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Sixth
Annual Conversation Analysis Advanced Study
Institute, or CA ASI 2006. The
International Forum ⌠On
Required Features of Civilization of the Future is held during
2007. It
is devoted to Academician Nikita N. Moisejev: http://www.mnepu.ru/go.php?n=443
. Since 2007 is the Year of Russian language its aim is to analyze
& discuss the Maintenance of Humans in Physical &
Technological Environments with a Focus on Russian history, culture
& language as both the heritage and offering to the Future World
Civilization. Russian
RC ⌠Language & Society: Sociolinguistics╩ of RSS
takes part in the Final Conference of the Forum (November of 2007)
in Moscow. Two events are on the Program: 1. The Concepts of Informational Society. 2. The Role of Social and Natural Sciences in a Modern Society. 3. Social Sciences about Strategies of Social and Economic Development in Russia. 4. Scientific Communication, Expert Knowledge and Mass Media Communication. 5. Technocratic Utopia √ from Mythology to Prognosis. 6. Models of Social Structure and Typology of Social Relations and Attitudes in Informational Society. Please mail your Abstract (100-150 words) & five key words (See: the Form below) to: coop@inion.ru with a copy to harnisch@isras.ru till April 23. The Round Table: Languages and Society: Coping with Shifts in Technologies. The Chair: Svetlana I.Harnisch/Treskova IS RAN. The following items are suggested for discussions: 1. The ideas of Nikita N. Moisejev on Globalization, Stabile Development etc. 2. Concepts & Theories of Natural Sciences in Social Sciences, e.g., Codeswitching. 3. Mathematical Methods of Modeling used by Sociology & Social Sciences. 4. Issues Related to the Themes of Languages & Society: Past, Present, Future. Please mail your Abstract (100-150 words) & five key words (See: the Form below) to: harnisch@isras.ru with a copy to coop@inion.ru till April 23.
Western
States Communication Association (WSCA)
2008
Annual Convention, Denver/Boulder, Colorado
February
15-19, 2008
The
Language and Social Interaction (LSI) interest group of WSCA
invites papers and proposals for panels for the upcoming 2008
annual conference. As an interest group, LSI invites a broad range
of studies of language, discourse, and interaction, in a range of
contexts. Appropriate contexts include, but should not be limited
to: face-to-face interaction, telephone conversations, group
discussions, media discourse, public deliberation, and
computer-mediated interaction.
Submissions
are due: September 1, 2007
Submissions
should be submitted electronically to: jgood@ucla.edu
Individual
competitive papers, panels, and workshops are all invited.
The
theme of this year’s conference is: “Engaging Through Service.”
The theme of this year’s convention is designed to focus our
attention on the ways we serve others and to facilitate our
developing new ways to help make the world a better place. As an
organization, LSI supports this notion and encourages individual,
panel, and workshop submissions that address this theme.
Submitted
papers should include:
(a) A detachable title page with the title of the paper, names of all authors and their addresses, phones numbers, email addresses, and affiliations. This information should be included for each author and should be double-checked for accuracy. (b) Indication if the paper is a Student Paper or a Student Debut Paper. (c) A list of equipment needed for presentation. (d) A 250-500 word abstract of the paper (with title appearing on this page.) (e) A maximum of 25 pages of text (not including references.) (f) No information in the paper that identifies the author(s) (beyond which appears on the title page.) (g) Submitted via email to jgood@ucla.edu
((Note:
Equipment availability is extremely limited. Please make your AV
requests part of the coversheet.))
Submitted
panels should include:
(a) Thematic title of the panel (b) Names, addresses, phones, e-mail addresses, and affiliations of all participants (c) Title and brief description of each presentation (d) Equipment needed for panel (e) Submitted via email to jgood@ucla.edu
((Note:
Equipment availability is extremely limited. Please make your AV
requests part of the coversheet.))
For
further information, please see the WSCA general call at: http://www.westcomm.org/conventions/WSCA-2008-Denver/call2008.pdf
If
you have any questions or comments, please contact me and I will
be happy to try and answer any questions you may have.
Jeffrey
Good
University
of California, Los Angeles
Language
and Social Interaction Interest Group Chair, 2008
jgood@ucla.edu
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