50" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icstll50</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">).</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">The deadline for abstract submission is 1st June 2017.</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">We are also accepting applications for pre-conference workshops. Please send a summary of the topic and suggested participants to </span><a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="mailto:icstll50@163.com" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">icstll50@163.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">.</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><b class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i class="">Important dates:</i></b><br class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">1 June 2017: deadline for submission of abstracts</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">15 July 2017: notification of acceptance of paper</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">1 September 2017: deadline for early-bird registration at the discounted rate</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Registration will open on the 1st of May; links to register will be available on the conference website.</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><b class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i class="">Registration fee:</i></b><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> Students: US $70 or RMB ¥400 (Chinese Yuan)</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> Regular: US $130 or RMB ¥800 (Chinese Yuan)</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Please check the conference website (</span><a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://iea.cass.cn/icstll50" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">http://iea.cass.cn/icstll50</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">) regularly for updates on accommodation, plenary speakers, workshops, and registration. </span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Any further inquiries should be directed to the organizer: </span><a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="mailto:icstll50@163.com" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">icstll50@163.com</span></a><br class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><b class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i class="">Conference organizer:</i></b><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Presidium of Academic Divisions, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, CASS</span><br class=""><font color="#5856d6" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">March 1, 2017</span><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font><font face="宋体" class=""></font></div></div></div></body></html>