[Bilimsel Haber] First Circular: 5th Annual Graduate Student Pre-Conference (Boston, November 21-24, 2009)

[Onur Inal]

CONFERENCE FIRST CIRCULAR
 
The American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATT) is pleased
to  announce the fifth 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 fifth Pre-Conference is
co-sponsored  by the Institute for Turkish Studies, the Turkish Cultural
Foundation, and  the Boston University Humanities Foundation.
 
The fifth annual Pre-Conference will take place on Friday evening, November
20 and Saturday, November 21 at Boston University. This year it will again
be  held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies
Association, taking place in Boston November 21-24, 2009. 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.)
 
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 enrolled at institutions 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, 2009.
 
Graduate students already presenting a paper at the larger meeting (MESA or
CESS) are not eligible to participate concurrently in the Graduate Student
Pre-Conference in Turkish and Turkic Studies. Unfortunately AATT cannot
consider requests for travel support for graduate students enrolled at
institutions outside North America.
 
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 Friday,
September 25, 2009.