FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

The Faculty of Slavic Studies at Sofia University and the team of the project “ Balkan Traditions: Co-existence of Cultures, Religions and Languages ” are pleased to announce

The Conference

BULGARIAN “ISLANDS” ON THE LINGUISTIC MAP OF THE BALKANS
November 4-6, 2005 at Sofia University

The conference will be the closing initiative of the project BALKAN TRADITIONS: CO-EXISTENCE OF CULTURES, RELIGIONS AND LANGUAGES (The BULGARIAN LANGUAGE IN A SLAVONIC AND A NON-SLAVONIC ENVIRONMENT).

The topics of the talks should to be in one of the following fields:Balkan Linguistics, Language contacts, Ethnology, and Anthropology, and can be given in any Balkan language, English, French or Russian.

Abstracts are invited for a 20-minute talk (a 15-minute presentation plus a 5-minute discussion) Deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2005

HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS: Abstracts should be no longer than one page (an additional page for references, figures and data can be also included). Abstracts can be sent by email attached as a *pdf* or *rtf* file. Abstracts can also be sent by regular mail.

Please include in your submission an additional page containing the following information:

(1) title of paper;
(2) your name;
(3) complete postal address and affiliation (or home address, if necessary);
(4) telephone and fax numbers;
(5) email address.

Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be notified by July, 20, 2005.

Organizing Committee : Petya Asenova Yovka Tisheva Vassilka Aleksova Iskra Likomanova Nichka Becheva Marina Dzhonova

Postal address: Faculty of Slavic Studies Sofia University 15 Tzar Osvoboditel Blv. 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

Those interested in attending the conference are invited to register their e-mail and/or postal addresses at the conference address above.

E-mail: balkans@slav.uni-sofia.bg

For further information, please visit our homepage: www.slav.uni-sofia.bg/Pages/Balktrad.html

Please, distribute this information to other people who could be interested to participate.