Arabic-L:GEN:Final Call Jil Jadid in Texas

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Date: 30 Oct 2011
From:Anthony Edwards <anthonye at mail.utexas.edu<mailto:anthonye at mail.utexas.edu>>
Subject:Final Call Jil Jadid in Texas

Call for Papers: 2nd Annual Jīl Jadīd @ UT Austin

Dates: February 23-25, 2012

Location: The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract deadline: November 1, 2011

Topic: Arabic Literature and Linguistics

Conference website:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/events/conferences/jiljadid2012/jiljadid.php

Contact: Anthony Edwards - jiljadidconf at gmail.com<mailto:jiljadidconf at gmail.com>


Introduction:

The University of Texas’ Department of and Center for Middle Eastern
Studies are pleased to announce that they will host the 2nd Annual Jīl
Jadīd Conference, a graduate student conference in Arabic Literature
and Linguistics, to be held at the University of Texas at Austin,
February 23-25, 2012.

Last February, graduate students from eighteen universities assembled
to set the tone for Arabic studies in the twenty-first century. The
overwhelming, positive feedback from this ‘new generation’ for Jīl
Jadīd 2011 prompts us to assemble again in order to keep the
conversation going. The purpose of this conference remains to bring
together students spread across area studies, linguistics, comparative
literature and other departments in order to facilitate a productive
and interdisciplinary exchange of new ideas.

At the center of the conference lies the goal of fostering productive
and fruitful dialogue. Jīl Jadīd 2012 intends to continue exploring
innovative approaches to presentations and the conference committee
will decide the final format of the conference, to be announced when
available.

The conference will feature keynote speakers on Arabic literature and
linguistics, as well as a career development workshop offered by
faculty from the UT Department of Middle Eastern Studies.


Invited Speakers:

Jīl Jadīd has confirmed that Dr. Michael Cooperson (UCLA) will be deliver
the literature keynote and Dr. Atiqa Hachimi (University of Toronto) will
deliver the linguistics keynote.

Topics:

All papers on Arabic literature (classical and modern) and Arabic
linguistics (including applied linguistics) will gladly be considered.
We especially encourage state of the field papers that provide a
focused overview of a specific subfield of Arabic studies and suggest
new avenues for research in that area. Also, we welcome submissions on
the following topics:

Beyond diglossia: New approaches to variation in Arabic
Bringing data to bear: Empirical approaches to Arabic pedagogy and SLA
Socio-cultural approaches to the acquisition of Arabic
Asking new questions about old literature
Literature across Arabic Registers
Arabic literature in new diasporas
Arabic Literature, Linguistics and Pedagogy in the Internet Age
Submitters presenting papers on the ‘the state of the field’ will be
asked to provide a bibliography in electronic formation two weeks
prior to the conference. All other submitters, who are accepted, will
not be asked to provide a summary of their papers this year.

Applicants who will be outside of the US at the time of the conference
are encouraged to submit, and will be able to present their papers and
participate in discussions in person or via Internet video-chat.

Papers that will be also presented at other conferences, such as ALS
and ACLA, are welcome, as we hope to provide a forum for students to
further develop and refine their research.


Abstracts:

Applicants may submit abstracts of no more than 400 words, not
including references, in PDF format with fonts embedded. Abstracts can
be submitted via the following website:

http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/jiljadid2012

The deadline for abstracts is November 1, 2011. Abstracts should not
include identifying information. However, you must indicate the
highest degree you have obtained and your current position (e.g.
“M.A., Graduate Student”, Ph.D., Assistant Professor”, etc.)


Travel Assistance:

We are happy to announce that we can offer a limited number of travel grants to
participants this year. Priority will be given to attendees with
accepted papers,
but others are encouraged to apply. Details of the application
procedure will be
made available following the abstract deadline.

Applicants who will be outside of the US at the time of the conference are
encouraged to submit, and will be able to present their papers and participate
in discussions in person or via internet video-chat.


Transportation and Lodging:

Lodging with local graduate students will be made available when possible.


Conference fees:

There will be no fees required of presenters and/or attendees.

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