<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">56^th International Conference</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">(ICSTLL-56)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">First Circular</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Location: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Conference dates: October 10-12, 2023</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Email: </span></b><span lang="EN"><a><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">info.icstll56@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Website: </span></b><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.arts.chula.ac.th/ling/icstll56/"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.arts.chula.ac.th/ling/icstll56/</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">About the Conference</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">The International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL) was held for the first time at Yale University in 1968, and has been held in 13 different countries. It is the premier meeting for linguistic researchers working within the Sino-Tibetan language family, a family with over 400 languages.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">The 56^th edition will be held at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, in a hybrid format. We welcome all linguists who are engaged and/or interested in the Sino-Tibetan languages, as well as scholars working on any languages that have been in close contact with them, including but not limited to Kra-Dai and Hmong-Mien languages.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Call for Abstracts</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">ICSTLL-56 will be held on October 10-12, 2023 at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Abstracts are invited for presentations on any aspect of linguistic research on Sino-Tibetan languages, or any languages that have been in close contact with them, including but not limited to Kra-Dai and Hmong-Mien languages.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Applicants are welcome to submit up to one single-authored and one co-authored abstract.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Important Dates</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Abstract Submission Opens: January 20, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Abstract Submission Closes: March 31, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Notification of Acceptance: May 30, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Abstract Submission Guidelines</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">The abstract should be written in English and be no longer than 600 words. It should not contain any reference lists, tables, and figures, and should completely be anonymous. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Submissions must be made via EasyChair at </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icstll56"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icstll56</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Each presentation will be 20 minutes in length, after which a 10 minute Q&A session is to follow. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Organizers</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Department of Linguistics and Southeast Asian Linguistics Research Unit, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Chair: Pittayawat Pittayaporn </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Coordinator: Peerapat Ouysook  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Visa and Border Control</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Starting from October 1, 2022 travelers entering Thailand are no longer required to show Proof of Vaccination or COVID-19 test results. All travelers can <b>freely</b> travel to Thailand.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">Holders of passports under the Visa Exemption List* are not required to obtain a Thai visa to enter Thailand for tourism. The Thai Immigration Bureau allows holders of foreign passports to stay in Thailand for up to 30 days.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif">*see: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.mfa.go.th/en/page/summary-of-countries-and-territorie?menu=5e1ff736aff2fd00bd63f6e2"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Summary of countries and territories entitled for Visa Exemption and Visa on Arrival - กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:16.866667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span></p>