The Centre for Intercultural Language Studies is having its 10th annual language symposium on Friday, May 9, 2014. They are now accepting submissions for 20 minute presentations related to their theme for this year: “Intercultural Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward.”
“Reports on small/large-scale research projects, research proposals, preliminary results of ongoing work, or teaching workshops on intercultural topics are all welcome. While the working language of the Symposium is English, we encourage proposals that are written in French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. Summaries of presentations and selected peer reviewed full papers will be published in the online 2014 CILS Symposium proceedings after the symposium.
“Your submission should include:
“· Your name(s)
· Your affiliation(s) (e.g. UBC, Department of Asian Studies)
· Format of presentation (paper or workshop)
· A title (max. 10 words)
· Abstract of your proposed presentation (max. 250 words)
· Short description (max. 100 words) for inclusion in the program
· Keywords (up to five)
· A/V needs (all presenters will be asked to supply their own laptops). All rooms are equipped with digital projectors.
“Proposals will be reviewed as they are received and authors notified as soon as possible.”
All submissions are due by February 28th. Please submit them to cils.ubc@ubc.ca