I am hoping to organize a panel at the Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2019 on grammars that are based on models that are or might seem unusual, at least from our modern vantage point. An example might be John Palsgrave’s…
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CfP: Panel on Political Conceptualization of Linguistic Thought, HSS 2019
We are hoping to organize a panel of papers on the political conceptualization of linguistic thought at the 2019 colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society and would like to hear from other researchers interested in presenting a paper, with 20…
CfP: HoLLT panels HSS Colloquium in Edinburgh, 4-7 September 2019
Here are two separate calls for expressions of interest in presenting a paper in a HoLLT-themed panel at the Annual Colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas, University of Edinburgh, 4–7 September 2019. Please contact…
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Call for Papers: Henry Sweet Society Colloquium 2019
The next annual colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will be held at the University of Edinburgh, 4–7 September 2019.
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CfP: The politics of classifying linguistic varieties
13-14 July 2019 Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand With growing scholarly interest in the process of categorization, it is timely to situate linguistic categorization within the broader history of ideas. This conference invites case studies in the politics of linguistic…
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SHLP6 – Program live
The 6th biennial meeting of the Society for the History of Linguistics in the Pacific will be held 12-14 December 2018 at the University of Adelaide in South Australia, in conjunction with the 2018 conference of the Australian Linguistics Society.…
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Program September–December 2018
[Program updated 21 November 2018] 5 September Typology – a new task of linguisticsGeorg von der Gabelentz & James McElvennyUniversity of Edinburgh 3 October Workshop report: In the shadow of the standardOlivia WalshUniversity of Nottingham 17 October Triangulating the history…
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Postdoc: MEITS, University of Cambridge
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 12 months in the first instance. A full-time Research Associate position is available at the University of Cambridge in conjunction with the research project ‘Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS)’, funded…
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MEITS Flexible Funding Call
MEITS is delighted to announce the launch of the second of two calls for funding to encourage other researchers and partners to work in partnership with the project.
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CfP: The direct method in language teaching
Joint conference of PHELLE, CIRSIL, Henry Sweet Society and SIHFLES. Granada (Spain), 16–17 May 2019 Deadline for submission of proposals: 15 January 2019 Notification of accepted proposals: 15 February 2019 What exactly is the ‘Direct Method’? In France, the chief…
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