31.1649, Calls: Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Hist Ling, Socioling/Greece

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Subject: 31.1649, Calls: Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Hist Ling, Socioling/Greece

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Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 12:06:20
From: Nhan Huynh [comela at acg.edu]
Subject: Conference on Mediterranean and European Linguistic Anthropology 2020

Full Title: Conference on Mediterranean and European Linguistic Anthropology 2020 
Short Title: COMELA 2020 

Date: 02-Sep-2020 - 05-Sep-2020
Location: Athens, Greece 
Contact Person: Nhan Huynh
Meeting Email: comela at acg.edu
Web Site: https://comela2020.acg.edu 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2020 

Meeting Description:

Following the growth of the COMELA, The Conference on Mediterranean and
European Linguistic Anthropology, we announce The COMELA 2020, September 2-5,
2020, at The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece.
The COMELA seeks to redefine scholarship on Mediterranean and European
Language and Society.

Purpose and Structure:
Over 500 scholars from around the world will gather to present papers and to
engage in progressive discussion on Mediterranean and European Linguistic
Anthropology, Linguistics, Anthropology, and related fields. The COMELA is a
fully Non-Profit Organization, and all connected publishing undergoes a free
blind reviewed system. The COMELA sources funding/grants to assist people who
need funding to access the Conference.  All conference proceedings and
publications (journal issues/monographs) will be indexed with SCOPUS and will
hence contribute to ranked and cited publications for all those accepted to
present.

Theme:
Bounded Languages... Unbounded
The politics of identity are central to language change. Here, linguistic
boundaries rise and fall, motivating the ephemeral characteristics of language
communities. The Mediterranean and European regions are replete with
histories, and with power struggles, that demarcate nation, ethnicity, and
community. For this, cultural and political identities, language ideologies,
as well as the languages themselves, have sought boundedness, the dynamics of
which have influenced change over eons, effected through demographic
movements, through geopolitics, and through technological innovation. In the
current era of technological advancement, transnational fluidity, intellectual
power, capitalism, and revised sexualities, then, we again question the
boundedness of language and identity, and ways in which to unbound these
languages and ideologies. We now need to increasingly unbind these languages,
and their ideologies, so to rectify, or at least see and move past, the
segregations of old.
The COMELA 2020 theme, 'Bounded languages ... Unbounded,' encapsulates the
ongoing struggle throughout Mediterranean and European regions. As tensions
between demarcation and legitimization of languages, language ideologies, and
language identities, enter a new era, flexible citizenship now operates well
within, and not only across, language communities, to unbind languages, and to
create new boundaries, unlike those ever seen throughout history.
The COMELA 2020 invites work which addresses the shifting boundedness of
Language Communities of The Mediterranean and Europe. Papers and posters
should acknowledge and describe processes of language shape, change, and
ideology, pertinent to social, cultural, and political histories and futures,
of Mediterranean and European regions.

Location:
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece

Keynote and Plenary Speakers:
Jan Blommaert - Tilburg University
Alexandra Georgakopoulou - King's College London
Dimitris Dalakoglou - Vrije University Amsterdam

Final Call for Papers:

The COMELA, The Conference on Mediterranean and European on Linguistic
Anthropology 2020, invites academics in Linguistics, Anthropology, and
Ethnology, pertinent to The Mediterranean and Europe, to engage in scholarly
discussion and collaboration, thus strengthening global academic networks in
the field.

Dates:
Abstract submission deadline: June 1, 2020
Notification of acceptance: No later than June 20, 2020 (for those submitting
prior to this)

Registration:
Early bird - Oct 30, 2019 – Feb 28, 2020
Normal bird – Feb 29, 2020 - June 25, 2020
Late bird - June 26, 2020 - Sep 5, 2020 (Conference end)

Presenters must register by August 15, 2020, to guarantee a place in the
program. Registration will remain open after this, but conference organizers
cannot guarantee placement in the conference.

Conference dates:
Wednesday Sep 2, 2020 – Saturday Sep 5, 2020
Final day comprises optional Anthropological excursion

Abstract submissions:
The Call is now open, at https://comela2020.acg.edu, with all information.
Abstracts can be submitted via https://comela2020.acg.edu/submit/. Submission
Guidelines are available on the conference website.

Presentation Lengths:
- Colloquia – 1.5 hours with 3-5 contributors (Parts A and B are possible,
thus 6-10 contributors)
- General sessions – Approx. 20-25 minutes each, including 5 mins for
questions/responses
- Posters – to be displayed at designated times throughout the COMELA 2020

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