Conference on Culture, Language and Social Practice

CLASP II - Call For Papers

The program in Culture, Language and Social Practice at the University of Colorado at Boulder is pleased to invite abstract and panel proposals for its 2nd biannual CLASP Conference. Both paper and panel submissions should address the relationship of language to culture and society; examples of possible frameworks or analytic traditions may include, but are not limited to:

sociolinguistics linguistic anthropology

conversation analysis critical discourse analysis

bilingualism & codeswitching language socialization

narrative studies verbal art & performance

language & literacy language globaalization

Panel Submissions

Panel proposals should be organized as mini calls for papers in their own right, suggesting a cohesive topical or methodological theme for potential submissions. Proposals will be posted to the conference website as they are received in order to help coordinate paper submissions around a particular topic.

Organizing a full panel is not necessary for submitting a panel proposal, as other presenters are likely to submit a paper abstract for a particular panel independently after seeing it posted here. For those interested in organizing full panels on their own, please note that panels will be limited to a total of four papers.

Submission Instructions

Panel proposals of up to 250 words should be submitted by April 21 to the email address below, and will be posted to the conference website upon reception. Abstracts of 500 words for 20-minute papers may be submitted for an individual panel or independently, and should be submitted before May 7.

Paper submissions should be sent as attachments (DOC or PDF) via email to clasp.conference AT gmail.com, and should only contain the title and abstract for the paper. The body of the email should contain the following:

Author Name(s)
Affiliation(s)
Paper Title
Proposed panel (if any)