32.2622, Calls: Anthropological Linguistics, General Linguistics, Ling & Literature/Ghana

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LINGUIST List: Vol-32-2622. Wed Aug 11 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 32.2622, Calls: Anthropological Linguistics, General Linguistics, Ling & Literature/Ghana

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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:21:41
From: Samuel Odoi-Agyei [sodoi-agyei at ug.edu.gh]
Subject: Literary, Linguistics & Cultural Studies in a Time of Crises

 
Full Title: Literary, Linguistics & Cultural Studies in a Time of Crises 
Short Title: SOLCON IV 

Date: 03-Nov-2021 - 05-Nov-2021
Location: Accra, Ghana 
Contact Person: PROF. JOSEPHINE DZAHENE-QUARSHIE
Meeting Email: jdzahene-quarshie at ug.edu.gh
Web Site: https://www.ug.edu.gh/solcon/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; General Linguistics; Ling & Literature 

Call Deadline: 30-Aug-2021 

Meeting Description:

The School of Languages, College of Humanities, University of Ghana, in
collaboration with the Language Centre, Centre for Latin American Studies,
Centre for European Studies and Centre for Asian Studies, invites proposals
for individual papers and roundtable panels for the 4th School of Languages
Conference (SOLCON IV) to be held online from 3 - 5 November 2021 at
University of Ghana, Legon.

 
Crises are by their very definition recognized in the huge impacts they make
upon social relationships, economies, social stratification and transformation
of cultural expression. These impacts are depicted by scholarly studies of
change in all genres of human expression: crises catalyze new dimensions in
language studies, new trends in representational, plastic, and performing
arts, in transformations of literary stylistics and themes. Famously, crises
have inspired radical changes in the theoretical focus and approach adopted
within non-fictional literatures, especially in the social and natural
sciences, as well as in academic philosophy. Crisis is reflected in the very
constitution of living languages as reflected by specialists working on
changes in morphology, semantics and syntax. Historically as well as
currently, crises are always managed and subdued through the oralature and
folklore, the management of everyday activities, moments of spiritual
transformation and religious movements reflected in the everyday lives of
indigenous communities. 
The conference which is themed “Literary, Linguistic and Cultural Studies in a
Time of Crisis” seeks to bring together researchers, scholars, public speakers
and students to discuss the theme and related issues through
theoretically-nuanced interdisciplinary papers.

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Ato Quayson, Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor of
Interdisciplinary Studies; Professor of Comparative Literature; and Head,
Department of English, Stanford University
 
Professor Veroniker Koller, Professor of Discourse Analysis; Department of
Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University UK


Call for Papers:

Abstracts/proposals should be sent electronically via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=solcon4

The language of the conference is English, however, panels in other languages
are also welcome, and encouraged, especially, if they relate to crisis in
literary, linguistic and cultural studies, or any of the extensive list of
domains covered by the  conference.

Proposal of panels should not exceed 500 words, and should include:

- Title of the panel
- Convenor
- Proposed panelists (distinguishing main speakers and discussants, if
appropriate)
- Discussant (if necessary)
- Language (if different from English)

For languages of mediation that are not English, prior submission of papers
will be welcome so that translators can be engaged.

Abstract of individual papers:

- Present for blind review a single-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt. font
abstract
- Abstracts should not be more than 300 words and must address the theme or
sub-themes of the conference.
- The abstract should highlight the problem being investigated, methodology,
significance of the study, as well as its findings.

Abstract submission deadline: August 30, 2021

Registration deadline: October 1, 2021

Notification of Abstract Acceptance: September 15, 2021




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