TimeLing 2012  Conference
TIME & TEMPORALITY IN LANGUAGE AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Call for papers

Chair of English Language & Applied Linguistics
Chair of English & General Linguistics
University of Lodz, Poland


http://www.timeling.pl
email contact: timeling@uni.lodz.pl


Date: 11-13 October, 2012
Venue: University of Lodz Conference Centre
Address: Kopcińskiego 16-18
90 -232 Lodz
Poland

phone (48) 42 635-54-90
fax (48) 42 659-87-51
http://www.csk.uni.lodz.pl/en

Organizing Committee

University of Lodz
Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (Chair)
Krzysztof Kosecki (Co-Chair)
Janusz Badio (Scientific Secretary)
Piotr Pęzik
Jacek Waliński
Mikołaj Deckert
Łukasz Dróżdż (IT assistance)
Joanna Pawliczak (secretarial assistance)

Co-organizers

ISCH COST Action TD0904
Time In MEntaL activitY: theoretical, behavioral, bioimaging and clinical
perspectives (TIMELY)
Action Chair: Dr Argiro Vatakis
    http://www.timely-cost.eu/
    http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/isch/Actions/TD0904



Conference Theme

The conference will offer a forum for the presentation of multidisciplinary perspectives on the concept of time and its embodied, phenomenological experience as expressed in diverse systems, above all human language, and should thus be of interest to students and researchers in philosophy, anthropology and psychology of time. Also welcome are scholars who investigate temporal experience, time expressions and categorization in language and literature, including metaphor and figurative language, learning-acquisition of temporal concepts as well as annotation and identification of temporal structures in language corpora. In addition, the organizers hope to attract researchers who propose cognitive, formal and other models of time and time-related dimensions in the framework of event structures. Presentations pertaining to the construal and coding of events in linguistic or non-linguistic narrative, gestures and other forms of human communication systems would be relevant.

Each individual paper (including discussion) will be alloted a 30-minute slot.

A selection of papers will be published by an international publisher.


Plenary speakers (confirmed) & (provisional) titles of lectures


-       Prof. Roy Ellen, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK - The Cultural Cognition of Time: Some Anthropological Perspectives
-       Prof. Vyvyan Evans, Bangor University, UK - Temporal Frames of Reference
-    Prof. Katarzyna Jaszczołt, Cambridge University, UK - Temporality and Epistemic Commitment: An Unresolved Question
-    Prof. James Pustejovsky,  Brandeis University, Mass., USA - Locating Events in Time and Space
-    Prof. Elżbieta Szeląg, Prof. Justyna Skolimowska, M. Nencki Departament of Neuropsychology, Institute of Experimental Biology PAN (Polish Academy of     Science), Warsaw, POLAND - Cognitive Function in Elderly can be Ameliorated by Training in Temporal Information Processing
-    Prof. Rolf Ulrich, University of Tübingen, GERMANY - Processing of Temporal Sentence Information: Automatic Mapping of Space onto Time
-    Prof. Argiro Vatakis, Cognitive Systems Research Institute, Athens, GREECE - Multisensory and Temporal Integration of Audiovisual Speech


Deadlines

Abstracts (max. 500 words): May 15th 2012
Notification of acceptance:  June 1st 2012

All participants are kindly requested to register for the conference using a registration form at http://www.timeling.pl   


Conference fees (including conference materials and tea/coffee breaks)


Early bird registration (on-site) (till June 30th, 2012)

Regular participants     130 Euro    Students     80 Euro    

Regular registration (on-site) (after June 30th, 2012)

Regular participants    150 Euro    Students     100 Euro    

Students expecting a discount (see above) must have an appropriate certificate to present to the organizers.

Meals (package): 75 Euro


Bank account

TimeLing, Uniwersytet Łódzki (University of Lodz)
BANK: PKO S.A II O/Lodz
ul. Piotrkowska 270, 90-361 Lodz
ACCOUNT No:14124030281111001004347782
IBAN: PL14124030281111001004347782
SWIFT: PKO PPL PW

Venue (and accommodation)


The venue of the conference as well as the hotel (accommodation) is the University Conference Centre in Lodz, Kopcińskiego 16/18 (www.csk.uni.lodz.pl/en/noclegi). The venue offers conference facilities, accommodation and meals on the premises. The organizers have reserved enough rooms for their guests, so there is no need to contact  the hotel (Conference Centre) about reservation. However, please do indicate you accommodation preferences in the registration form.

The room prices in the Conference Centre range between 120 PLN (30 Euro) and 210 PLN (50 Euro). All prices include breakfast.

The conference centre is conveniently situated near the city centre, with easy access from the airport, train and bus stations. If you need assistance in planning your journey, please contact us at:  timeling@uni.lodz.pl

If you do not wish to stay at the University of Lodz Conference Centre, you can find alternative accomodation through the http://www.rezerwuje.pl website. Please do not hesitate to contact the organizers for assistance.


Travel

Lodz is  accessible by plane, although the local airport has a limited number of flights (mainly low-cost airlines). Among others, it has a regular service to London (Stansted), Birmingham, UK, Milan, Italy and Israel.General guidelines: due to rebuilding of Lodz Fabryczna Railway Station, trains from Warsaw and Cracow stop at Lodz Widzew Station or Lodz Kaliska Station.
Please view railway info at http://rozklad-pkp.pl/?q=en/node/143
Transport from Warsaw:
·    The easiest way to travel from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Lodz is by train. Trains from Warsaw to Lo are fast and frequent, but they need to be taken from the centre of Warsaw. There is a direct bus connection between Warsaw Airport and Warsaw Central Railway Station, called Warsaw Airport Transfer.
·    The journey from Warsaw Central Railway Station to  Lodz Widzew Station or  Lodz Kaliska Station lasts approximately 2 hours and 2 hours 30 minutes respectively.
·    To reach the University of Lodz Conference Centre, it is best to take a taxi. Taxi fare from both railway stations in  Lodz should not exceed 25 PLN.
Tourist information about Lodz:
http://www.lodz-online.eu/introducing.php
http://www.lodz.world-guides.com/
http://en.cityoflodz.com/

Social programme


Social programme includes a guided tour of Museum of Art in Lodz  - one of the best collections of modern and contemporary art  to be viewed at http://www.msl.org.pl/en/index  concert and gala dinner at Biedermann’s Palace (http://www.bir.uni.lodz.pl/palac/; virtual tour: 
http://www.bir.uni.lodz.pl/biedermann/indexMin.html).
The cost of the concert and gala dinner is 30 Euro.


Contact

Contact us at timeling@uni.lodz.pl
phone (48) 42 6655221
fax    (48) 42 6655220
Chair of English Language and Applied Linguistics
Head: Prof. dr habil. Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
Chair of English and General Linguistics
Head: Prof. dr habil. Piotr Stalmaszczyk
University of Lodz
Kościuszki 65
90-514 Lodz, Poland
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