[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies, Nov 17-18 in Boston

[Onur İnal]

Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies, 
Nov 17-18 in Boston (Proposal deadline: Friday, September 15, 2006)

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.

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.)

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.

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.

Students should submit a 250 word proposal for a paper together with the following information:

1. Name
2. Current institutional affiliation (department/university)
3. Adviser's name
4. Educational background (undergraduate and graduate degree programs)
5. Current status (taking courses, preparing for exams, researching dissertation, writing dissertation, defended/deposited dissertation)
6. Title of dissertation (if applicable)
7. Contact information (email, telephone number, preferred mailing address)

The deadline for submission of proposals is Friday, September 15, 2006.

Proposals should be submitted by email to:

Professor Uli Schamiloglu
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
University of Wisconsin-Madison
uschamil at wisc.edu
         OR
Professor Erika H. Gilson
Department of Near Eastern Studies
Princeton University
ehgilson at princeton.edu

Applicants will be informed of the selection committee's decision by October 1, 2006.
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