3rd International Conference on Language, Lingiustics, Literature and Translation
Meeting Description
Proposals which fall outside the
focus of the conference, but within the disciplines of language, linguistics,
literature and translation, will also be considered.
Confirmed
Keynote Speakers
• Jan Blommaert (Linguistics), Tilburg University, The Netherlands
• Michael Cronin (Translation), Dublin City University, Ireland
• Ian Almond (Literature), Georgetown University, Qatar
• Rani Rubdy (Language), Independent Scholar
Sample
conference themes include the following, but a wide range of proposals is
invited:
Language
• Language, culture and
globalization
• Global teaching policies and local
norms
• Language commodification and
ideologies
• Globalizing technologies and the
language classroom
|
Linguistics
• Social media and identity
• Language acquisition and migrant
populations
• Language change and the media
• Global/local language adaptation
|
Literature
• Localizing global/world
literatures
• Arabic and non-Western literature
in a globalized world
• Literature from the diaspora
• The sociolinguistics of literature
|
Translation
• Issues in local/global translation
• Translating culturally remote
literature
• Translation and multimodal texts
• Machine translation and the web
|
Submission Details
Call Deadline (Regular): 11 April 2016. Decision returned by
2 May
Proposals are invited for papers (20
+10 minutes discussion).
To submit your abstract, please send
an email (with a Word attachment) to the following address: squconference2016@gmail.com
by the relevant submission deadline. Please include ALL the following
information, numbered, in the attached Word document:
• Name, title and affiliation
(university/college/etc)
• Full address (include country),
email and telephone (include country code)
• Title of paper/presentation
• Areas which the paper/presentation
links (please be precise)
• Brief summary of the
paper/presentation for inclusion in the conference program, as a coherent
paragraph (100 words max)
• Full abstract for the review
committee (min 400 words, max 500 words)
• Up to five relevant keywords
Please note that we are unable to
assist accepted presenters with their travel expenses, nor are we able to offer
travel grants.
In common with previous conferences
organized by the Department of English Language and Literature, it is intended
that an edited collection of papers from the conference will be published.
Accepted presenters will need to submit their paper for publication in early
February 2017. Further details will be provided in due course.
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman’s
largest and most prestigious institution of higher learning, is located 45km
from Muscat. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees to
approximately 16,000 students.
Oman, a
peaceful nation on the Arabian Gulf in the Middle East, is hailed as the jewel
of Arabia. It has landscape covering desert, riverbed oases and long
coastlines. The capital city, Muscat, is home to the majestic Sultan Qaboos
Grand Mosque, Royal Opera House Muscat, and the old waterfront Mutrah bazaar.
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For information: http://squconference2016.com