21, 22 and 23 September 2006
Turku, Finland
Academic Mobility: Crossed perspectives
Full call and proposal form at http://www.hum.utu.fi/ranskakk/fran.htm
Target audience:
Teaching staff involved in student mobility, researchers in higher/international education, graduate/postgraduate students, international educators, administrators in charge of mobility programmes, policy makers, directors and staff in international offices, Erasmus/Socrates offices.
Aim of the conference:
The main aim of the conference is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for discussing the actors of academic mobility. Papers are welcomed from linguistics, education, anthropology, sociology, psychology, geography and educational policy, among others.
Keynote speaker:
Mike Byram, School of Education, University of Durham, UK
Plenary speakers:
- Martine Abdallah-Pretceille, Universities of Paris III & Paris VIII, France
- Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune, Department of French, Saint Patrick¹s College, Dublin, Ireland
- Vassiliki Papatsiba, Open University, UK
- Eija Suomela-Salmi, Department of French Studies, University of Turku, Finland
- Geneviève Zarate, INALCO, France
Call for Proposals
Submissions will be invited in the following categories in English or in French :
(1) Research papers (20 minutes + 15 minutes for questions) These papers should document established results, and be written according to highest academic standards.
(2) Presentations on work in progress (20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions and comments from audience) These papers may address issues still being worked upon. However, academic rigour is expected.
The author(s) should submit one 200-word abstract with the Proposal Form below. It should include:
- the title;
- the name, institution phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of each author;
- objectives or purposes;
- perspective(s) or theoretical framework;
- methods, techniques, or modes of inquiry;
- data sources or evidence;
- results and/or conclusions/point of view.
Complete all sections of the attached Proposal Form and include your abstract on the form. Send one copy embedded within an e-mail to mobility@utu.fi
by 10.3.2006.
If you do not have electronic access, you may send your abstract to Academic Mobility, C/O F. Dervin, Department of French Studies, Henrikinkatu 2, 20014 Turun Yliopisto, Finland
Fee:
around 150€
Contact Details:
For the organising committee:
Fred Dervin
Telephone: +358 2 3336041
Fax : +358-(0)2-333 6560
Email: freder@utu.fi
