ICHoLS XIII The 13th International Conference on the History of

ICHoLS XIII
The 13th International Conference on the History of Language Sciences (ICHoLS XIII)
will be held at the Centro de Estudos em Letras (CEL) of the Universidade de Trás-osMontes e Alto Douro (UTAD), in Vila Real, Northern Portugal, during 25–29 August
2014.
ICHoLS conferences have taken place every three years since 1978. Previous venues
have been Ottawa (1978), Lille (1982), Princeton (1984), Trier (1987), Galway (1990),
Washington (1993), Oxford (1996), Fontenay-St. Cloud (1999), São Paulo-Campinas
(2002), Urbana-Champaign (2005), Potsdam (2008), and Saint Petersburg (2011).
Papers relating to any aspect of the history of language sciences are invited, focusing on
diverse topic areas ranging from antiquity to the contemporary history of linguistics
and from individual case studies to methodological considerations.
The organizers ask that proposals for papers be made in the form of abstracts of 400
words, including a few pertinent references, in an anonymized Word doc or rtf file
accompanying the email communication and addressed to [email protected]
The official languages of the conference will be English, French, German, Portuguese,
and Spanish.
The
absolute
deadline
for
receipt
of
abstracts
is
July
15th,
2013.
An international panel of referees will select the papers to be presented at the
conference. Final selection will be made by September 2013; notification of acceptance
will be sent before December 1st, 2013.
For further information please contact the local members of the executive board by
using the above email address.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: E.F.K. Koerner
President: Carlos Assunção
Vice-President: Gonçalo Fernandes
Secretary: Rolf Kemmler
Executive Secretary: Marlene Loureiro
Regular members:
Maria Helena Santos
Rebeca Fernández Rodríguez
Sónia Coelho
Susana Fontes
Teresa Moura
Contact: [email protected]