Upcoming Conference

[Naomi Fox]

I wanted to bring this upcoming conference to the attention of the  
list. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

--Naomi



CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICA


Call for Papers



Dates:  The Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native  
America (2nd annual CELCNA conference) will be held March 31-April 2,  
2006, on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Keynote speaker:  Victor Golla.

Call for papers:  We invite papers dealing with any aspect of  
endangered Native American languages, in particular on documentation  
or revitalization. Native American participants are especially  
invited. Papers are 20 minutes each in length, with an additional 10  
minutes for discussion.

Deadline:  ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED by Jan. 16, 2006. The program  
committee will attempt to provide notification of acceptance by Jan.  
30 (by e-mail).

Features to note:

Session in Spanish (ponencias en español):  One session will be set  
aside on Sunday morning, April 2, for papers in Spanish.  Abstracts  
in Spanish (or English) can be submitted for consideration for this  
session.  (Due to popular demand.)

Posters: Abstracts are also invited for the poster session.  This can  
include also demonstration of tools and toys for language documentation.

Forum discussions: The program will include open discussion sessions  
dedicated to:  (1) Discussion of training for documentation of  
endangered languages, and employment considerations for students  
dedicated to work with endangered languages.  (2) Databasing and aids  
for language documentation.  (3) Open forum to address matters that  
arise during the conference.

Abstract submission guidelines:

The abstract should be no more than 500 words in length.  It should  
include the title of the paper and the name (or names) of the author/ 
authors, together with the author’s/authors’ affiliation.  (If the  
paper is accepted, this abstract will be reproduced in conference  
materials to be distributed to other participants.)

Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail.  Submissions should be in  
Microsoft Word Format (.doc), Rich Text Format (RTF), or Portable  
Document Format (PDF).  If possible, avoid special fonts (or arrange  
with the organizers so they can be read).

Please include with your abstract appropriate contact details, which  
include: contact author’s name, e-mail address for the period of time  
from January to April 2006, and a telephone contact number.

Only one abstract per person may be submitted.  (The only exception  
may be in instances where at least one of the papers has multiple  
authors.)

Address:  Please send abstracts to: cail.utah at gmail.com. Questions  
should be addressed to z.pischnotte at utah.edu (by Jan. 16, 2006).

Accommodations: University Guest House, the official conference hotel  
– 100 yards from the meeting venue (Officers’ Club) and CAIL (Center  
for American Indian Languages). To book accommodations, please  
contact the Guest House directly (mention CELCNA for the conference  
booking):

University Guest House University of Utah

110 South Fort Douglas Blvd.

Salt Lake City, Utah 84113-5036

Toll free:  1-888-416-4075 (or 801-587-1000), Fax 801-587-1001

Website  www.guesthouse.utah.edu

  (Please make reservations early, since rooms will be held for the  
conference only until early March.)


Sponsors:  The sponsors of this conference are: (1) Center for  
American Indian Languages (CAIL), University of Utah, (2) Smithsonian  
Institution Department of Anthropology of  the National Museum of  
Natural History, (3) Department of Linguistics, U of Utah and (4)  
College of Humanities, University of Utah.

Registration fee:  $35.

Additional information:  for further information contact:  Zeb  
Pischnotte z.pischnotte at utah.edu, or for particular questions, write  
to Lyle Campbell at lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu.  If you need  
information not easily arranged via e-mail, please call: Tel.  
801-587-0720 or 801-581-3341 during business hours (Mountain Standard  
Time), or Fax 801-585-7351.





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