12th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP 12) June 16-19th, 2010

hosted by

The University of Queensland, Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology

Venue: Griffith University Southbank campus Brisbane, Australia

Registration for the conference will be opening in January at the IALSP Website.

This conference brings together communication scholars who investigate language from many social contexts using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Much of the research focuses on the many perceptions, motivations, norms and contextual factors that influence interactants in the communication process. Please visit our website: http://www.ialsp.org

Highlights:

• A diverse selection of distinguished keynote speakers: 
  • Professor John Edwards, St Francis Xavier U
  • Professor Peter Austin, School of African and Oriental Studies
  • Professor Ron L. Jackson II, U of Illinois
  • Mr. Michael Williams, The U of Queensland
• Innovative scholarly exchange opportunities;
• Shared meals, receptions, and the opportunity to experience subtropical Queensland's beaches, hinterland, culture and life down-under;
• As always everything that you'd expect from an ICLASP conference!

Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia and is the capital of the state of Queensland in Australia's North East. Brisbane is a gracious, subtropical city where outdoor dining is a way of life. The city is on the Brisbane River and is sheltered by Stradbroke Island, creating a wetland, mangrove environment.

ICLASP 12 will be in June, in Queensland's southern winter which is mild and very pleasant. Most June days are sunny, with average temperatures of around 17C (63F). The conference venue is at Southbank beside the Brisbane River where there are street performers, craft markets, multicultural restaurants and riverside events happening all day long.

Although the Brisbane area has no surf beaches, it is the gateway to the Gold Coast (South) and Sunshine Coast (North). For those who may wish to combine a trip to ICLASP with a wider experience of Australia, Queensland has many attractions and there are frequent interstate flights from Brisbane Airport. The world heritage Great Barrier Reef is north of Brisbane, while far north Queensland is in the tropics and has a spectacular rainforest.

The speaker at the opening reception at ICLASP12 will be Michael Williams. Michael is a member of the Gooreng Gooreng Aboriginal community from the country between Gladstone and Bundaberg in southeast Queensland. He has been involved in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs for over 30 years, serving on various boards and committees in community organisations and government bodies.

He is formally trained in anthropology and history and his special academic interests include indigenous language use, cross-cultural communication, and methods that ensure that Indigenous intellectual traditions and ways of managing knowledge are understood on Indigenous terms and respected equally alongside other intellectual traditions.

He is currently Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland. This is a centre for teaching, research and consultation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and maintains a committed system of personal and academic support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying at the University of Queensland.

For those of you who can be in Brisbane the week end before the conference, Michael Williams recommends you consider attending the annual Dreaming Festival event which is being held on 11th-14th June inclusive.

http://www.thedreamingfestival.com/

Call for Symposia, Papers and Abstracts

To receive full consideration, submissions must be submitted before February 1st, 2010. Submissions received after that date may be accepted on a space-available basis.

• Proposals should be sent in electronic form (single file: .txt, .rtf, .pdf, or .doc format) to Bernadette Watson at bernadette@uq.edu.au. Please put "ICLASP 12 submission" in the subject line.
• All proposals received by February 1st will be reviewed and individuals will be notified of the status of their submissions by end February, 2010. Submissions received after February 1st will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
• All submissions must include complete contact information for all authors.
• All submissions must be in English.

Submissions will be accepted in two forms: Symposia or individual papers/abstracts. Details for each are provided below.

Symposia submissions should be a single file containing:

• The name and complete contact information for the single individual responsible for the symposium.
• An 250 word maximum introduction to the thematic content of the symposium
• A list of the individual presentations, including a brief abstract of each and the names, professional affiliations, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of each presenter. A typical symposium will include at least 4 presenters.

Individual paper/abstract submissions should be a single file containing:

• The names and complete contact information for all authors
• A clear indication of which author(s) will present the paper
• The title of the paper
• Either an extended abstract of the paper (180-250 words in length) or a regular abstract (120 words max) and a complete paper.

Task Force on Endangered Languages

The Association has supported a series of Task forces that have drawn together a group of scholars to focus on a particular theme. Previous Task forces were on Adolescence, Language and Technology, Language and Discrimination and Health Communication. These Task forces have gathered together a group of researchers in the area whose brief has been to critically review the literature in the area, identify areas for future research, facilitate collaboration on research projects in the area and lead a symposium on the area at the International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, and a panel organised by the Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation at Linguistic Society of America annual conference, in January 2011.

In 2010 our Task force will be on Endangered Languages. Itesh Sachdev and Peter Austin (both from the School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS]) are cochairing the Task force. I hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us at the ICA 2010 in Singapore.

The task force forms an important part of the ICLASP event. The main papers will feature at ICA 2010 (Singapore) and in a special issue of the Journal of Language and Social Psychology, the Association's affiliated journal.