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SECOL 89 March 31-April 2

We are excited as SECOL 89 starts in a few short weeks! Acceptances have been emailed, and the schedule of talks is being assembled now, https://www.lsu.edu/hss/linguistics/secol89/index.php. Please remember, all presenters must be members of SECOL. You can join at the membership link http://secol.org/membership-account/membership-levels/.

In lieu of a conference registration, conference organizers are kindly requesting an optional donation to SECOL, and that donation link is here.

We look forward to seeing you virtually soon!

University of Alabama Languages Conference, Feb. 25-26 (via ZOOM)

The organizing committee of the twelfth annual University of Alabama Languages Conference is pleased to welcome all abstract submissions for this year’s conference “A Reunion of Languages” to be held virtually on February 25-26, 2022. We invite you to submit proposals for 20-minute individual presentations as well as organized panels with three or four participants. Suggestions for panels must include individual presenter’s abstract along with a brief description of the panel theme (up to 300 words). Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words to: ualanguagesconference@gmail.com by January 10th.

We invite abstracts about all languages and all areas of Literature and Linguistics, including, but not limited to:

  • Classical Literature
  • Renaissance Literature
  • Medieval Literature and Culture
  • Early Modern Literature and Culture
  • 18th and 19th Century Literature and Culture
  • 20th and 21st Century Literature and Culture
  • Feminism and Women Writers
  • Queer and Gender Studies
  • Transatlantic and Intercultural Studies
  • Storytelling, Mythology, and Memory
  • Film and Visual arts
  • Anthropological Linguistics
  • Bilingualism and Code-switching
  • Historical and Comparative Linguistics
  • L1, L2, L3 Acquisition and Pedagogy
  • Languages in Contact
  • Non-verbal Communication, Sign Language
  • Phonetics, Phonology, and Dialectology
  • Pragmatics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Study Abroad
  • Syntax
  • TESOL

Assistant Professor of French Linguistics at UA

Assistant Professor of French Linguistics – University of Alabama

The Department of Modern Languages and Classics at the University of Alabama invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor of French Linguistics beginning August 16, 2022. The successful applicant will have an active and rigorous research agenda focusing on one or more of the following areas: sociolinguistics and variation in French, language and identity, theoretical linguistics; and demonstrated experience teaching linguistics courses in French at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate will maintain a productive research agenda, teach undergraduate and graduate linguistics courses as well as other French courses in the undergraduate curriculum, direct M.A. theses and doctoral dissertations, and provide service to the French program and the Modern Languages and Classics department, as appropriate. Native or near-native command of French and English is required. Candidate must have a Ph.D. in hand by August 16, 2022.

The Modern Languages and Classics department offers a vibrant graduate program with national and international scholars and students. The University of Alabama is home to students from 77+ countries. Our 150+ graduate programs offer both research-based and professionally focused opportunities at the master’s and doctoral level. Our 4+ square kilometer campus is not only beautiful but has facilities that are second to none-laboratories, collaborative study space, and high-tech classrooms and workspaces.

Applicants should apply online by submitting a letter of application, and curriculum vitae. Candidates should have three letters of recommendation sent directly via email to French Search Committee Chair at acsmith41@ua.edu or by mail to French Search Committee Chair, Box 870246 The University of Alabama, Modern Languages and Classics Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. At least one of the letters should address the applicant’s teaching experience. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2021, and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received after November 15, 2021 are not guaranteed full consideration. Apply at: https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/49285

SECOL 2022 (March 31 – April 2) is coming virtually everywhere!

Call for Papers

Theme: Diversity and Inclusion in Linguistics

The 89th SECOL meeting is hosted virtually by Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge). Research papers on any topic in linguistics are welcome. We accept abstract for presentations in English, Spanish, or French. Panels in any language for which there are at least three panelists will be considered.

Electronic submissions open on October 21, 2021, managed through Easy Abstracts, at http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/SECOL89. All submissions must be received by January 21, 2022 (11:59 pm, EST).

Following SECOL traditions, we invite the following submissions:

  • Abstracts of research papers for 20-minute presentations, up to 300 words, excluding title, tables, references.
  • Proposals for 90-min panels, with a main panel abstract up to 500 words along with 300-word individual paper abstracts.

Authors may submit up to two abstracts, one individual and one joint. Abstracts will undergo double-blind review, so author names should not appear anywhere on abstracts.

Questions may be addressed to the local hosts at secol2022@gmail.com.

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SECOL 2021 May 13-15 (Virtual)

SECOL LXXXVIII will be held virtually from May 13-15. Paul Mandell and his team at the University of Houston Downtown have the conference website up and running for the virtual SECOL meeting. You can access it here.

To present, you will need to be a current member of SECOL. However, anyone can attend the sessions, as UHD has fully sponsored the conference. There is no required registration or registration fee.

To become a member, or to renew your membership, go to the Memberships page. If you want, you can help SECOL and UHD defray costs by paying an Additional Virtual SECOL 2021 fee (this is optional!).

More information about attending can be found at the conference website.

We look forward to seeing everyone virtually from May 13-15!