[EDLING:2360] Re: CFP: Literature for Europe: European Identities and European Literature in a Globalizing World

[Bessie Dendrinos]

Dear all, I would really appreciate information about collegues in Europe (name, institution, e-mail) working on text comprehensibility/ readibility, on determining text/context and reader parameters that contribute to text difficulty, and/or determining level of difficulty of spoken or written texts.
Thanks in advance
B. Dendrinos

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Professor Bessie Dendrinos
Department of Language and Linguistics 
Faculty of English Studies
School of Philosophy
University of Athens
Tel. & fax: +30210 7217873 and +30210 7214978
E-mail: vdendrin at enl.uoa.gr 
 
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From: "Francis M. Hult" <fmhult at dolphin.upenn.edu>
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Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 5:05 PM
Subject: [EDLING:2359] CFP: Literature for Europe: European Identities and European Literature in a Globalizing World


> ESF-LiU Conference
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> Literature for Europe: European Identities and European Literature in a =
> Globalizing World
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> Vadstena Klosterhotell, Sweden
> 12-16 May 2007
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> Chaired by: Theo L. D'haen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)
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> Recently, the European Union welcomed fifteen new member states. The =
> accession of a number of Balkan states is impending. Turkey is waiting =
> in the wings. Transatlantic relations to the USA are hotly debated, in =
> politics as in culture. China and India awake as economic giants. =
> Globalization is upon us. At the same time, two of the earliest =
> signatories to the treaties eventually leading to the European Union =
> reject a proposal for a European Constitution, and linguistic, =
> religious, and ethnic dividing lines show even in some of Europe's =
> oldest nation states. What role do literature, and the study of =
> literature, play in the constant re-negotiation and re-construction of =
> cultural identities all this implies? How do literary texts, genres, and =
> forms, thinking about them, teaching them, respond to and shape ongoing =
> processes of European self-understanding in our era of globalization? =
> The conference will seek to answer these questions by charting key =
> developments in a number of fields its organizers see as crucial to the =
> emergence of a European common literary "space": Literature and cultural =
> value systems, Literature and cultural memory, Literary History, =
> Translation, the impact of the New Media and the Information Age on =
> matters of Literature and Identity, and the impact of the Postcolonial. =
> Emphasis will be not on looking back, but rather on pinpointing where a =
> specific field is at right now, looking forward to probable =
> developments, and drawing up a possible research agenda for literary =
> studies in Europe.
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> Invited speakers should look upon their presentation not as a polished =
> conference paper, but as a thought-provoking tour d'horizon in which =
> they discuss the import of what they see as cutting-edge developments in =
> their field on the relationship between literary studies and "the matter =
> of Europe". Poster sessions are planned and time will be alloted to =
> short oral contributions (selected from abstracts).
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> Dear Sir or Madam,
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> Please be kindly reminded that the closing date for application (and for =
> abstract submission) is the 28th of February 2007.=20
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> Some grants will be available for young researchers to cover the =
> conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs. Grant requests =
> should be made by ticking appropriate field(s) in the paragraph "Grant =
> application" of the application form =
> http://www2.esf.org/asp/esfrcaf.asp?confcode=3D230&meetno=3D1
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> The conference programme as well as the list of invited speakers is =
> available from www.esf.org/conferences/07230
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> Many thanks for passing on this information to any of your =
> colleagues/students who may be interested in this event. The conference =
> flyer is attached for this purpose.
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> Kind regards,
> 
> Corinne Wininger
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> Publicity Officer - ESF Communications Unit
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> European Science Foundation - Communications Unit
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> 1 quai Lezay-Marn=E9sia, BP 90015
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> 67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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> Phone: +33 (0)388 76 21 50
> Fax: +33 (0)388 76 71 80
> clemoal at esf.org
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> www.esf.org/conferences
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