CFP: THE CONFERENCE ON ASIAN LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY 2021

The Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology (CALA) 2021

Department of Linguistics, 

University of The Philippines Diliman

 

Hosts:

• University of London, SOAS and University of The Philippines Diliman

 

General information:

The CALA 2021 (SCOPUS / ISI indexed) is the annual conference and workshops and lectures on the Linguistic Anthropology, The Sociolinguistics, and the Language and Society, of Asia.

• Theme:

• Symbol and New Society: The CALA 2021 invites work on the linguistic symbols of Asian and global Asian society, in a new era. Submissions should acknowledge and describe the transfer of language and communication in this new era. Papers should focus on the ways in which communication has increasingly taken on both evolutionary and revolutionary form, following recent large-scale changes in Asian society, and in Asia’s new or revised interrelatedness with global scapes.

• Location: Department of Linguistics, University of The Philippines Diliman, Diliman, The Philippines

• Dates: September 1-4, 2021

University collaborators (of over 150):

• SOAS (University of London)

• University College London

• Ohio State University

• University of Hawai’i

• Stockholm University

• University of Kansas

• California State University

• Aichi University

• Temple University

• National Chengchi University

• Beijing Normal University

• University of Illinois

• Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• Florida International University

• Hofstra University

• University of Indonesia

• Nanyang University of Hong Kong

• Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

• Adelaide University

• National Taiwan University

Publisher collaborators:

• Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, Sage, Wiley, John Benjamins, Cambridge University, Oxford University

Sessions:

• General Papers (25-minute presentations)
• Colloquia (including 10 national Philippine Universities presenting individual Colloquia) (90-minute group sessions)
• Posters (at designated times throughout the CALA 2021)
• Workshops / lectures on research and publishing methodology, and on ethnography, by globally prominent academics (including ELAR SOAS) and publishing companies
• Special Panels
• Keynotes: Jack Sidnell (University of Toronto) and other globally prominent scholars in Linguistic Anthropology and Language and Society

Displays:

• Publishing companies (Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, Sage, John Benjamins, Wiley)

• Universities (20 displays)

• The Endangered Alphabets Atlas

• Local and International Ethnographical Associations

• The Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR), University of London

Performances:

• Anthropological and Cultural Performances from Philippine performance companies and traditional groups

Anthropological excursions:

• Anthropological one-day options to sites significant for Philippine language and society

Abstract submissions:

• The CALA 2021 abstract submission /call for abstracts opens on May 15, 2020 and closes on November 23, 2020. Submit at the following link (click here), with all information. 

Scientific committee:

For full Scientific Committee, see the following link (click here)

Publications:

• Conference proceedings (ISI / AHCI indexed)

• Several special Top Tier (Scopus/ISI /ACHI /SSCI) journal issues and monographs are planned with well-ranked publications and publishers only, from papers submitted to the CALA 2021 that meet review requirements. Ample assistance is provided to revise papers.

Contact:

Ms. Nhan Huynh (Head of Communications)

Email: cala2021.upd@up.edu.ph

Links:

• Website
  

• Submission link
  

• Academia
  

• LinkedIn
  

• Facebook
  

• Download the GLOCAL / CALA App