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<p>Dear colleagues,</p>
<p>I'm forwarding a call from colleagues in Brno (theme session
proposals due at the end of November) who would be thrilled to see
Uralic studies represented at their upcoming conference.</p>
<p>Best,<br>
Jeremy</p>
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<p><b>10th International Conference on Language, Culture, and Mind:
Celebrating Linguistic and Cultural Diversity</b><br>
<br>
First Call for Papers<br>
<br>
<b>Venue</b>: Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia<br>
<b>Dates</b>: 11-14 July 2024 (Thursday morning to Sunday noon)<br>
<br>
The Language, Culture, and Mind (LCM) conference series provides
an interdisciplinary and international forum for dialogue and
exchange in and between biological, cognitive, social, and
cultural perspectives in theoretical and empirical studies of
language and communication. As has long been recognized, no single
discipline or methodology is sufficient to capture all the
dimensions of language as a complex and multifaceted phenomenon,
which lies at the heart of what it is to be human. <br>
<br>
The theme of this jubilee LCM conference, the 10th in the series
which will take place 20 years after the first LCM, is
‘Celebrating Linguistic and Cultural Diversity’.<br>
<br>
We invite contributions in any area of interest to the LCM
community from scholars and scientists in anthropology, biology,
education, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, semiotics,
semantics, discourse analysis, cognitive sciences, and
neurosciences who wish both to impart their insights and findings,
and to learn from other disciplines. <br>
<br>
<b>Keynote Speakers</b>: TBA<br>
<br>
<b>Topics </b>include but are not limited to:<br>
• New vistas in multicultural neurolinguistics / cultural
neuroscience<br>
• Language and brain development in multilingual environments<br>
• Intercultural communication in multicultural settings<br>
• Biocultural language science, evolution and the post-human
imagination<br>
• Language, culture and emotion<br>
• Language and communication disorders in multicultural
contexts<br>
• Language contact, literacies and hybridization in the global
digital universe<br>
• Language, identity and ageing minds<br>
• Linguistic discrimination, culture wars and the politics of
language and culture<br>
• Language in ‘post-truth’ discourses, infodemics, conspiracy
theories and propaganda<br>
• Preservation and revitalization of endangered languages and
cultures<br>
• Indigenous minority perspectives on language, culture, mind
and identity<br>
• Language, cultural and identity heritages of mixed-race
individuals<br>
• Machine learning, text analysis and Large Language Models<br>
• Linguistic landscapes in multicultural environments<br>
<br>
The format of the conference is hybrid. We will meet in Brno in
person and we will also organize accessible online sessions for
scholars who for different reasons find traveling difficult. The
plenary and roundtable slots will be 1 hour long (a 45-minute
presentation followed by a 10-minute discussion and 5 minutes for
room change); the general session slots will be 30 minutes long
(20 minutes for presentation followed by a 5-minute discussion and
5 minutes for room change). There will also be structured poster
sessions. Each contributor may submit a maximum of two abstracts
as an author (a solo-authored abstract and a co-authored abstract,
or two co-authored abstracts).<br>
<br>
Theme session proposals should include: the session title, the
name and affiliation of the theme session organizer, an
introduction of around 300 words (excluding examples and
references) explaining the theme, as well as a list of the authors
and titles of the individual papers. A theme session may consist
of four to six papers, plus an introduction by the convenors and a
discussion in the last slot.<br>
<br>
<b>Important dates:</b><br>
15 October 2023: Publication of 1st circular<br>
30 November 2023: Deadline for theme session proposals <br>
15 December 2024: Notification of acceptance for theme session
proposals, publication of 2nd circular<br>
15 February 2024: Deadline for abstract submissions<br>
15 March 2024: Notification of acceptance, early-bird registration
starts<br>
30 April 2024: Early-bird registration ends<br>
31 May 2024: Registration closes<br>
<br>
<b>LCM10 features:</b><br>
• Roundtable: Language, Culture, and Mind 20 years on and
visions of the future<br>
• Emerging Research Scholars’ Workshop<br>
• A 2-week summer school immediately following the conference,
organized by local colleagues in cooperation with Masaryk
University’s International Office (info to follow in 2nd
circular). <br>
<br>
<i>Mark LCM-10 in your calendar!</i><br>
<br>
<b>Local organizing team:</b><br>
Wei-lun Lu (Chair), Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Petra Hebedová, Jakub
Jehlička, Vojtěch Juřík, Naděžda Kudrnáčová, Jiří Matela, Jana
Pelclová, Svitlana Shurma<br>
<br>
For inquiries and submission of theme session proposals, please
contact the local organizing team at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:LCM2024@phil.muni.cz">LCM2024@phil.muni.cz</a>.<br>
<b><br>
International Committee:</b><br>
Carmen M. Bretones Callejas (University of Almería, Spain),
Barbara Fultner (Denison University, USA), Beatriz Macías
Gómez-Estern (Pablo de Olavide University, Spain), Juana Teresa
Guerra De La Torre (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias,
Spain), John A. Lucy, (University of Chicago, USA), Ana
Moreno-Núñez (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain), Aliyah
Morgenstern (Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France), Esther Pascual
(Shanghai International Studies University, China), Vera da Silva
Sinha (University of York, UK), Chris Sinha (University of East
Anglia, UK), Tian Zhen (Shanghai International Studies University,
China), Arie Verhagen (University of Leiden, Netherlands)<br>
Scientific Committee: TBA<br>
<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Jeremy Bradley, Ph.D.
University of Vienna
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mari-language.com">http://www.mari-language.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jeremy.moss.bradley@univie.ac.at">jeremy.moss.bradley@univie.ac.at</a>
Office address:
Institut EVSL
Abteilung Finno-Ugristik
Universität Wien
Campus AAKH, Hof 7-2
Spitalgasse 2-4
1090 Wien
AUSTRIA
Mobile: +43-664-99-31-788
Skype: jeremy.moss.bradley</pre>
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