20.876, Calls: General Ling,Applied Ling/Australia

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Subject: 20.876, Calls: General Ling,Applied Ling/Australia

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Date: 12-Mar-2009
From: Ghil'ad Zuckermann < gz at uq.edu.au >
Subject: First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics
 

	
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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:46:43
From: Ghil'ad Zuckermann [gz at uq.edu.au]
Subject: First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics

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Full Title: First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics 
Short Title: AWAAL 

Date: 11-Sep-2009 - 13-Sep-2009
Location: Brisbane/Queensland, Australia 
Contact Person: Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Meeting Email: gz at uq.edu.au
Web Site: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54566669862 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic 

Call Deadline: 01-May-2009 

Meeting Description:

The First Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics (AWAAL), The
University of Queensland, 11-13 September 2009

Brisbane RiverFire 2009: From the 'Promised Land' to the 'Lucky Country', denial
is not a river in Egypt 

Call for Papers
 
What: An international first Australian Workshop on Afro-Asiatic Linguistics
(AWAAL). All disciplines welcome. Papers -- by established scholars, as well as
by promising graduate students -- will analyze Semitic languages (e.g. Arabic,
Amharic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and to a certain extent Israeli) and other
Afro-Asiatic languages (e.g. Berber, Somali, Oromo, Omotic). 

Where: Great Court, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia (Driving distance from Byron Bay, Montville, Noosa and
Sunshine Coast, Fraser Island, Stradbroke Island, Surfers Paradise and Gold
Coast...)

When: 11-13 September 2009

Why then: (1) On Saturday, 12 September 2009, in the evening, participants will
have the opportunity to watch the spectacular QBE RiverFire (see links below);
(2) The weather in bustling and beautiful Brisbane -- also known in Ashkenazic
Hebrew as Bris bane haBesorim) "covenant between the parts" (see Genesis 15) --
is superbly moderate, especially in April-October; (3) This year blooming and
booming Queensland celebrates 150 years of independence from New South Wales.

How: Abstracts should be emailed to Ghil'ad Zuckermann at gz at uq.edu.au 
(http://www.zuckermann.org/)  BY 1 May 2009. (Notifications will be sent BY 11
May.) 

Relevant Links:
UQ
http://www.uq.edu.au/
http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/
http://www.arts.uq.edu.au/slccs/
http://www.uq.edu.au/uqexperts/
http://www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/index.html

BRISBANE QBE Riverfire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzsMjhze1Ow&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-_i5jQVWz8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRg4RZBqXhw
http://www.riverfestival.com.au/index.php?page=FAQs 

Great Court
http://people.hws.edu/mitchell/cards01/GreatCourt.html

Danger: Some academics who visited Australia did not want to return to their
home university.
 
Further particulars: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54566669862






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