GURT 2020: Georgetown Round Table of Languages and Linguistics 2020 Georgetown University Intercultural Center Washington, DC, United States, March 13-15, 2020 |
Conference website | https://gurt.georgetown.edu/ |
Abstract registration deadline | August 23, 2019 |
Submission deadline | October 15, 2019 |
GURT 2020
Multilingualism: Global South and Global North Perspectives
Organizers:
Anna De Fina & Lourdes Ortega
Initiative for Multilingual Studies, Georgetown University
Co-organizers:
Elizabeth Lanza & Unn Røyneland
MultiLing Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan, University of Oslo
At GURT 2020, we welcome proposals about multilingualism and multilinguals across varied geopolitical contexts and spanning the widest possible range of methodologies, epistemologies, and fields. The presentations may be empirical or conceptual. We are keen to offer a rich program that explores phenomena at different nested levels – societies, schools and classrooms, communities and families, minds and brains – and that probes how the dynamics of multilingualism can vary across diverse Global South and Global North contexts.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following proposals are welcome: individual presentations, posters, workshops, and roundtable discussions.
Submissions can be made here https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gurt2020.
1. Individual Papers
A 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute discussion.
Please submit a 300-word abstract and a 50-word summary for the conference booklet. The title length should be a maximum of 10 words.
Please make sure your submission is properly blinded.
Please provide three keywords that describe your presentation.
2. Poster Presentations
Displayed for a 2-hour block of time.
Please submit a 300-word abstract and a 50-word summary for the conference booklet. The title length should be a maximum of 10 words.
Please make sure your submission is properly blinded.
Please provide three keywords that describe your poster presentation.
3. Colloquia
A 2-hour block of time.
The colloquium organizer should upload a proposal in a single MS Word (.doc, .docx) file. Please include the following:
A 300-word abstract and a 150-word summary for the conference booklet. The colloquium title length should be a maximum of 10 words. Please also state in your colloquium abstract the structure for the colloquium, with time allocated for opening and closing remarks, presentations, discussion, and audience response.
For each colloquium participant, a 300-word abstract and a 50-word summary for the conference booklet. The title length for each paper in a colloquium should be a maximum of 10 words.
Please make sure your submission is properly blinded.
Please provide three keywords that describe your colloquia.
4. Roundtable Discussions
Roundtable discussions will be allocated 60 minutes: 10-15 minutes for several presenters to speak on their topic, and 20 minutes for active discussion with and/or by the audience.
Roundtable discussions present an opportunity for informal, in-depth discussions around a central topic in multilingualism research between presenters and attendees. They are not meant to be formal paper presentations. The purpose is not to present on a finished project but rather to stimulate conversations and networking opportunities among participants on shared research interests. Roundtable discussions are also appropriate fora for sharing professional activities that can benefit GURT 2020 participants, such as activities that support multilingualism research by a research center, a master’s and/or doctoral program, a for-non-profit organization, a professional association, a publisher, or a funding body. Presenters are encouraged to prepare clearly visible laptop PowerPoint slides for key information needed to support the discussion.
Please do NOT blind your roundtable discussion proposal. Please provide three keywords that describe your roundtable discussions.
Invited Speakers
- Cristina Sanz, Georgetown University, USA
- Ana Deumert, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Pia Lane, University of Oslo, Norway
- Emanuel Bylund, Stockholm University & Stellenbosch University, Sweden/South Africa
- Sinfree Makoni, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Ofelia García, CUNY Graduate Center, USA
Invited Colloquia
- Natalie Schilling, Georgetown University, on Multilingualism and the law: Comprehending rights and communicating testimony across languages
- Tommaso Milani, Gothenburg University, on Queering Multilingualism
- Alexandra Georgakopoulou, King’s College London, on Multilanguaging in the ‘global village’: Dis/connections & dis/parities
- Annick De Houwer, Erfurt University, & Simona Montanari, CAL State LA, on Finding Universal Patterns in Family Language Policies and Their Effects on Children: Evidence from Different World Regions and Different Disciplines
- Gilles Baro, University of The Witwatersrand, & Christine Anthonissen, Stellenbosch University, Developing Multilingualism in Urban contexts: Northern aspirations in the Global South
Important Dates
Deadline for proposal submissions: October 15, 2019, 11:59 pm Pacific Time.
Notifications of acceptance: November 10, 2019.
With the acceptance, GURT 2020 will furnish an official letter to all accepted international presenters for the purpose of processing a Visa if needed to enter the USA.
Publication
An edited collection based on papers from GURT 2020 will be published by Georgetown University Press. The conference organizers will share details at the conference.
Venue
The conference will be held at Georgetown University, Washington, DC on March 13-15, 2020
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to gurt@georgetown.edu
Sponsors
- Initiative for Multilingual Studies, Georgetown University
- Dean of Georgetown College, Georgetown University
- Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University
- Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, Georgetown University
- MA in Language and Communication, Georgetown University
- Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan, University of Oslo
- Research Council of Norway, INTPART Program
- HaBilNet, The Harmonious Bilingualism Network