CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of English at Tallinn Pedagogical University
announces
An International Conference Multicultural Perspectives on English
Language and Literature
to be held on May 22-23, 2003
at Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estonia
The conference is held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
foundation of the Department of English, and its aim is to bring
together researchers of different philological disciplines (English
language teaching methods, linguistics, literatures in English, and
cultural studies). The conference will take the form of plenaries,
talks, and discussions. Plenary sessions will be conducted by
distinguished scholars and practitioners from Great Britain and the
United States (Prof. Richard Nordquist from Armstrong State Atlantic
University, Savannah, GA, USA; Prof. Tony Thorne from King's College,
University of London, UK; and Mr Hamish Norbrook from the BBC).
Presentations from participants which adopt an interdisciplinary
perspective are particularly welcome.
The official working language of the conference will be English. The
length of plenary speeches is 45 minutes plus 15 minutes for discussion.
Presentation time is limited to 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for
discussion.
The deadline for registration and abstracts for presentations is
February 1, 2003. Abstracts summarising the presentations should not
exceed a maximum of 250 words. Selected papers will be published in the
Conference Proceedings.
The conference fee is EUR 20 or EEK 300, payable upon arrival.
Registration forms and abstracts should be submitted to the Department
Secretary via the following e-mail address: palmi who-is-at tpu.ee.
For all questions please contact the conference organisers:
Prof. Suliko Liiv, Chair of the Conference Committee, liiv@tpu.ee,
Paul Rüsse, Vice-Chair of the Conference Committee, paul@tpu.ee,
or send a fax addressed to the Department of English at (+372) 6 409
116.
Participants are expected to arrange their own accommodation. To assist
you, information in English is accessible on the Internet. The
organisers recommend the following sites:
www.tourism.tallinn.ee/?page=54,
www.revalhotels.com,
www.scandic-hotels.ee.
We look forward to welcoming you to Tallinn.
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