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'''International Summer School on “Languages in Interaction”'''
23.-27. September 2024
University of Heidelberg & Leibniz-Institute for the German Language, Mannheim

'''Facilitators'''
Galina BOLDEN (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Arnulf DEPPERMANN (Leibniz-Institute for the German Language, Mannheim) Elwys DE STEFANI (University of Heidelberg)
Leelo KEEVALLIK (University of Linköping)
Michal MARMORSTEIN (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Richard OGDEN (University of York)
Simona PEKAREK DOEHLER (University of Neuchâtel)

'''Local organisers'''
Arnulf DEPPERMANN & Elwys DE STEFANI

'''Overview'''
This International Summer School brings into focus linguistic variety from a conversation analytical, interactional, and multimodal perspective. It offers a varied programme of introductory and specialised courses, workshops, and data sessions. The aim of the Summer School is to explore interactional linguistic issues with regard to language variation (including dialects), multilingualism, language contact, etc. It offers five days of intense learning and discussing, which will enable participants to broaden their knowledge and to acquire methods for a granular consideration of linguistic diversity in their data and for analysing phenomena related to the use of multiple languages, dialects, etc. in interaction. The Summer School is directed at graduate, postdoctoral, or senior scholars who have some prior experience in conversation analysis and interactional linguistics. In order to maximise the opportunities for interaction with the facilitators and between attendees, the course accepts 23 participants. For the same reason, the Summer School will take place in a retreat house, where accommodation and full board service is provided. The training will be based on video-recorded interactional data made available by the facilitators and by the participants themselves.

The International Summer School is organised around the following didactic activities:
''Plenary lectures'' administered by the facilitators
''Data sessions'' based on the attendees’ own data
''Workshops'' devoted to practical issues related to analysing linguistically diverse data (e.g., glossing, phonetic rendering, etc.)
''Overnight assignments'' that participants will have to complete in small groups for the subsequent day

'''Venue'''
The International Summer School will be held at the premises of the Bildungshaus St. Luzen in Hechingen, Germany (Klostersteige 6, 72379 Hechingen, https://luzen.de).

'''Registration'''
The total cost of the International Summer School is 550 EUR for unsalaried (post)graduates and 750 EUR for salaried researchers. This includes:
* tuition and teaching material
* accommodation in single or double rooms
* meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
* refreshments
* one festive dinner
* excursion to Hohenzollern Castle (https://www.burg-hohenzollern.com)

Travel costs and extra expenses are not included.

Due to the limited number of attendees, any interested person will have to apply and provide a description of their research and motivation to attend the school. Based on this information, approximately 23 participants will be admitted.

Applications must be submitted to phdschool-interaction@rose.uni-heidelberg.de and contain the following information, in one single PDF-file (max. 3 pages):
* a description of their prior CA/IL-related work and experience (training, knowledge of transcription conventions, project work, theses, publications, etc.)
* the topic of their PhD-project (or any other project they are currently working on)
* the language varieties they are working on and availability of data that can be shared with other participants in data sessions, etc. (please specify the language varieties of your data)
* a curriculum vitae, including information on their language skills

The deadline for applications is 31 May 2024. Applicants will be notified of their participation status by 30 June 2024.