Call for Proposals: Second International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence

The conference, "Aiming for 'The Third Place': Intercultural Competence through Foreign Language Teaching and Learning," which will take place from January 29-31, 2010 at the University of Arizona, Tucson, aims to bring researchers and practitioners across languages, levels, and settings to discuss and share research, theory, and best practices and foster meaningful professional dialogue on issues related to intercultural competence teaching and learning. It is organized by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) and co-sponsored by the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program (SLAT) and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). The keynote speaker is Claire Kramsch, Ph.D., Professor of German and Foreign Language Acquisition, University of California, Berkeley, and Founding Director of the Berkeley Language Center. www.cercll.arizona.edu. Online proposal submission form: www.cercll.arizona.edu/icc_2010_submit.php. Deadline: June 1, 2009.

The Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award is conferred yearly administered through the Association for Asian Studies. In accordance with the wishes of the Chaplin family, each year a prize of $1,000 is awarded to a current graduate student or a new Japanese language professional who aims to work in a North American institution, in an area that directly involves Japanese language teaching. This year's recipient is Scott Alexander Lineberger, an assistant professor at Beloit College. He specializes in classical Japanese literature and completed his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 2007.