[lg policy] call: 3rd European Conference on Plurilingualism

Sat Oct 22 14:35:27 UTC 2011

3rd European Conference on Plurilingualism

Date: 10-Oct-2012 - 12-Oct-2012
Location: Rome, Italy
Contact Person: Christian Tremblay
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site:
http://www.observatoireplurilinguisme.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5465&Itemid=1&lang=en

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2011

Meeting Description:

3rd European Conference on Plurilingualism
'Languages without Borders: Plurilingualism'

Plurilingualism does not mean the disappearance of borders, whether they are
physical, political, religious, intellectual, artistic or any others. Such
as a door, the border can be opened or closed; it is a marker of identity
and of differentiation, but at the same time, it is a condition for a real
and authentic exchange. Whatever the border, plurilingualism transforms them
as areas of exchanges, enrichment and creativity, a creativity nurtured by
an assumed and recognized otherness.

Such is the main set of themes for the 3rd European Conference on
plurilingualism which will decline themselves into four henceforth standard
registers: education, economy, politics and culture.

The Conference will be held at the Representation of the European Commission
in Rome, Via quattro Novembre, 149-00187 Roma, on the 10th, 11th and 12th of
October 2012.

Call for Papers:

The aim of the Conference is the apprehension of concrete problems and the
search for feasible solutions to answer them. The presentation will be
presented in an argumentative manner and will include an analysis of the
situation, a presentation of the problematic, if possible supported by
experiences and precise cases, and concrete proposals to help nurture a
platform on plurilingualism.

The accepted presentations will have to give a complete text of 6 pages
long, around 18,000 characters maximum, spaces included, summaries and
bibliographies included, according the following format aimed at the paper
or electronic publication:

Text format: A4 paper, Times New Roman 10, lateral margins: 4.25; top
margin: 5; bottom margin: 4.7
File format: .doc or .odt AND .pdf (there is a necessity to get the original
non-modifiable text)

The text will be accompanied by a 15 lines summary in three languages.

Style sheet language or structured document: the style sheet or structured
document (file in .dot or .ott) enclosed is readily usable. It is also
downloadable with an example on the website of the EOP in the menu
Conference, in file format .dot and/or .doc. It is the framework under which
the whole text will have to be presented. All word processing compatible
with Word is also usable.

Notes at the end of the article:

The notes will have to be placed at the end of the article, and not at the
end of the pages. When they are bibliographical notes, the official norms
will have to be followed.

Linguistic Regulations:

The linguistic regulation is as follows:

The oral presentation will have to be given in one of the official languages
of the conference: English, French, German and Italian. As for the
interpretation regulation, it is planned is to have an interpretation in
each of these official languages.

Whatever the language used, communications accompanied by a video-projection
presentation will have to be done in another language than the language used
orally and chosen among the four languages accepted for oral presentations.

Publication:

The language for the main written paper is chosen by the speaker. Summaries
for publication will be 15 lines maximum and handed at the same time than
the entire text and translated in at least two languages among the five
following ones: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Oral Presentations:

The time given for oral presentations is strictly limited to 7 minutes.

The entire texts being published before the event, the oral communication
must not be the reading of the written paper. On the contrary, the most
significant elements will have to be extracted.

Because all overrun of time would infringe on the time kept for questions
from the audience, there is a need to keep to this strict discipline on
which the moderator will keep an eye.

The application form is available on our website to fill in and send back as
attachment by email at:

assisesobservatoireplurilinguisme.eu

As for the entire text: in order to nurture as best as possible the
round-tables, the integral texts of the presentations will be published on
the website of the EOP before the event. They have to be sent by email as an
attachment to:

assisesobservatoireplurilinguisme.eu

Key Dates:

Deadline for the application form: 30 November 2011
Announcement of the selection result for the presentations: 1 March 2012
Deadline for the sending of the entire text and translated summary: 1 June
2012

Registration Fees:

130 euros per person (30 for the students) to be paid the following month
after the announcement of the selection results:

1. With a cheque at the order of OEP
2. By bank transfer to the EOP (IBAN: FR42 2004 1000 0157 5110 3E02 094;
BIC: PSSTFRPPPAR)
3. By secured payment via Paypal

For full information in English, German (Deutsch), French (Français) and
Italian (Italiano), please view our website:

http://www.observatoireplurilinguisme.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5465&Itemid=1&lang=en

http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-4094.html

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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