April Conference Eleven

The Eleventh International Conference on English and American Studies

Jagiellonian University, Krakow, 23–25 April 2008

"Ambiguity and the Search for Meaning: English and American Studies at the Beginning of the 21st Century"

We are pleased to announce the following plenary lectures:

Eugene H. Casad, Uniwersytet Gdański
The Search for Meaning and Ambiguities in the Cora Lexicon

Dafydd Gibbon, Universität Bielefeld
The Ambiguity of "Language", or: Why English Linguistics Should Not Stick with English

Terence McCarthy, Université de Bourgogne
Ambiguity, or "The Eye of Mere Observation" in Malory's Morte Darthur

Robert Rehder, University of Fribourg
Meaning and Change of Form: Eliot, Pound and Niedecker

Elinor Shaffer, University of London
7/11 Types of Ambiguity

Tiffany Stern, Oxford University
Ambiguity on Page and Stage in the Time of Shakespeare

About the Conference

April Conference is a triennial international conference which has been organized by the English Department at the Jagiellonian University since 1978. From the beginning, the Conference was planned as an opportunity to bring together scholars working in the various disciplines that make up English and American Studies. We will be pleased to accept papers on British and American literature, general and applied linguistics, translation and cultural studies, the teaching of English as a foreign language and other related topics. Since one of the aims of the conference is to integrate the various branches of English and American Studies, papers which are interdisciplinary in character are most welcome.

Over one hundred presentations have been given given at each April Conference. The presentations take place in sections (devoted to British and American literature, general and applied linguistics, translation and cultural studies, the teaching of English as a foreign language, and other areas). At each April Conference, the presentations are connected by a common theme. There are also five plenary lectures, given by distinguished scholars who present five different perspectives on the Conference theme. A selection of carefully edited papers is published after each Conference, usually in a two-volume edition.

Deadlines (please note that some deadlines have changed)

The deadline for paper proposals is January 15, 2008.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by February 7, 2008.
The deadline for registration and payment of the conference fee is February 20, 2008.

Time

The Conference will begin at noon on Wednesday, April 23 and end on Friday, April 25, 2008. For a detailed schedule see the program.

Venue

JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY, Krakow, Poland.
Collegium Medicum, ul. Sw. Anny 12
Collegium Maius, ul. Jagiellonska 15
Collegium Novum, ul. Golebia 24

Conference Fee

The Conference fee is 120 Euro, or the equivalent in Polish zlotys. The fee includes the cost of the Conference Banquet on Thursday night. No other meals will be provided (but your hotel may serve breakfast, see "Accommodation").

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