[Linganth] Call for Papers -- Culture, Language, and Social Practice conference: October 3-5, 2015

[Irina Vagner]

Apologies in advance for any cross-posting. More info on this year’s CLASP Conference will be available shortly at http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html <http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html>
CLASP IV - Call for Papers
 
The program in Culture, Language and Social Practice (CLASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder is pleased to invite submissions to its graduate-student-run interdisciplinary conference. Abstracts for 20 minute papers covering topics in various areas of sociocultural linguistics are invited and are due by June 15th, 2015. We encourage papers that focus on the broad connections between language, culture and society and are grounded in empirical research. Examples of possible frameworks or analytic traditions may include, but are not limited to:
 
Sociolinguistics                                    Linguistic anthropology
Narrative studies                                  Critical discourse analysis
Conversation analysis                          Language and identity
Discourse pragmatics                           Computer-mediated discourse
Ethnography of speaking                      Language and literacy
Verbal art and performance                  Bilingualism and code-switching
Language and globalizatio                    Intercultural communication
Language socialization                          Interactional linguistics
 
Conference Details:
 
The conference will take place on October 3-5, 2015. Our confirmed plenary speakers are:
Dr. Benjamin Bailey – University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Communication)
Dr. Kevin O’Connor – University of Colorado, Boulder (Education)
Dr. Lal Zimman – University of California, Santa Barbara (Linguistics)
  
The conference website can be found at: http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html <http://www.colorado.edu/clasp/conference.html>
 
Submission Guidelines
Please email a 500 word abstract to abstract.clasp2015 at gmail.com <mailto:abstract.clasp2015 at gmail.com> by June 15th, 2015. The conference this year will include a paper competition for graduate students (see details below). The abstract should be attached in Microsoft Word (.doc) or PDF format and should contain NO information identifying the author(s) of the paper. Abstracts are evaluated on an anonymous basis (before preparing your submission, you might want to consult these annotated model abstracts: http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/model-abstracts <http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/model-abstracts>). In the body of the email, please include the following information:
 
-Name(s) of author(s)
-University or other affiliation(s) of the author(s)
-Email address(es) of the author(s)
-Title of proposed paper
-3-5 keywords describing the paper
-Equipment requirements
-Any additional comments
 
Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via email by August, 15th, 2015.
 
Student plenary competition
This year we will promote a competition for the best Graduate Student Paper in Culture, Language, and Social Practice. The winner of this competition will have their name mentioned in the official conference program and will be offered a student plenary spot at the conference. This student plenary will be approximately 45 minutes and will provide an opportunity for the winner to share their research in more depth than a typical presentation slot. Note, however, that the plenary spot is a potential honor and depends on the quality of submissions received.
For consideration in the competition for the student plenary, authors (graduate students only) should submit a paper of up to 8,000 words plus references. Your submission email should indicate whether you would like to be considered for a regular conference presentation if you do not win the plenary spot.
Please email your (up to) 8,000 word-paper to abstract.clasp2015 at gmail.com <mailto:abstract.clasp2015 at gmail.com> by June 15th, 2015. The paper should be attached in Microsoft Word (.doc) or PDF format and should contain NO information identifying the author(s) of the paper.
 
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Best regards,

The CLASP IV Abstract Committee.

Please use the abstract.clasp2015 at gmail.com <mailto:abstract.clasp2015 at gmail.com> address to submit abstract-related questions only. You might want to direct all other conference-related queries to clasp.conference at gmail.com <mailto:clasp.conference at gmail.com> .


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