[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Graduate Student Pre-Conference in Turkic and Turkish Studies

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: Erika Gilson <ehgilson at Princeton.EDU>

SECOND CIRCULAR

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 by
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 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 18, 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.