Call for papers 11th IGEL Conference

Sat Oct 27 03:11:35 UTC 2007

*** FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ***

The International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media
will hold its 11th International Conference in the FedEx Institute of
Technology at the University of Memphis July 8-11, 2008
(http://igelweb.org/igelweb/IGEL2008).

--IMPORTANT DATES:

IGEL Conference: July 8-11, 2008

IGEL Summer Institute: July 5-8, 2008

Deadline papers IGEL Conference: February 8, 2008.

--INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE EMPIRICAL STUDY OF LITERATURE AND MEDIA

The International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media
(German acronym IGEL) is aimed at the advancement of empirical literary
research through international and interdisciplinary cooperation
(http://igelweb.org). IGEL was founded in 1987. Biennual meetings of the
society have been hosted in Siegen (Germany), Amsterdam (Netherlands),
Memphis, Budapest (Hungary), Nakoda (Canada), Utrecht (Netherlands), Toronto
(Canada), Pécs (Hungary), Edmonton (Canada) and Munich (Germany).

--11TH IGEL CONFERENCE

The 11th International Conference of the Society will be held in the FedEx
Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis July 8-11, 2008.
Keynote speakers include Douglas Biber and Roz Picard. Doug Biber
(http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~biber) is internationally known for his
computational techniques to analyze the linguistic characteristics of spoken
and written genres and registers. Roz Picard
(http://web.media.mit.edu/~picard) is the international authority on
affective computing. 

The IGEL Conference will follow the IGEL Summer Institute, July 5-7. The
Program of the Summer Institute is concerned with the cooperation of
Humanities and Social Science students in order to develop adequate methods
for the empirical investigation of literature and the media.

The IGEL Conference will precede the Society for Text and Discourse workshop
(July 11-12) and the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and
Discourse (July 12-15), also held in the FedEx Institute of Technology at
the University of Memphis (http://www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org).

--CALL FOR PAPERS

Presentations of the 11th International Conference can be in the form of
posters or spoken papers. The deadline for submitting proposals for both
presentation formats is February 8, 2008. A Review Committee will review the
proposals, and authors will be notified regarding acceptance by the end of
March 2008.

Please submit proposals in English to the website that will be made
available towards the submission deadline (please see
http://igelweb.org/igelweb/IGEL2008).

Papers will be scheduled for 20 minutes, with an additional 5 minutes for
questions and discussion. Posters are scheduled for a poster session on the
second night of the conference.

Proposals for symposia (sessions with multiple papers on one particular
topic) should be discussed with the conference organizers prior to
submission and follow the same procedure as proposals for papers
(conference at igelweb.org). Their review process is the same as that or full
papers.

--TOPICS FOR PAPERS, POSTERS AND SYMPOSIA

Examples of topics for papers, posters, symposia and workshops include: 

-Literary reading processes (emotion, cognition, personality, etc.) 

-Computational linguistic and corpus linguistic methods of research on
literature and the media (text analysis, corpus studies, hypertext models,
etc.)

-The social role of literature and related media (e.g. film, theatre,
Internet, multimedia, virtual reality) 

-Pedagogical and educational aspect of literature and the media 

-The processes of literary/media production, distribution and reception 

-The role of literary and other cultural institutions: past, present and
future 

-The empirical study of historical reception and historical readers 

--SUBMISSION FORMAT

Proposals should include the following information:

1. The title of the presentation

2. Names and institutional affiliations all authors, including email
addresses of all authors

3. Contact Address for presenting author

4. Presentation Preference (Poster, Paper or Either)

6. A 75-word abstract of the presentation for publication in the abstracts
booklet.

7. A summary of the presentation with a title but no author information
(max. 1000 words, including bibliographic references).

--CONFERENCE VENUE

The FedEx Institute of Technology (FIT) is a versatile, high-tech facility.
The Institute is home to cutting-edge research teams working in areas such
as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, geospatial analysis, multimedia
arts and nanotechnology. It also serves as a gateway for businesses to
collaborate with University of Memphis researchers. In all, the Institute is
home to over 150 faculty members, researchers and staff.

The FIT is a state-of-the-art facility with a 190 seat tiered amphitheater
boasting the second largest implementation of digital congress units outside
the United Nations, and 17 meeting rooms. Large projection screens, web
cams, touch panel screens, laptop computers, totally wireless network, SIM
cards, poly-vision and video teleconferencing, and interactive white boards
are just some of the cutting-edge features of the facility. 

--ACCOMMODATION

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved in The Holiday Inn Hotel at the
University of Memphis and the DoubleTree Hotel Memphis. Announcements for
reservations will follow.

The Holiday Inn Hotel at the University of Memphis is an all-suite hotel
centrally located in the heart of Memphis and easily accessible to downtown,
the airport, and shopping. The hotel is adjacent to the University of
Memphis. Prices for the reserved block of rooms are $109 per night.

The Doubletree Memphis provides lodging in Memphis near the University of
Memphis and Memphis International Airport. It is surrounded by a variety of
entertainment, recreation, theater and restaurants. The hotel has a
complementary shuttle service to and from the airport. Prices for the
reserved block of rooms are $104 per night.

In addition, dormitory rooms (2 persons sharing rooms) have been made
available for discount rates in the Richardson Tower dormitory rooms
accommodations at the University of Memphis campus. Prices are $35 per
night.

--QUESTIONS

For questions or suggestions, please contact conference at igelweb.org. The
IGEL website will be updated regularly with the latest information on the
conference (http://igelweb.org).

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