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Proposals are invited for individual papers and roundtable panels for the 4th School of Languages Conference (SOLCON IV) to be held online from November 3-5, 2021 at the University of Ghana, Legon.
Crises are by their very definition recognized in the huge impacts they make upon social relationships, economies, social stratification and transformation of cultural expression. These impacts are depicted by scholarly studies of change in all genres of human expression: crises catalyze new dimensions in language studies, new trends in representational, plastic, and performing arts, in transformations of literary stylistics and themes. Famously, crises have inspired radical changes in the theoretical focus and approach adopted within non-fictional literatures, especially in the social and natural sciences, as well as in academic philosophy. Crisis is reflected in the very constitution of living languages as reflected by specialists working on changes in morphology, semantics, and syntax. Historically, as well as currently, crises are always managed and subdued through oralature and folklore, the management of everyday activities, moments of spiritual transformation and religious movements reflected in the everyday lives of indigenous communitieis.
The conference which is themed "Literary, Linguistic and Cultural Studies in a time of Crises" seeks to bring together researchers, scholars, public speakers, and students to discuss the theme and related issues through theoretically-nuanced interdisciplinary papers.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Ato Quayson, Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies; Professor of Comparative Literature; and Head, Department of English, Stanford University, USA.
Professor Veroniker Koller, Professor of Discourse Analysis; Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, UK.
Call for papers:
Abstracts/proposals should be sent electronically via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=IPlYvEuUxKSL4e0SZPlAh2#
The language of the conference is English, however, panels in other languages are also welcome, and encouraged, especially if they relate to crisis in literary, linguistic, and cultural studies, or any of the extensive list of domains covered by the conference.
Proposal of panels should not exceed 500 words, and should include:
- title of the panel
- convenor
- proposed panelists (distinguishing main speakers and discussants, if appropriate
- discussant (if necessary)
- language (if different from English)
For languages of mediation that are not English, prior submission of papers will be welcome so that translators can be engaged.
Abstract of individual papers:
- present for blind peer review a single-spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font abstract
- abstract should not be more than 300 words and must address the theme or sub-themes of the conference
- the abstract should highlight the problem being investigated, methodology, significance of the study, as well as the findings.
Abstract submission deadline: August 30, 2021
Notification of abstract acceptance : September 15, 2021
Prof. Josephine Dzahene-Quarshie
Department of Modern Languages
University of Ghana
P.O. Box LG 207
Legon, Accra
Ghana
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