26.549, Calls: English, Ling & Literature/Bosnia and Herzegovina

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-549. Mon Jan 26 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.549, Calls: English, Ling & Literature/Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:18:46
From: Zeljka Babic [zeljka.babic at unibl.rs]
Subject: Conference on English Language and Literary Studies

 
Full Title: Conference on English Language and Literary Studies 
Short Title: CELLS 

Date: 12-Jun-2015 - 13-Jun-2015
Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Contact Person: Zeljka Babic
Meeting Email: zeljka.babic at unibl.rs
Web Site: http://cellsbl.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 01-Apr-2015 

Meeting Description:

2nd International Conference of the University of Banja Luka (BiH) in cooperation with the Institute of English Studies, University of London (UK)

Remaking Tradition: Present-day Perspectives on Language, Literature and Culture.

The Department of English, at the Faculty of Philology, University of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London (United Kingdom) are pleased to announce second conference on English language and literary studies CELLS: Remaking Tradition: Present-day Perspectives on Language, Literature and Culture.
The aim of the conference is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences across the fields of English language and literary studies, with particular emphasis on cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary issues raised in the fields of literature, culture, linguistics, translation studies and applied linguistics.

Plenary Speakers:

-  Wim Van Mierlo (Acting Director of Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK)
- John Frederick Bailyn (Professor of Linguistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Co-Director, NY-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture (NYI))
Guest Lecturer to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Department of English:
- Dijana Jelača (Adjunct Assistant Professor at St. John’s University, New York, USA)

Conference Fee
:

The conference fee is 60 Euros. The fee includes:
- Conference pack
- Conference break refreshments (snacks and beverages)
- Publication of selected papers in the conference proceedings

Accommodation:

Accommodation can be arranged by the organisers upon request. 

Conference Website:

All the details and important information can be found at the conference website.
www.cellsbl.com (active from January 25th, 2015)
A selection of papers will be published after the conference.

Call for Papers:

Topics might include (but are not limited to):

- The study of globalisation, acculturation and migration in contemporary studies of language, literature and culture
- Juxtaposition and interdependence of tradition and contemporariness in ideology, tradition, customs, norms, routines, etc.
- Literature and economics/the economy
- Tradition in translation studies: mediating between source and target language cultures and languages;
the place of mono/plurilingualism in contemporary approaches to the study of language, literature and culture
- Rewriting of basic postulates in approaches to foreign language teaching

The official language of the conference is English.

Submission of Abstracts:

Please send an abstract of up to 300 words (MS Word 2003-2007) to the following e-mail address: cells at unibl.rs

Abstracts should be anonymous containing only the name of the paper, the body of the abstract and references. Please send the following information in the body of the e-mail:

Title of the paper
Name of the author(s)
Affiliation of the author (s)
Key words
E-mail address
Bio note (no more than 100 words)

Important Dates:

1 April, 2015: Deadline for Submission of Abstracts
15th April, 2015: Notification of Acceptance
1st May, 2015: Registration	

Contact email: cells at unibl.rs







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