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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM </font></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO THE CONCEPT OF FOOD IN THE MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES </font></font></b></p>
<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font size="3"><b><font face="Times New Roman">7</font></b><b> <sup><span>th</span></sup><font face="Times New Roman"> – 8</font></b><b><sup><span> th</span>
</sup><font face="Times New Roman"> MAY 2008</font></b></font></div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Venue:</font></span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Cognitive Sciences</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Linguistics</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Anthropology</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Education</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Translation Studies</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">History</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Literature</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Jewish Studies</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Sephardic Culture</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">British Culture</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">American Culture</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Cypriot Culture</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Turkish Culture</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Communication Studies</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Various cultures live in the Mediterranean.<span> </span>Various civilizations have lived in Turkey and Cyprus. <span> </span>Also, the immigrants brought their own food to Turkey and Cyprus.
<span> </span>Sephardim came to the Ottoman Empire after their expulsion from Spain in 1492. <span> </span>Additionally, Ashkenazim settled in Turkey.<span> </span>Cyprus have had Turkish, Greek, Jewish, Armenian, Italian, and British inhabitants for centuries.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">In this symposium, we wish to focus on the food culture of various cultural groups that live in Turkey, Cyprus, and in other Mediterranean countries, and investigate the relationship between the food culture and cognition in different fields, such as Linguistics, Anthropology, Education, Translation Studies, History, Literature, and Jewish Studies.
<span> </span>We expect to receive the 150 – 250 word abstracts of your presentations and 5 (five) keywords for your presentations until March/01/2008.<span> </span>20 (twenty) minutes will be given for each presentation, and 10 (ten) minutes will be left for questions.
<span> </span>Papers of the accepted abstracts should be written in the APA style.<span> </span>Papers should be submitted at the end of the symposium.<span> </span></font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span>SYMPOSIUM WEBSITE: <a href="http://www.gau.edu.tr/Eng/PageContents.aspx?ContentID=68&MenuParentID=82" target="_blank">http://www.gau.edu.tr/Eng/PageContents.aspx?ContentID=68&MenuParentID=82
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Abstract Submission: Senior Lecturer Derya Agis<span> </span></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span>E-mail: </font><a href="mailto:deryaagis@gau.edu.tr" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman">deryaagis@gau.edu.tr
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Department of Translation and Interpreting Phone: +90 392 650 20 00 / 1101</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Girne American University,</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Karmi Campus, Karaoglanoglu, Girne, K.K.T.C. Mersin 10,</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Turkey</font></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Important Dates: </font></span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Abstract Submission Deadline:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> March 01, 2008 </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Notification of Abstract Acceptance:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> March 15, 2008</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Paper Submission:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> May 8, 2008</span> </font></p></div>