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Dear colleagues
Every few years the Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education organises an international conference that caters for the various domains in which its members are active. This year it will do so for the fourth time to celebrate its 30th anniversary. From 1 to 3 December the University College Brussels is hosting this conference in Brussels under the theme Facing Present, Past and Future.
We would be most grateful if you could distribute the conference announcement (added below and in the attached pdf-file) to the members of your association.
Thanking you in advance,
Lieven Buysse
Secretary of BAAHE
Conference convener
www.hubrussel.be/baahe2011
The Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education is pleased to announce its fourth international conference from 1 to 3 December 2011 at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (University College Brussels). Celebrating the associations 30th anniversary, the interdisciplinary conference Facing Present, Past and Future aims to map the various ways researchers deal with the challenges they are faced with in the research fields of English Linguistics, English Literature, Translation and Interpretation Studies and ELT.
Keynote speakers
The organising committee is proud to welcome four distinguished plenary speakers, representing the four relevant research fields:
- Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, University of London)
- Basil Hatim (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
- Laurence R. Horn (Yale University)
- Joybratho Mukherjee (Justus Liebig Universität Giessen)
Conference programme
The conference programme can be consulted in the attached document, and on the conference website (www.hubrussel.be/baahe2011).
Registration
Registration is organised online through the conference website (www.hubrussel.be/baahe2011). The registration fee covers all conference materials (including the book of abstracts), coffee/tea during the breaks, lunch on each of the three conference days and a closing reception. Note, however, that the conference dinner on Thursday evening is not included.
These early-bird rates apply until 1 November 2011:
Registration only: 150 EUR
Registration (150 EUR) + conference dinner (50 EUR): 200 EUR
Participants registering after 1 November will pay 180 EUR. The deadline for registration is 15 November 2011.
Venues
On Thursday and Friday the conference will take place at HUBs city campus, situated in the historical centre of Brussels at a stones throw of the cathedral, city hall, the opera house and the main shopping streets. Address: Stormstraat 2/Rue dAssaut 2 - 1000 Brussels.
On Saturday the conference will move to the Palace of Academies, next to the Royal Palace and the Brussels Park. Address: Paleis der Academiën/Palais des Académies - Hertogstraat 1/Rue Ducale 1 - 1000 Brussels.
Both venues are within walking distance of Brussels Central Railway Station, which has convenient train connections to and from Brussels Airport, London, Paris and other major European cities.
Further information
Much information (e.g. about accommodation, directions to the venues) is available on the conference website: www.hubrussel.be/baahe2011. For any further enquiries please get in touch with the organising committee at: baahe2011@hubrussel.be.
Organising committee
Lieven Buysse (University College Brussels)
Brecht de Groote (University College Brussels)
Christophe Den Tandt (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Raphaël Ingelbien (Catholic University of Leuven)
Dany Jaspers (University College Brussels)
Lut Lams (University College Brussels)
Hedwig Schwall (Catholic University of Leuven & University College Brussels)
Tom Toremans (University College Brussels)
Lieven Vandelanotte (FUNDP, Namur)
Guido Vanden Wyngaerd (University College Brussels)
Elke Van Steendam (University College Brussels)
Walter Verschueren (University College Brussels)
Scientific committee
Gert Buelens (University of Ghent)
Lieven Buysse (University College Brussels)
Brecht de Groote (University College Brussels)
Sylvie De Cock (Catholic University of Louvain & FUSL, Brussels)
Christophe Den Tandt (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Erik Hertog (Lessius University College Antwerp)
Raphaël Ingelbien (Catholic University of Leuven)
Dany Jaspers (University College Brussels)
Lut Lams (University College Brussels)
Jim ODriscoll (University of Huddersfield, UK)
Lies Sercu (Catholic University of Leuven)
Hedwig Schwall (Catholic University of Leuven & University College Brussels)
Tom Toremans (University College Brussels)
Lieven Vandelanotte (FUNDP, Namur)
Guido Vanden Wyngaerd (University College Brussels)
Elke Van Steendam (University College Brussels)
Walter Verschueren (University College Brussels)
Anne Whitehead (Newcastle University, UK)
The organising committee gratefully acknowledges the financial support of:
- the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts,
- the Research Foundation Flanders,
- and Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (University College Brussels). |
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