The XIXth International Colloquium of the Studienkreis Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft (SGdS) and the Annual Colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas will take place at the University of Helsinki from 18 to 22 July 2007. This joint conference of the two societies is organised by Anneli Luhtala, Aino Kärnä, and Anders Ahlqvist.

Papers on the topic ‘Sprachlehre und Sprachpflege’, the main theme of this conference, are particularly welcome, but contributions focusing on other topics within the framework of the history of linguistics will also be much appreciated.

Presentations will last for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes’ discussion. The conference languages are German and English, and contributions in French will also be welcome.

The conference fee will be 30 euros, 20 for students, payable during the conference.

Participants who would like to give a paper are kindly asked to submit an abstract of 250–350 words by 31 December 2006, as a Word or .rtf file attachment sent to Dr Aino Kärnä (aino.karna@helsinki.fi) and to Docent Anneli Luhtala (aluhtala@mappi.helsinki.fi).

For further information please contact:

Dr Aino Kärnä
University of Helsinki
German Department
PL 24
00014 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
aino.karna@helsinki.fi

or

Docent Anneli Luhtala
University of Helsinki
Classics Department
PL 4
00014 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
aluhtala@mappi.helsinki.fi