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<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"><STRONG>Graduate Student
Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies, </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"><STRONG>Nov 17-18 in Boston
(Proposal deadline: Friday, September 15, 2006)</STRONG><BR><BR>The American
Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is pleased to announce the
second of our annual "Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic
Studies". This conference was established to mark the 20th anniversary of
the founding of AATT. The second Pre-Conference is co-sponsored again by the
Institute for Turkish Studies, the Turkish Cultural Foundation, and Boston
University.<BR><BR>The second annual Pre-Conference will be hosted on Friday
evening, November 17 and Saturday, November 18 by Boston University. This year
it will again will be held in conjunction with the 2006 meeting of the Middle
East Studies Association to be held November 18-21, 2006 in Boston, MA. (Future
meetings may also be coordinated with the annual meeting of the Central Eurasian
Studies Society.)<BR><BR>The Pre-Conference is designed to encourage research
making significant use of sources in Turkish and Turkic languages by graduate
students in<BR>Turkish and Turkic Studies in North America. It will promote
contact between students at various institutions and allow for feedback from
faculty discussants participating in the pre-conference. Another goal is
to help students progress towards more formal presentations at national
conferences such as those of MESA, CESS, and organizations devoted to specific
disciplines.<BR><BR>AATT will award a limited number of travel awards to help
subvent the cost of student participation. Students are also encouraged to seek
funding from their home institutions.<BR><BR>Students should submit a 250 word
proposal for a paper together with the following information:<BR><BR>1.
Name<BR>2. Current institutional affiliation (department/university)<BR>3.
Adviser's name<BR>4. Educational background (undergraduate and graduate degree
programs)<BR>5. Current status (taking courses, preparing for exams, researching
dissertation, writing dissertation, defended/deposited dissertation)<BR>6. Title
of dissertation (if applicable)<BR>7. Contact information (email, telephone
number, preferred mailing address)<BR><BR>The deadline for submission of
proposals is Friday, September 15, 2006.<BR><BR>Proposals should be submitted by
email to:<BR><BR>Professor Uli Schamiloglu<BR>Department of Languages and
Cultures of Asia<BR>University of Wisconsin-Madison<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:uschamil@wisc.edu"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">uschamil@wisc.edu</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">
OR<BR>Professor Erika H. Gilson<BR>Department of Near Eastern
Studies<BR>Princeton University<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:ehgilson@princeton.edu"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">ehgilson@princeton.edu</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">Applicants will be informed of the selection
committee's decision by October 1, 2006.<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>