20.525, Calls: General Ling/Bulgaria; General Ling,Semantics,Syntax/Russia

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LINGUIST List: Vol-20-525. Wed Feb 18 2009. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 20.525, Calls: General Ling/Bulgaria; General Ling,Semantics,Syntax/Russia

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1)
Date: 18-Feb-2009
From: Diana Yankova < yankova at nlcv.net >
Subject: Managing Diversity: the Canadian Experience

2)
Date: 17-Feb-2009
From: Vadim Kasevich < kasevich at vk13937.spb.edu >
Subject: Languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:43:45
From: Diana Yankova [yankova at nlcv.net]
Subject: Managing Diversity: the Canadian Experience

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Full Title: Managing Diversity: the Canadian Experience 
Short Title: 5th CEACS conference 

Date: 16-Oct-2009 - 18-Oct-2009
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria 
Contact Person: Diana Yankova
Meeting Email: yankova at nlcv.net

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Apr-2009 

Meeting Description:

Managing Diversity and Social Cohesion: The Canadian Experience
5th International Conference of Central European Canadianists
Sofia, Bulgaria
16-18 October 2009

"Diversité culturelle et cohésion sociale: L'expérience canadienne'
5eme Colloque international de canadianistes de l'Europe Centrale
Sofia, Bulgarie
16-18 Octobre 2009 

Call for Papers

The Central European Association for Canadian Studies is pleased to announce its
5th Triennial International Conference to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from
October 16-18 2009 in conjunction with Sofia University and New Bulgarian
University.

We are pleased to announce the following keynote speakers:
Professor Keith Banting, Research Chair in Public Policy, Queens University,
Kingston
Professor Chelva Kanaganayakam, Professor of English and Director, Centre for
South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto
Professor Lise Gauvin, Writer, Professor of Literature, Université de Montréal
Thibault Martin, Responsable des programmes de deuxième cycle en développement
régional, Département de travail social et des sciences sociales, Université du
Québec en Outaouais

Interdisciplinary papers are especially welcome. Presentations will be 20
minutes with an additional 10 minutes for questions and discussion. The
conference registration form, along with abstracts of papers (maximum 250 words)
and a one-paragraph CV for those planning to deliver papers, should be submitted
by e-mail to the organizers by 5 April 2009.

Selected papers from the conference will be published in a separate volume.

Important Dates:
Deadline for submitting abstracts: 5 April 2009
Notification of acceptance of papers: 5 May 2009
Deadline for early-bird registration: 5 September 2009
Submission of papers for the conference proceedings: 30 November 2009
Expected publication of proceedings: May 2010

Please send abstract to both:
Associate Professor Rennie Yotova at reni-yotova at hotmail.com, and
Associate Professor Diana Yankova at yankova at nlcv.net

Première circulaire et appel à participation

L'Association d'Études canadiennes en Europe Centrale a le plaisir de vous
annoncer le 5ème Colloque International triennal des Canadianistes en Europe
Centrale, qui aura lieu à Sofia, Bulgarie, du 16 au 18 octobre 2009 et sera
organisé par l'Université de Sofia ?St. Clément d'Ohrid" et la Nouvelle
Université Bulgare.

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la présence de nos conférenciers officiels:
Professor Keith Banting, Research Chair in Public Policy, Queens University,
Kingston
Professor Chelva Kanaganayakam, Professor of English and Director, Centre for
South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto
Lise Gauvin, Essayiste, critique et nouvelliste, professeure de littérature à
l'Université de Montréal
Thibault Martin, Responsable des programmes de deuxième cycle en développement
régional, Département de travail social et des sciences sociales, Université du
Québec en Outaouais

Des communications interdisciplinaires sont cordialement conviées. Les
communications ne devraient pas dépasser la durée maximale de 20 minutes,
complétées de 10 minutes de discussion et pourraient être prononcées en anglais
ou en français. Le formulaire d'inscription accompagné d'un résumé de votre
communication (maximum 250 mots), ainsi qu'un CV de quelques lignes devront nous
parvenir avant le 5 avril 2009 par courriel.

Les communications sélectionnées seront publiées dans les Actes du colloque. 
Dates importantes:

Délai d'envoi des résumés des communications: 5 Avril 2009
Annonce des résultats de la sélection: 5 Mai 2009
Délai pour régler les droits d'inscription: 5 Septembre 2009
Remise des textes des communications pour la publication des Actes: 30 Novembre 2009
Publication des Actes: Mai 2010

Les résumés devraient être envoyés par courriel sous forme de pièces jointes
Word à :
Professeure associée Rennie Yotova : reni_yotova at hotmail.com
Professeure associée Diana Yankova : yankova at nlcv.net

Registration form
Please return by e-mail not later than 5 April 2009:

Title, name and surname
Affiliation 
Address for correspondence
Tel. 
e-mail 
Registration type (please tick one):
CEACS member:
Non-member:
Student:
Title of presentation:
Abstract (not more than 250 words):
Equipment needed:

Please send registration form and abstract to both:
Associate Professor Rennie Yotova at reni-yotova at hotmail.com, and
Associate Professor Diana Yankova at yankova at nlcv.net

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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:43:55
From: Vadim Kasevich [kasevich at vk13937.spb.edu]
Subject: Languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa

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Full Title: Languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa 
Short Title: Lesewa-8 

Date: 22-Sep-2009 - 24-Sep-2009
Location: Moscow, Russia 
Contact Person: Madina Shaxbieva
Meeting Email: lesewa-8 at inion.ru
Web Site: http://www.lesewa.inion.ru 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Semantics; Syntax 

Call Deadline: 20-Mar-2009 

Meeting Description:

The conference will focus on the remarkable far-reaching parallelism in
syntactic and semantic structures of languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and
West Africa 

Call for Papers

The 8-th conference on languages of Fareast, Southeast Asia and West Africa will
revive the tradition of biennials convened in 1990th - early 2000thth years in
Moscow and St. Petersburg. This time the conference will be hosted by the
Institute for Information in Social Sciences in conjuction with the University
of Moscow and the University of St. Petersburg. As before, the conference will
focus on the remarkable far-reaching parallelism in syntactic and semantic
structures in the languages of Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa which
cannot be explained either by genealogial Affinity or aerial factors. Both
individual language investigations and typological studies are encouraged.

The URL is still under construction.

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