16.2477, Calls: Applied Ling/UK;Historical Ling/Socioling/Canada

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-2477. Wed Aug 24 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.2477, Calls: Applied Ling/UK;Historical Ling/Socioling/Canada

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1)
Date: 24-Aug-2005
From: David Newton < david.newton at cilt.org.uk >
Subject: Crossing Frontiers: Languages and the International Dimension 

2)
Date: 23-Aug-2005
From: Mathias Schulze < mschulze at uwaterloo.ca >
Subject: Diaspora Experiences: German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:36:22
From: David Newton < david.newton at cilt.org.uk >
Subject: Crossing Frontiers: Languages and the International Dimension 

Full Title: Crossing Frontiers: Languages and the International Dimension 

Date: 06-Jul-2006 - 07-Jul-2006
Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: David Newton
Meeting Email: david.newton at cilt.org.uk
Web Site: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2406 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 28-Oct-2005 

Meeting Description:

Following the success of 'Setting the agenda for languages in higher education'
in 2002 and 'Navigating the new landscape for languages' in 2004, CILT, the
National Centre for Languages and the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics
and Area Studies are pleased to announce that their 2006 HE conference will be
held at the University of Cardiff on 6 and 7 July.

As in previous years, the conference will be jointly hosted by CILT and LLAS in
partnership with the University Council of Modern Languages (UCML), the Standing
Conference of Heads of Modern Languages (SCHML), the Association of University
Language Centres (AULC) and the Association for Language Learning (ALL). 

Papers are invited on the following four themes:

1) Working across sectors 
       Transition between school and university 
       Stimulating demand for language degrees 
       Outreach activities 
       Lifelong learning 
       Qualifications and accreditation 
       Widening participation 

2) The curriculum 
       Languages and the international curriculum 
       Specialist degrees 
       Managing and accrediting the IWLP 
       The year abroad 
       Less widely used less taught languages/strategic languages 
       Institutional international policies/The Bologna process 

3) E-learning 
       Technology and innovation in teaching 
       Copyright and digitisation 
       Sharing resources - repositories, learning objects etc. 
       Distance programmes/Supporting students abroad 
       Collaborative teaching & learning 

4) Teacher training
       Research 
       Methodology 
       Primary languages 
       Profiles of language teacher education 
       Staff development 

Papers may be theoretical or practical in nature but should have a strong focus
on pedagogy. European and international perspectives on any of these themes are
particularly welcome as are papers from other sectors such as secondary, further
and adult education.

Papers will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion. The working language
of the conference will be English. 

Registration information for delegates wishing to attend the conference will be
published in the autumn. 

Deadline for submissions: Friday 28 October 2005

To submit your proposal and to read more about the background behind the topics
to be covered by this major HE conference, please visit:

http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2406

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:36:27
From: Mathias Schulze < mschulze at uwaterloo.ca >
Subject: Diaspora Experiences: German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants 

Full Title: Diaspora Experiences: German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants 

Date: 24-Aug-2006 - 27-Aug-2006
Location: Waterloo (Ontario), Canada 
Contact Person: Mathias Schulze
Web Site: http://www.wcgs.ca/events/callforpapers.php 

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

Subject Language(s): German, Standard (GER)

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2005 

Meeting Description:

Diaspora Experiences: German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants 

Second Call for Expressions of Interest and Proposals 
Diaspora Experiences: German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants 
Waterloo Centre for German Studies 
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 
24-27 August 2006

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies at the University of Waterloo invites
expressions of interest and, subsequently, proposals for papers of thirty
minutes length to be given in English (preferred) or German at an international
interdisciplinary conference on the diaspora experiences of German-speaking
immigrants and their descendants. 

The Kitchener-Waterloo region, home to the Waterloo Centre for German Studies
and University of Waterloo, is Canada's most prominent area of German settlement. 

The conference will explore commonalities and differences experienced by
German-speaking immigrants and their descendants when living in geographical and
linguistic settings other than those of their own ethnic origin. These can
include individuals and groups in all continents of the world. Sessions will be
planned with a focus on history, linguistics, literature and film. Topics within
these may include, among others: 

·       acculturation strategies of German-speaking people (assimilation,
integration, separation); 
·       bilingualism, loss and maintenance of the German language among
immigrants and their descendants;
·       emigration/immigration history;
·       emigration/immigration of German-speaking people as a subject of
literature and film;
·       gender issues;
·       impact of WW I, WW II and the experience of Germany under National
Socialist rule on German-speaking people in the diaspora;
·       interactions between German-speaking immigrants and their descendants,
with others in their adopted countries, and among members of different waves of
German-speaking immigrants;
·       relations between the German language and identity development. 

Potential participants are invited to address these issues within specific
geographical contexts and/or as part of international and cross-cultural
comparisons. 

To be considered, please send an initial brief (a sentence or two) expression of
interest, with your rough topic by September 30, 2005. This will assist us in
planning and budgeting. Follow this with a proposal of up to five hundred words
without your name, and on separate sheets your name, address, professional
affiliation and brief curriculum vitae. You may submit by e-mail attachment
(preferred), fax or mail, to arrive in the organizers' hands not later than
November 30, 2005. We will acknowledge receipt of expressions of interest and
proposals quickly and inform you of the result by February 28, 2006. All
proposals will be assessed anonymously by an international panel of expert
scholars in the respective fields. Presenters will be required to submit the
full text of their presentation to the conference committee by July 15, 2006.
These will be posted on the conference website and be made available to
conference registrants through the use of a password. Subsequently, selected
papers will be included in the published conference volume. These contributions
will need to fit the thematic framework described by the volume's editor. The
volume will be in English. Contributions written in German and accepted will be
translated in co-operation with their authors.  All presenters will receive
travel subsidies and will be expected to attend and participate actively in the
full conference. The conference program is planned to include three keynote
speakers of international reputation in the field and will offer opportunities
to become acquainted with the region of Waterloo. It will be open to the public. 

Reply to: 
Diaspora Experiences Conference Committee 
Waterloo Centre for German Studies 
University of Waterloo 
200 University Ave. West 
Waterloo ON  N2L 3G1 
Canada 
E-mail: wcgs at uwaterloo.ca 
Fax: 519 746 5243 
Phone: 519 888 4567, ext. 7547 
www.wcgs.ca

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