27.56, Summer Schools: African Linguistics School/Côte d’Ivoire

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Subject: 27.56, Summer Schools: African Linguistics School/Côte d’Ivoire

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Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:51:11
From: Chris Collins [cc116 at nyu.edu]
Subject: African Linguistics School/Côte d’Ivoire

 

African Linguistics School/Côte d’Ivoire

Host Institution: New York University
Coordinating Institution: New York University
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/africanlingschool/home

Dates: 18-Jul-2016 - 29-Jul-2016
Location: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Focus: The African Linguistics School (ALS) is a two-week institute which brings the latest work in core areas of linguistics to students from African universities. The areas of focus are syntax, semantics, phonology, sociolinguistics and phonetic fieldwork.
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate


Special Qualifications:
Any student of linguistics at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level may apply. 

A limited number of post-doc positions are available for students who have recently completed their Ph.D.


Description:
Purpose: The African Linguistics School (ALS) is a two-week institute which brings the latest work in core areas of linguistics to students from African universities. The areas of focus are syntax, semantics, phonology, sociolinguistics and fieldwork.
 
Students: For each of the first three meetings of the ALS, 70 students have come from universities all over Africa (Togo, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia) chosen each time from over 300 applications. A small number of students have come from universities in Europe or North America.
 
Postdoctoral scholars: A small number of recent Ph.D.’s from across Africa have also participated in each ALS.
 
Faculty: Sixteen to eighteen internationally recognized faculty members from North America, Europe and Africa.
 
Benefits to Students: Students participate in two weeks of intense training in the core areas of linguistics through a combination of course work, presentations, projects and individual consultation with faculty members. They develop international networks with faculty members and other students. Through ALS they gain access to a library of relevant literature. Students take what they have learned back to their host universities to share with their colleagues. After attending the ALS, some students go on to gain admission to North American and European graduate schools.
 
Student Cost: Apart from a nominal registration fee, all costs are covered for students from African universities. Students coming from outside Africa cover their own travel expenses; all other expenses are covered for them as well.

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics
                      Phonology
                      Semantics
                      Sociolinguistics
                      Syntax

Tuition: 0 USD

Tuition Explanation: Apart from a 10 USD registration fee, all costs are covered for students from African universities. Students coming from outside Africa cover their own travel expenses; all other expenses are covered for them as well.

Registration: 24-Dec-2015 to 15-Feb-2016

Contact Person: Chris Collins
                Email: cc116 at nyu.edu

Apply by Email: africanlinguisticsschool at gmail.com

Registration Instructions:
Please fill out application form found on ALS website, and send it to: africanlinguisticsschool at gmail.com. The application deadline is February 15, 2016.



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