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Abstract Concepts/ Perception/ and Language, 25th April 2024, Cambridge (UK)

Dear Graduate and Postgraduate Researchers, 

The upcoming workshop: Abstract Concepts, Perception, and Language: What we think and how we say it, taking place at Newnham College on the 25th April 2024, is still accepting submissions for presentations and posters. This event, organised by members of the Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy (SPP) research group of the University of Cambridge, aims to bring together those interested in abstract concepts across disciplinary boundaries. 

This workshop aims to encourage and explore innovative ways, both theoretical and experimental, of analysing and understanding the meaning of abstract concepts. This could include work on topics such as time, conceptual engineering, investigations into concepts such as freedom or justice, processing of abstract concepts, or diachronic investigations of scientific or social abstract concepts, to name just a few. 

The workshop aims to be an environment in which PhD and graduate students may present their work and get feedback from their peers, as well as those who may not traditionally fall within their discipline's boundaries.  The event will also include talks from three academics: Dr. Sean Enda Power (University of Cork), Dr. Derek Ball (St Andrews University), and Prof. 
Kasia Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge). 

Call for paper details This will be a free, one-day event. PhD/Grad presentations will be 20-min long + 10 minutes for questions/discussion. 
Ongoing works will be considered and are explicitly encouraged.  Abstracts for poster presentations also accepted. 

Submission information

We invite proposals for presentations consisting of 300 words plus bibliography. Please email abstracts to both Nina Haket (nch35@cam.ac.uk) and Anastasiia Petrenko (ap2315@cam.ac.uk) by 5th February 2023. Please indicate your name, affiliation, and contact details. Please submit abstracts in a .docx format. There is an option for a poster session. In case this happens, please indicate in your email whether you would prefer an oral or a poster presentation. Notification of acceptance will be provided by the end of February. 

For further queries or information, please email the organisers Nina Haket
(nch35@cam.ac.uk) and Anastasiia Petrenko (ap2315@cam.ac.uk). 

We look forward to your proposals, 

Nina Haket
PhD Candidate, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Trinity Hall College

Anastasiia Petrenko
PhD Candidate, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Newnham College 
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