[PLing] WG: SLE - Summerschool 2017 - Call for applications (2)

[Wodak, Ruth]

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Von: Bakker, Dik [mailto:D.Bakker at uva.nl]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 02. November 2016 12:51
Betreff: SLE - Summerschool 2017 - Call for applications (2)

SOCIETAS LINGUISTICA EUROPAEA

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

SLE summer school
September 7-9 2017
Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland


THE 2017 SLE SUMMER SCHOOL:

The Societas Linguistica Europaea invites applications from current PhD students
for participation in the 2017 SLE summer school, which will take place in
September 2017 at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The summer school
will offer a range of short theoretical and methodological courses that will introduce
the participants to linguistic topics of high current relevance. The courses will be
complemented by three keynote lectures.

Application is open to all SLE members (to become a member of SLE, please follow
this link: http://www.societaslinguistica.eu/membership/members.htm ).

The summer school is competitive, with a total of 30 places. Tuition, accommodation
and lunches will be provided free of charge for successful applicants, but we ask
delegates to pay for their own travel to and from Neuchâtel. The deadline for applications
is January 1, 2017. The application email is <SLEsummer2017 at gmail.com<mailto:SLEsummer2017 at gmail.com>>.


COURSES:

Damián Blasi (Zurich) – Data science applied to language: a bag of methods to wrangle with
                                        linguistic data

Francesco Gardani (Zurich) – Advances in contact linguistics

Natalia Levshina (Leipzig) – Semantics in space: semantic maps, MDS, correspondence analysis
                                               and graph-theoretical approaches

Florent Perek (Birmingham) – Experimental methods and behavioral data

Karsten Schmidtke-Bode (Leipzig) – Usage-based linguistics and language typology

Elena Smirnova (Neuchâtel) – Diachronic construction grammar: Tenets, recent developments
                                                 and open questions


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Susanne Michaelis (Leipzig)

Marianne Mithun (Santa Barbara)

Johan Van der Auwera (Antwerp)



THE APPLICATION PROCESS:

All applications have to be sent in electronic form to <SLEsummer2017 at gmail.com<mailto:SLEsummer2017 at gmail.com>>.
Applications have to contain the following items, combined in a single PDF document:

1. A cover page with the applicant’s name, address, university affiliation, and employment
status (PhD student, scholarship holder, instructor, etc.).

2. A brief letter of motivation that explains why the applicant wishes to participate
   (max. 600 words).

3. A brief curriculum vitae (max. 2 pages, including information on 1: research interests and
dissertation topic, 2: publications, 3: talks, and 4: awards / scholarships)

4. A list that ranks the six courses in terms of the applicant’s preferences, from 1 (This is my
favorite course) to 6 (I will take this course if there is no other option). The schedule will allow
the attendance of two courses. We will try to accommodate the applicants’ wishes as best we can.

5. Proof of current SLE membership
(available at http://www.societaslinguistica.eu/members/login.php, screenshots are fine)

All applications have to be sent to <SLEsummer2017 at gmail.com<mailto:SLEsummer2017 at gmail.com>> by the deadline of
January 1, 2017. All incoming applications will be acknowledged.


APPLICATION ASSESSMENT:

The applications will be ranked primarily on the basis of academic merit. In keeping with
the goals of the Socieats Linguistica Europaea, we particularly encourage applications from
weak-currency countries. The organizing committee will strive for a balance of different
countries, different genders, and a broad range of linguistic interests in the pool of accepted
applicants. Notification of the outcome will be given by February 1, 2017.

We wish all applicants success and the best of luck!


THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Martin Hilpert (Neuchâtel)
Francesca Masini (Bologna)
Andrej Malchukov (Mainz)
Michela Cennamo (Naples)
Jeanette Sakel (Bristol)


WEBPAGE:

http://members.unine.ch/martin.hilpert/SLEsummer.html


COORDINATION WITH SLE-50 IN ZURICH

The summer school will end on the afternoon of September 9, so that participants who plan to
attend the SLE conference in Zurich (Sep 10-13) can seamlessly combine the two events: Zurich
is a 90-minute train ride away from Neuchâtel.

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dr. Dik Bakker
Dept. of General Linguistics
Universities of Amsterdam & Lancaster
tel (+31) 35 544 75 78

www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/b/a/d.bakker/d.bakker.html<http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/b/a/d.bakker/d.bakker.html>

Societas Linguistica Europaea
Secretary/Treasurer
http://www.societaslinguistica.eu/
http://www.linguisticsociety.eu/<http://www.societaslinguistica.eu/>
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