15.3157, Calls: Applied Ling/USA; Cognitive Science/Taiwan

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Subject: 15.3157, Calls: Applied Ling/USA; Cognitive Science/Taiwan

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1)
Date: 08-Nov-2004
From: Josh Iorio < talgs at mail.ecu.edu >
Subject: TESOL/Applied Linguistics Grad Students

2)
Date: 08-Nov-2004
From: Hsueh-cheng Yen < yenhsueh at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: 2005 International Symposium on Body & Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:53:01
From: Josh Iorio < talgs at mail.ecu.edu >
Subject: TESOL/Applied Linguistics Grad Students

Full Title: TESOL/Applied Linguistics Grad Students
Short Title: TALGS

Date: 19-Feb-2005 - 19-Feb-2005
Location: Greenville, NC, United States of America
Contact Person: Josh Iorio
Meeting Email: talgs at mail.ecu.edu
Web Site: http://core.ecu.edu/engl/talgs

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 19-Jan-2005

Meeting Description:

The purpose of this small, student-run conference is to provide a relaxed but
serious environment where graduate students in Applied Linguistics and
professionals working in the field of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of
Other Languages) can have the experience of presenting their work and receiving
feedback. The TALGS Conference provides graduate students and TESOL
professionals (including ESOL, TESL, EFL, ESL, TEFL, etc.) a forum to showcase
their research and experiences. TALGS is committed to bettering the educational
experiences of language learners in the community by providing a comfortable
environment where an interaction between theory (the researchers) and practice
(the teachers) is possible.

TALGS is not a theme-based conference. We encourage submissions from a variety
of fields that can make a contribution to an understanding of language teaching
or language learning. This year, we're especially interested in
cross-disciplinary proposal submissions. For instance, proposals with relevance
to language learning from the fields of sociolinguistics, sociology, education,
foreign languages, and psychology will be considered. Proposals grounded in
action research, works in progress, and pilot research are also welcome.
Presentations requiring computer facilities can be accommodated. Multiple
proposals will be considered. Proposals must be submitted electronically and
must be received no later than January 19th, 2005.

Presentation Formats:
a) Research paper presentation sessions of 45 minutes (Presenters can choose to
divide up this time in any way that they see fit, i.e. 30 minute presentation
and 15 minute question/answer session, 45 minute presentation no question/answer
session, etc.)
b) 45 or 90 minute workshop sessions (Workshops tend to involve practical,
hands-on ''presentations''.)
c) 45 Minute Discussion Panels (Discussion panels involve the leader(s) of the
panel moderating discussion about a specific topic.)

See our website (http://core.ecu.edu/engl/talgs) for proposal submission and
other information.

-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:53:07
From: Hsueh-cheng Yen < yenhsueh at ntu.edu.tw >
Subject: 2005 International Symposium on Body & Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Full Title: 2005 International Symposium on Body & Cognition: A
Multidisciplinary Perspective
Short Title: 2005 Body and Cognition

Date: 04-Jun-2005 - 05-Jun-2005
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Contact Person: Jih-chang Hsieh
Meeting Email: hsiehj at ntu.edu.tw
Web Site: http://www.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/new-main/dowlod/2005Symposium-en.doc

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science

Call Deadline: 01-May-2005

Meeting Description:

CALL FOR PAPERS

2005 International Symposium on Body & Cognition:
A Multidisciplinary Perspective

June 4-5, 2005
To be held in Taipei, Taiwan.
Sponsored by the Center for Humanities Research of National Science Council
in Taiwan.

Embodied Cognition arose in the 1980s in Cognitive Sciences as a reaction
against the classical view of mind. In the research on embodied concepts, it is
now generally recognized truth meaning results from intrinsic workings of the
body and the brain, and human understanding of any target domain is structured
first and foremost in the human body and its interaction with the physical
world. We construct cognitive models that reflect concepts concerned with
interaction between the body and the environment and it is this conceptual
embodiment that leads to formulation of basic level concepts. Evidence from
neurosciences also supports embodied concepts.

2005 International Symposium on Body & Cognition: A Multidisciplinary
Perspective seeks to bring together researchers of different backgrounds and
intellectual interests who address the role of body in cognitive processes. The
symposium seeks to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and integration, in order
to arrive at a richer and more unified perspective. Research questions include,
but are not limited to:
(1)	Embodied cognition.
(2)	Perception and action.
(3)	Emotion and cognition.
(4)	Body, cognition, and philosophy.
(5)	The role of body in aesthetics.
(6)	Emotion in art and the brain.
(7)	The cultural contingencies of body in cognition and the deployment of body
in the creation and maintenance of cultural constructs.

The following guest speakers have already confirmed their attendance:
Prof. Melvyn A. Goodale (Psychology, University of Western Ontario);
Prof. Mark Johnson (Philosophy, University of Oregon);
Prof. Emily Martin (Anthropology, New York University);
Prof. Jean-Marie Schaeffer (Aesthetics, CRAL/EHESS).

Prospective authors are invited to submit both a paper copy and an electronic
version of the abstract (less than 500 words) to Dr. Jih-chang Hsieh
(hsiehj at ntu.edu.tw, Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University,
No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106) by Dec. 1, 2004. Papers must
not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.

The first page of the abstract should include: title of the paper, name of the
author, affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, field of
study, and a maximum of 5 keywords.

Deadlines:
Dec. 1, 2004 -- submission of abstracts
Dec. 31, 2004 -- notification of authors.
May 1, 2005 -- submission of full papers. (10-20 pages, single space.)

Organizing Committee
Dr. Jih-chang Hsieh, Chair. (Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan
University)
Dr. Shuan-fan Huang (Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan
University)
Dr. Chih-ming Lin (Graduate School of Art and Art Education, National Taipei
Teachers College)
Dr. Lily I-wen Su (Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan
University)
Dr. Norman Y. Teng (Institute of European and American Studies, Academia
Sinica)
Dr. Su-Ling Yeh (Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University)
Dr. Hsueh-cheng Yen (Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University)

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