Berkeley, California
July 10-12, 2009
Updated schedule of presentations. [6/20/09]
Updated accommodation information [5/20/09]
The 2009 Athabaskan (Dene) Languages Conference will be held in Berkeley, California in conjunction with the 2009 Linguistic Institute.
All of the conference events including the conference dinner will be held at the International House, located at 2299 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720 (view in GoogleMaps). The International House is about two blocks away from the Bancroft Hotel and about the same distance from the Women's Faculty Club.
Schedule
The schedule of presentations can be downloaded here. [pdf]
Call for Abstracts
Deadline: April 1, 2009 (The call for papers is now close.
Abstracts are invited for 30-minute presentations in all areas of Dene/Athabaskan linguistics, language documentation, language teaching, language policy, and language revitalization. Presentations addressing the themes of the conference are particularly welcome. [more]
Sessions / Themes
General Session
Papers on any topic related to
Dene/Athabaskan languages and linguistics. Especially encouraged are
presentations focusing on the theme "Information Technology and Language
Documentation," which will explore how emerging digital tools and
methodologies can be used to further the goals of community language
programs. The meeting will include a workshop on digital archiving geared
towards community language documenters.
In addition to individual presentations, proposals for group or panel
discussions are also welcome.
Special Session A: Athabaskan Origins
Recent scholarship has found evidence suggesting that Dene languages may
be related to the Yeniseian languages of Siberia. The primary aim of this
session is to stimulate critical discussion of these proposals. Papers
addressing other topics in the history and development of the Dene
languages are invited as well, including those drawing on evidence from
fields such as archaeology, genetics, and demography.
Invited Speakers
- Yuri Berezkin (Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg)
- Bernard Comrie (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)
- John Ives (University of Alberta)
- James Kari (Alaska Native Language Center)
- Jeff Leer (Alaska Native Language Center)
- Johanna Nichols (University of California, Berkeley)
- Edward Vajda (Western Washington University)
Special Session B: Toponyms
A second special session will focus on the structure, history, and
cultural significance of placenames in Dene languages. This session seeks
to broaden the empirical scope of comparative work in this area and to
foster discussion among researchers and community groups interested in
documenting toponymic knowledge.
Conference Registration
Conference registration is $30 for elders and students, and $75 for others, payable on-site. One-day registration is $15 for elders and students, and $40 for everyone else. We are unable to accept credit cards for registration fees.
Accommodation
Hotel rooms for the conference are reserved at the Bancroft Hotel in Berkeley for the nights of July 9, 10, 11, and 12. The reduced rate of $129 per night is available for bookings made before May 9 June 9. When calling to make your booking, please refer to the "Athabaskan Languages Conference" group. Please note that the conference rate is only available for reservations made by phone, not through the website.
Contact
For more information contact conference organizers Amy Campbell amycampbell@berkeley.edu or Lindsey Newbold (lindseynewbold@berkeley.edu.
Proceedings
As in previous years, the Alaska Native Language Center will publish selected papers from the conference in a proceedings volume. Relevant papers not presented at the conference will also be considered for inclusion in this volume. Papers will generally be no more than 15 pages. More information regarding the proceedings will be available prior to the conference.
E-mail listserv
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Previous Conferences
The Dene Languages Conference (also known as the Athabascan Languages Conference) brings together linguists, speakers, educators and policy makers from across the Athabascan region. Over the past two decades this conference has become the principal forum in which members of geographically distant, but culturally and intellectually related, Athabascan communities can compare notes and learn from each other.
- 2008: Cold Lake, Alberta
- 2007: Tsaile, Arizona
- 2006: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- 2005: Victoria, British Columbia
- 2003: Arcata, California
- 2002: Fairbanks, Alaska
- 2001: Los Angeles, California
- 2000: Moricetown, British Columbia
See a complete list of conferences dating back to 1976.
The proceedings of the 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2006 Dene/Athabaskan Languages Conferences are published in the ANLC Working Papers series. These may be ordered from ANLC by contacting (907) 474-7874 or fyanlp@uaf.edu.
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