The Call for Papers is closed!

Thank you all for your submissions!
The notifications of acceptance have been sent to the presenters by email on February 1st, 2010.
Please email Riikka.Mikkola(at)oulu.fi if you have not received an email from the organizers.

 

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Call for Papers

The Nordic Association for English Studies (NAES) and
The Finnish Society for the Study of English (FINSSE)
invite you to the joint conference

NAES-FINSSE 2010
English in the North

9–13 June, 2010 at the University of Oulu, Finland

The forthcoming event is the 11th Nordic Conference for English Studies and the 5th Conference of the Finnish Society for the Study of English.

Invited speakers:

• Séamus Heaney, Nobel Laureate in Literature 1995, Ireland
• Prof. Peter Davidson, Aberdeen University, UK
• Prof, William A. Kretzschmar, Jr., University of Georgia, USA
• Prof. Gerard J. Steen, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Submissions are invited on linguistic, literary or cultural topics in any area of English Studies (papers focusing on English in the North are particularly welcome).

Proposals may be presented for three types of submissions:

1. Individual papers. Abstracts should be of 500–1000 words. The duration of the paper is 20 minutes.
2. Three-paper sessions on a chosen topic. The session organizer should submit a 250-word statement describing the session topic, include abstracts of 500-1000 words for each paper, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in the session.
3. Poster presentations. Abstracts should be of 500–1000 words. This form of presentation is especially suitable for work in progress to be discussed with delegates.

All submissions will be peer reviewed.

The submissions should be in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .rtf files) and e-mailed to:
naes-finsse2010(at)oulu.fi

Important dates:
The deadline for submitting paper, session and poster proposals has been extended to November 15th, 2009.
Presenters will be notified of acceptance by February 1st, 2010.

For further information, please contact Conference Secretary Riikka Mikkola (riikka.mikkola(at)oulu.fi).

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