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 December 11 - 17, 2017


SALSA

SALSA XXVI:
Language in Society: Culture, Space, and Identity
April 20-21, 2018
The University of Texas at Austin

Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Jacqueline Urla (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Dr. Richard Bourhis
(Université du Québec à Montréal)
Dr. James Slotta (University of Texas at Austin)
Dr. Bob Bednar (Southwestern University)

The Symposium About Language and Society, Austin (SALSA) is an annual symposium promoting the study of language and its intersection with society. Originally created through  the joint efforts of students from the Linguistics, Anthropology, and Communication Studies Departments at The University of Texas, SALSA has developed into an interdisciplinary conference with contributions from various fields, including foreign language   education, educational psychology, media studies, and language departments, including French & Italian, Spanish & Portuguese, German, and English. Our conference annual proceedings appear in special editions of Texas Linguistic Forum.

This year's conference theme is 
 Language in Society: Culture, Space, and Identity.
Language is a distinctly human characteristic, central to all human social organization. It is the medium through which humans shape their identities,  relate to one another, and construct social realities.

The conference will focus on the ways speakers from diverse sociohistorical and cultural backgrounds use language to   negotiate their identities in particular spaces. We welcome both diachronic and synchronic perspectives for the study of language in society.

For more information, see
https://linguistics.github.io/salsa/index.html

Questions can be sent to
salsa.austin.tx@gmail.com

UC
The European Union Center of California at Scripps College
is pleased to announce that we are now accepting online applications for the 
16
th Annual Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference
on the European Union, 
which will take place on April 5 & 6, 2018 on Scripps Campus in Claremont, CA.
 
Students may pursue a wide range of topics that reflect their interest, expertise, and past research. Topics may deal with any aspect of European integration or transatlantic relations. Papers can be about the EU, a particular country within the EU, or the EU's relationship with outside countries.
 
Students will present and discuss their research in a panel format followed by questions and a discussion moderated by a faculty member. The conference will include a keynote address. At the conclusion of the conference, faculty participants will nominate and select the "best papers" of the conference. Selected papers will be published in a special volume of conference proceedings. Previous publications can be viewed via the digital version, http://scholarship.claremont.edu/urceu/. In addition to publication in the Conference Journal, the EU Center of California and some of its partner institutions will be offering awards for the top two papers with summer study tours to Europe.
 
The Center will cover hotel room for 2 nights and conference meals for accepted participants. Participants are responsible for arranging and paying for their own travel.
 
Applications are due February 16. Additional information is available at: http://eucenter.scrippscollege.edu.
You may contact us at  (909) 607-8103 or eucenter@scrippscollege.edu.


Center for European Studies  | The University of Texas at Austin
(512) 232-3470 | ces@austin.utexas.edu
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/european_studies/