Second Call for Papers for RLC'2001

Tue Oct 3 17:07:17 UTC 2000

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear colleagues!

The Lomonosov Moscow State University
in collaboration with
American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS)
organizes
The International Congress of Russian Language researchers

"Russian Language: its Historical Destiny and Present State"

The Congress will be held on March 13-16, 2001
at the Philological Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University

Chairman of Organizing Committee of the Congress -
Rector of Moscow University, Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences
Victor A. Sadovnichi
Vice-Chairman of Organizing Committee, Chairman of Program Committee of the
Congress -
Dean of Philological Faculty of Moscow University,
Chair of Russian Language Department, Professor Marina L. Remniova
Vice-Chairman of the Organizing Committee -
President of American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS),
Professor Dan E. Davidson
Learned Secretary of the Organizing Committee -
Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor of Philological Faculty of
Lomonosov Moscow State University Anatoliy A. Polikarpov

The preliminary program of the Congress contains the following groups of
problems:
- Russian in its history and prehistory;
- Dynamic picture of modern Russian language synchrony;
- Actual aspects of the theory and methodology of Russian linguistics;
- Applied Rusistics and problems of the computer analysis of Russian
language;
- Russian as a means of the international and interethnic dialogue and
intercultural communications;
- Problems of Russian language in high and higher education;
- Russian linguistics in a spectrum of scientific paradigms.

The Preliminary Program of the Congress in details you can see at our site
www.ruslangcongress.newmail.ru

Requirements for abstracts
For participation in work of the Congress in the form of a paper
presentation it is necessary to submit an abstract of a paper up to 2 pages
of the text (size 12, the font Times New Roman Cyrillic).
Requirements for the format of an abstract in details see at the site of the
Congress.
Language of abstracts - Russian. An abstract should be supplied with a
summary in English in 1-4 sentences.
Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to the address: ruscongr at philol.msu.ru as
attached file an e-mail message.
Working languages of paper presentation on the Congress - Russian, English,
German, French, Spanish.

Duration of a paper presentation - 20 minutеs for plenary papers (10 minutes
for questions), 15 minutes - for papers at sections (5 minutes for
questions). Program Committee reserves a possibility of stand presentation
for some of papers.

Deadline for sending an abstract - November 1, 2000.

A decision on the acceptance of an abstract will be announced by the Program
Committee to authors till December 16, 2000.

Publication of abstracts.
A collection of abstracts will be published before the Congress and will be
available to all registered participants of it.

Publication of full texts of papers.
Full text of papers of the Congress will be published by Moscow University
Publishing house in several specialized Proceedings publications after the
selective and editorial proceedures. Requirements for full papers for
Proceedings of the Congress see later on the site of the Congress.

Registration.
Abstracts submitted to the Program Committee should be accompanied by the
filled out registration form. You may download an empty form for this from a
section "Registration form" at the site of the Congress, fill it out and
insert in your e-mail letter sent to the Organizing Committee (or attach to
it).
There is also a form of registration for participation in work of the
Congress without submitting an abstract (for possible taking part in
discussions, seminars and round-tables). Please, specify it in your
registration form.
Registration fee - $ 100 (for Russian participants and other participants
from the former Soviet republics - 500 roubles).
The payment should be brought in to the Organizing Committee after the
arrival to the Congress (with getting the receipt about the accepted sum).
Registration fee provides participants with a printed collection of Congress
abstracts and a package of informational and memorative materials. Three
lunches and coffee breaks with snacks (for three working days) are also
included.
Besides, two bus shuttles at the Sheremetievo Airport are provided for the
safe and convenient getting of Moscow guests to the downtown of Moscow and
hotels chosen by them for their stay.
We also acquire early requests (till February 2001) for individual cultural
program of our guests in Moscow, its vicinities, and St.Petersburg. Please,
sent these requests in your e-mail message with a subject Request for
cultural program).

The hotel accommodation for Congress participants is supposed to be
organized on the basis of hotels "Salute", "Universitetski" and other hotels
around Moscow University. Details about the cost of residing there and
necessary information for reserving rooms see at the site of Congress in the
section "Accommodation".

Seminars and round table meetings.
Besides plenary and section sessions there the seminars and round tables on
key problems of Russian language theory and empirical studies are provided
in the time-table of work of the Congress. Please, send your suggestions for
seminars and round tables topics (with subjects like "Congress Seminars",
"Congress Round-tables" etc.).

The general time-table of work of the Congress:

March 12 - day of arrival.
10.00-19.00 - registration of the participants (at the 1-st Building of
Humanities, Moscow University, room 912).
19.00 -... Evening of acquaintance of the arrived participants (reception by
Organizing Committee of the participants at the University cafe).

March 13 - 1-st working day.
09.00-10.30 - registration of the participants.
10.30-13.00 - Plenary session (at the Conference hall of 1-st Building of
Humanities, Moscow University).
13.00-14.00 - lunch
14.00-16.50 - section sessions.
17.00-19.00 - seminars and round tables.
19.00-21.00 - the reception of the Congress participants by the Dean of
Philological Faculty of Moscow University.

March 14 - 2-nd working day.
10.30-13.00 - section sessions.
13.00-14.00 - lunch
14.00-16.50 - section sessions.
17.00-19.00 - seminars and round tables.
19.00-.. - visiting of Moscow theatres and other points of cultural program
according to early requests for specific points of it (see point
Registration fee provides) and according to chosen points of Moscow cultural
life during registration after arrival to Moscow. Possibilities for the
selection will be specified later on at the site of the Congress (section
"Culture Program").

March 15 - day of excursions.
10.00 - the survey excursion around Moscow, Kremlin, trip to
Troitze-Sergieva Lavra, etc. Specified program of excursions will be
announced at the site of the Congress. The excursions will be carried out
according to the choice of the participants.
19.00 - visiting of a restaurant of traditional Russian kitchen
"Yolki-palki" and other interesting places of evening Moscow (according to
wishes).

March 16 - 3-rd working day.
10.30-13.00 - section sessions.
13.00 - 14.00 - lunch
14.00-17.00 - final Plenary session (at the Conference hall of the the 1-st
Building of Humanities, Moscow University).
19.00- .... Farewell dinner at a restaurant.

All changes and specification in the time-table of the Congress work and in
other aspects of its work will be operatively reflected at our Congress site
in the section "Time-table of work of the Congress". Please, be attentive to
changes.

Welcome to the Congress!

Vice-Chairman of Organizing Committee
Chairman of Program Committee
Dean of Philological Faculty -

Marina L. Remniova

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The address of a site of the International Congress
"Russian Language: its Historical Destiny and Present State" in the
Internet:
www.ruslangcongress.newmail.ru

The address of Organizing Committee of a Congress:
Russia, 119899 Moscow, Vorobjovy Gory, Moscow University, 1-st Building of
Humanities, room 912

Ph.: (095) 939-31-78
Fax: (095) 939-31-78
e-mail: ruscongr at philol.msu.ru

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