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ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
The Twentieth Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference will be held on Friday–Saturday, 31 October – 1 November 2008, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.
We invite papers on any aspect of Indo-European studies: linguistics, archaeology, comparative mythology, culture. Papers on both interdisciplinary and specific topics (e.g., typology, methodology, reconstruction, the relation of Indo-European to other language groups, the interpretation of material culture, etc.) are welcome. A period of twenty minutes will be allotted for each paper, followed by a ten-minute discussion period. Abstracts must be received by 1 June 2008.
We ask that those contemplating submission of an abstract please pay careful attention to the following guidelines:
- Abstracts should be no more than 1-2 pages typewritten (about 700 words maximum).
- Please attach a cover sheet, with your name, institutional affiliation, and accurate contact information (mailing address and e-mail address) for the summer and fall of 2008.
- Abstracts should indicate the precise topic to be treated, the author's contribution to the problem, the relationship of the work to previous scholarship on the topic, and the author's specific conclusions and their relevance for the field of Indo-European Studies.
- Only one abstract may be submitted per person.
- If an abstract is accepted:
- The author is invited to submit a revised abstract in an electronic format (in addition to the preliminary abstract), e.g., Microsoft® Word document (DOC; please include any special fonts used), Rich Text Format (RTF), Postscript (PS), or Portable Document Format (PDF; most preferred), etc., by 1 October 2008 for publication on line;
- The final version of the paper must be read at the conference by the author of the abstract. (In the case of a co-authored abstract, the final version must be presented by one or more of the co-authors.)
Address all abstracts and inquiries to:
- Indo-European Conference Committee
UCLA Program in Indo-European Studies
100 Dodd Hall
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417
USA
We also encourage preliminary abstracts to be sent via e-mail as an attached file (see instructions on submitting revised electronic abstracts on the Final Electronic Abstracts page) to Prof. Stephanie Jamison and Mr. Randall Gordon.
For further information, please contact the Program's main office by telephone at 1 (310) 825–4171 (weekdays, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. US Pacific Time) or by fax at 1 (310) 206–1903.
ATTENTION: JUNIOR SCHOLARS!
2008 FAIES Prize Announcement
The Friends and Alumni of Indo-European Studies at UCLA will again present its Award of Excellence and cash prize for the best paper contributed to the 20th Annual UCLA IES Conference by a student or scholar who has received a Ph.D. within the last five years. Contributors who wish to be considered for this Award should indicate their interest on their abstracts. In addition, they should send a PDF copy of their abstract and qualifications to Dr. Paula Powers Coe at that time. Submission guidelines will be sent electronically to each applicant. The award will be presented at the close of the Conference and the winning paper will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Please note that previous recipients of the Award are ineligible.