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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>CONFERENCE</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>SECOND CIRCULAR</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The American Association of Teachers of Turkic
Languages (AATT) is pleased to announce the fourth annual "Graduate Student
Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies". This Pre-Conference was
established to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of AATT. The fourth
Pre-Conference is co-sponsored by the Institute for Turkish Studies and the
Turkish Cultural Foundation.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The fourth annual Pre-Conference will be co-hosted
on Friday evening, November 21 and Saturday, November 22, by Georgetown
University and the Institute of Turkish Studies. This year it will again be held
in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association to
be held November 22-25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Pre-Conference participants are
strongly encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to attend the MESA
conference. (Some meetings of the Pre-Conference are coordinated with the annual
meeting of the Central Eurasian Studies Society.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Pre-Conference is designed to encourage
research making significant use of sources in Turkish and Turkic languages by
graduate students in 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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Students should submit a 250 word proposal for a
paper together with the following information:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>1. Name<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>2.
Current institutional affiliation (department/university)<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>3. Adviser's name<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>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<SPAN class=620590005-30082008>
</SPAN>address)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The deadline for submission of proposals is
Friday, September 12, 2008.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Proposals should be submitted by email
to:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Professor Uli Schamiloglu<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Department of Languages and Cultures of
Asia<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>University of
Wisconsin-Madison<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4><A
href="mailto:uschamil@wisc.edu">uschamil@wisc.edu</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>OR</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Professor Erika H. Gilson<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Department of Near Eastern Studies<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Princeton University<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4><A
href="mailto:ehgilson@princeton.edu">ehgilson@princeton.edu</A><BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Applicants will be informed of the selection
committee's decision by October 6, 2008.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Uli Schamiloglu<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>Professor of Turkic & Central Eurasian Studies<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Department of Languages and Cultures of
Asia<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Email: <A
href="mailto:uschamil@wisc.edu">uschamil@wisc.edu</A></FONT></P>
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