27.129, Calls: Anthropological Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Doc, Ling & Lit, Socioling/USA

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Subject: 27.129, Calls: Anthropological Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Doc, Ling & Lit, Socioling/USA

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Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:57:19
From: Sukari Salone [ssalone at scsu.edu]
Subject: America's Southern Cultures and Identities: Language, Customs, Literature

 
Full Title: America's Southern Cultures and Identities: Language, Customs, Literature 

Date: 07-Oct-2016 - 07-Oct-2016
Location: Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA 
Contact Person: Sukari Salone
Meeting Email: ssalone at scsu.edu

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 14-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

South Carolina State University’s Department of English and The South Carolina
Project on Language and Culture (SCPLC) will host an inter-disciplinary
Conference on October 7, 2016.

Conference theme: America’s southern cultures and identities: language,
customs, literature

The Department of English and The South Carolina Project on Language and
Culture (SCPLC) will host an inter-disciplinary conference on topics
pertaining to southern and South Carolina languages, cultures, and literature.


Call for Papers:

The organizing committee is soliciting proposals for 20-minute presentations
on topics related to language, culture, dialects, literature, film,
communities, and other areas that highlight research and documentation studies
on South Carolina’s cultures and languages as well as Southern regional
cultures, languages and communities. Please send a 250-300 word abstract by
March 14, 2016. Please send it via email to ssalone at scsu.edu. Please send the
following information with the abstract:

1. Name and affiliation of the presenter
2. Email address
3. Title of the presentation
4. Abstract (approximately 250-300 words) 
5. AV equipment requests, if any

Possible Topic Areas:

Southern Regional Cultures
Southern Regional literatures
South Carolina literatures
African-American Cultures
Hispanic Cultures/Language Variation
Jewish Cultures
Native American Cultures
Gullah dialects
Geechee dialects
Gullah/Geechee Cultures
Non-standard dialects of South Carolina
Regional dialects of South Carolina
Languages of Native American ethnic groups
South-Eastern Regional Cultures and Languages
SC wedding, reunion, funeral traditions
Regional language varieties
Culture through literature
South Carolina authors
Culture and language through film
Culture and language from the perspective of broadcast and journalism studies 
The Geechee Culture and its influence in the Low-country of South Carolina
(language, food, community)
Hip Hop: culture or fad?
Booming Immigrant populations (Asian, Indian, Hispanic): Are they integrated
or isolated?

We will notify accepted applicants by June 15, 2016. 

*The South Carolina Project on Language and Culture (SCPLC) is a program of
the Department of English and Modern Languages and the College of Education,
Humanities, and Social Sciences, SC State University, Orangeburg, SC.




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