Deadline for Submissions: August 15, 2017
Ideology and Linguistic Ideas
Tbilisi, Georgia
October 6-9, 2017
We are pleased to invite scholars interested in the history of linguistic
ideas developed alongside with different ideologies in different times. The
first conference on this theme was organized in 2015.
2017 year will be the 100th anniversary of the October Socialist
Revolution, which changed the development of peoples of Former Russian Empire.
The new linguistic politics of Soviet Union and so called ”New Linguistic
Theory” were the consequence of this revolution. Due to this reason some
sessions of the conference will be dedicated to the problems of the history of
Soviet Linguistics and the Soviet Linguistic Politics.
The Conference is organized by the Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the History
of Linguistics and Ivané Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
The conference will be held on 6-9 October, 2017 at Ivane Javakhishvili
Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia).
Call for Papers:
Papers relating to any aspect of the history of linguistic ideas developed
alongside with ideologies are invited, focusing on diverse topic areas from
individual case studies to methodological considerations.
Proposals for papers should be submitted in the form of abstracts of 400 words
as Word.doc, accompanied by the affiliation, email address and short bio of
the participant and mailed to: gashol.ge@gmail.com
The official languages of the conference are Georgian and English.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is August 15, 2017. The conference
editorial board will select the papers to be presented at the conference.
Final selection will be made by August 20, 2017; notification of acceptance will
be sent before August 25, 2017.
For further information please contact the local members of the executive
board by using gashol.ge@gmail.com
Editorial Board of the Conference:
Tinatin Bolkvadze (Director of the conference)
Tinatin Margalitadze
Darejan Tvaltvadze
Lia Karosanidze
Marika Jikia
Executive Board of the Conference:
Natia Putkaradze
Maka Tetradze
Nino Abesadze
Important Dates:
Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: August 15, 2017
Notification of Acceptance: August 20, 2017
Program Announcement: August 25, 2017
Conference Fee: € 120
The Organizing Committee cannot financially support the conference
participants. All fees and expenses must be met by the participants and/or
their organizations.