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Mini Conference on the Languages of the Mediterranean Basin Organized as part of the 5th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 4-7 April 2012, Athens, Greece |
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) is organizing a
special mini conference on the Languages of the Mediterranean Basin as part of
its 5th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies in
The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions,
two lunches, the official dinner of the conference (Greek Night), coffee breaks
and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury
hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition,
a number of social events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment
with dinner, a special one-day cruise to the Greek islands, an archaeological
tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are
available at http://www.atiner.gr/soc/2012SOC-MDT.htm
The objective of this mini-conference is to bring together scholars from
countries across the globe to discuss research developments in Mediterranean Language
Studies. Topics of interest: New developments and insights into Language
Planning and Language Policy in the
region; the role of Human Language
Technologies (HLT) in the processing of Mediterranean
languages; the Synchronic and Diachronic Comparison of Linguistic Types of
languages in this region; Literary
Analyses; Comparative Literature
Studies; Perspectives on the intercontinental
histories of the Mediterranean Languages and their Literatures. The nature of
the coexistence of extremely diverse language communities, and the historical
linguistic expansions that have taken place in this region, continue to form
the basis for interesting topics of investigation. It is believed that
research, which is currently being carried out on linguistic and literary
studies in this region, warrants special sessions at the Conference on
Mediterranean Studies.
Please submit an abstract (email only) to: atiner@atiner.gr,
using the abstract submission form available at http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-MDT.doc
by the 29 February 2012 to: Dr.
George Poulos, Vice President of Research, ATINER and
Emeritus Professor of Linguistic Studies, University of South Africa. Abstracts
should include the following: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation,
Current Position, an email address, and at least 3 keywords that best describe
the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks. If you
want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, review
papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the
editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to
Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President,
ATINER (gtp@atiner.gr).
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established
in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum,
where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in
Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments
of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized about 150 international
conferences and has published over 100 books.
Academically, the Institute consists of four research
divisions and twenty research
units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference
and undertakes various small and large research projects.