MCLC: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference--cfp reminder

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Luo, Liang <liang.luo at uky.edu>
Subject: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference--cfp reminder
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Dear List Members,

 
Please help get the word out for the upcoming KFLC Conference in April
2013. Proposal submission deadline is November 15, 2012.

Luo Liang

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Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
April 19-21, 2012
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
CALL FOR PAPERS
East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Studies
Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 15

The 65th annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (KFLC) will feature
sessions devoted to the presentations of scholarly research in the field of
East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Studies, broadly defined. The
theme of this year's conference is "Place and Space."  Abstracts are
invited in all areas and aspects of this topic.

Each presentation is 20 minutes followed by a 10 minute questions & answers
period.  In view of the multi-lingual audience, the language of
presentation
is English.

We will consider 1) individually submitted paper abstracts and 2) proposals
for a panel of three-to-five papers.

1) An individually submitted abstract should be 250 words or less in
length,
and should include the author's name, affiliation, and contact information.
Once accepted, paper abstracts will be grouped into the panels according to
the common themes.

2) A panel proposal should be 500 words or less in length, and should
include the theme of the panel, the organizer's name and contact
information, and the names and affiliations of the panel participants.
Abstracts of the papers to be presented in the panel should be assembled by
the panel organizer and submitted with the panel proposal.

The KFLC has a tradition of attracting scholars from a broad range of
languages and specializations. This year's conference will have sessions in
Arabic Studies, East Asian Studies, French and Francophone Studies,
German-Austrian-Swiss, Hispanic Studies, Italian Studies, Language
Technology, Luso-Afro-Brazilian, Russian Studies, and Second Language
Acquisition.  This year's KFLC will feature Mary Sheriff of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as keynote speaker.
Deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals is November 15.

To submit a paper abstract or a panel proposal, please visit the following
website for more information:

http://www.kflcabstracts.uky.edu/index.php/kflcabstractsite/kflc2012

Acceptance of a paper or a panel implies a commitment on the part of the
participant/s to register and attend the conference. All presenters must
pay
the appropriate registration fee by February 15th  to be included in the
program.

For more information on the conference, please visit
http://web.as.uky.edu/kflc/index.htm. For specific questions regarding the
East Asian sessions, please contact the leader Masamichi ("Marro") Inoue
(msinoue at uky.edu).

Hope to see you in beautiful Lexington next April,

Liang

罗靓 Luo, Liang Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
971 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
859-257-9139 (office)
https://mcl.as.uky.edu/chinese-studies