[Sw-l] TISLR 15 - Ethiopia - Call for Papers

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List,
November 15, 2023

Hello Eyasu and colleagues from the TISLR 15 Conference!

Thank you for announcing the TISLR 15 conference to the SignWriting List.
I am delighted to hear from you Eyasu. I hope you are doing well.

And I hope that many people will attend the TISLR 15. It is an excellent conference. Last time it was held in Hamburg Germany.

I have a question. Can presenters present online through zoom or other methods? It may be hard for some people to travel to Ethiopia…

I look forward to your answer here on the SignWriting List

Val ;-)

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> On Nov 14, 2023, at 10:18 PM, Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research <tislr at aau.edu.et> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dearest Val and colleagues,
> 
> Please find attached TISLR 15 Call for Papers to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from January 14 - 17, 2025.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Eyasu
> 
> Call for Papers
> Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 15 (TISLR 15)
> Host Institution: Addis Ababa University
> Host Country: Ethiopia
> Venue: UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (pending approval)
> Conference Dates: January 14 – 17, 2025
> Conference Theme: Sign Language is the Future, the Future is Sign Language
> Conference website: www.tislrethiopia.org
> Conference Description
> Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) is the largest and the most prestigious conference where researchers involved in sign language research from around the world come to present and discuss their research findings. It is overseen by the board of the Sign Language Linguistic Society (SLLS – www.slls.eu). The first conference was held in Rochester, USA in 1986, and since then it has been held every three years on average, mainly in Europe and the United States.
> At the 13th TISLR conference held in 2019 at the University of Hamburg in Germany, Ethiopia won the bid to host TISLR 15 in 2025. TISLR 15 is going to be held for the first time in the continent Africa.
> Invited presenters
> There are 5 groups of invited presenters to represent the entire world:
> Group 1 presenters:
> Dr. Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, Uganda and Dr. Pawlos Kasu, Ethiopia
> Group 2 presenters:
> Dr. Mary Edward, Ghana and Dr. Michiko Kaneko, South Africa
> Group 3 presenters:
> Prof. Ceil Lucas, Dr. Carolyn McCaskill, Dr. Joseph Hill and Prof. Robert Bayley– USA
> Group 4 presenters: 
> Dr. Annelies Kusters, UK and Dr. Carol Padden, USA
> Group 5 presenters:
> Prof. Christian Rathmann, Germany, Dr. Ronice Müller de Quadros, Brazil and Dr. Kang Suk Byun, Korea
> Thematic areas
> TISLR 15 invites unpublished research from any theoretical perspective that addresses sign languages. Keynote presentations, organized sessions, and poster sessions will be included on such topics. Such topics are categorized in six areas:
> 
> Focus Area One: Linguistic Structure of Sign Languages
> •            Phonetics and phonology of sign languages
> •            Prosody of sign languages
> •            Morphology of sign languages
> •            Syntax of sign languages
> Focus Area Two:  Historical and Sociolinguistic Aspects
> •            The emergence of sign languages in a historical context
> •            Sociolinguistic variation and change in sign languages
> •            Sign language discourse analysis
> •            Sign linguistic ethnography
> •            Sign linguistic anthropology
> Focus Area Three: Acquisition, Bilingualism, and Education
> •            Sign language acquisition in L1/L2 environments
> •            Bilingualism and multilingualism of sign languages
> •            Sign language and education
> •            Applied sign linguistics
> Focus Area Four: Neurological and Focus Area Five: Computational and Documentation Aspects
> •            Computational modelling, recognition, and synthesis of sign languages
> •            Sign language documentation/corpus linguistics
> Focus Area Five: Psychological Perspectives
> •            Neurolinguistics/psycholinguistics of sign languages
> •            The relationship between sign language and gesture
> Focus Area Six: Artistic and Cultural Aspects of Sign Languages
> •            Sign language and artistic endeavors (including poetry and literature)
> Apart from completed research, contributions based on ongoing research are welcome.
> Submission guidelines
> Non anonymous abstracts should be submitted through the Oxford Abstract management webpage (https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/6945/submitter). For written abstracts, please upload a pdf. For signed abstracts, please upload a link to the video. While the written abstract should not be longer than 2 pages, in 12-point type, single-line spacing and 2.5 cm margins. The signed abstract must not be longer than 5 minutes. The Oxford Abstract management webpage started its operation on Nov 3, 2023. Abstracts should include a clear statement of the theoretical issue to be addressed, the research methodology to be presented, and a concise summary of the findings/conclusion. A maximum of 3 submissions which are in single and/or co-authored submissions are allowed.
> Should you have queries, please send us an email at: tislr at aau.edu.et
> Details are available on the conference web page (www.tislrethiopia.org)
> Important Dates
> Submission of Abstract: January 31, 2024
>          Notification of Acceptance: June 1, 2024
>          Author’s Registration Deadline: October 1, 2024
> Conference Languages
> To facilitate interpreter planning, presenters are required to indicate which language you will present in if your abstract is accepted: Ethiopian Sign Language (EthSL), American Sign Language (ASL); International Sign (IS) or English.
> Mode of presentations
> The Local Organizing Committee has been working with the wish to host a fully physical conference, where sign language specialists and practitioners can sit next to each other, in Addis Ababa, and share ideas.
> However, to accommodate the presenters and participants who are unable to attend the conference in person, we will provide an online presentation platform for them. We hope that most of the participants will make it to Addis Ababa.
> Therefore, to indicate your preference for the remote format, please fill out the presentation format field in the submission form.
> The Local Organizing Committee,
> Ethiopian Sign Language and Deaf Culture Program Unit
> Department of Linguistics
> College of Humanities, Language Studies, Journalism and Communication
> Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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