Sym: 9711.25

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 17:03:13 +0100 (MET)
From: Els Elffers <Els.Elffers@let.uva.nl>
Subject: 1998 Henry Sweet Society Colloquium, Amsterdam, 16 - 19 September 1998

1998 Henry Sweet Society Colloquium, Amsterdam,
16 - 19 September 1998

The 1998 Henry Sweet Society Colloquium will be held from Wednesday 16 September to Saturday 19 September in Amsterdam. This will be the first time the Colloquium has ventured outside England and the Dutch members of the Society of various university affiliations are combining efforts to ensure that this Colloquium will be a particularly enjoyable one.

Amsterdam, with its distinguished history of linguistics publishers from the seventeenth century to today, seemed eminently suitable as the centre most easily accessible to members both on the Continent and in Britain.

The exact location of the sessions will be determined by the number of participants, but options have been taken on a number of places at the University of Amsterdam, the Free University and in the City of Amsterdam itself.

Papers are invited on any aspect of the history of linguistics. They will typically be of 20 minutes duration with 10 minutes for discussion. We would like to make abstracts available to participants at the Colloquium and these should be sent to Robin Smith at the address below by the 31st January 1998. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and may be submitted on paper and/or electronically. Please check that your submission is acknowledged.

Dr Robin Smith
Vakgroep Engels
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden
Postbus 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands

Tel: 071 5272151; Fax: 071 5272615; e-mail: rdsmith@rullet.leidenuniv.nl

To express interest, or for further information, please feel free to contact any member of the organising committee: Els Elffers-van Ketel, Jaap Maat, Jan Noordegraaf, Els Ruijsendaal, Robin Smith.