Invitation to the
2009 Annual Meeting and Conference of the Gypsy Lore Society

On behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society, several Helsinki-based organizations will host the 2009 Annual Meeting and Conference of the Gypsy Lore Society. The conference will be held on August 27-29, 2009, on the downtown premises of the University of Helsinki (UH). The conference starts at 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2009.

Content:

• Call for Papers
  • Submission deadline: March 31, 2009
  • Notification of Acceptance: April 30, 2009
  • The Second Announcement: April 30, 2009
• Registration
• Programme
• Abstracts
• Hotels and other accommodation
• Additional links and local information

Organizers and Program Committee:

• Fred Karlsson, Department of general linguistics, UH, Chair
• Risto Blomster, Finnish Literature Society
• Kimmo Granqvist, Research Institute for the Languages of Finland, Programme Chair
• Airi Markkanen
• Panu Pulma, Department of history, UH
• Minna Ruckenstein, Department of sociology / social and cultural anthropology, UH & Finnish Anthropological Society
• Anna Maria Viljanen, Department of sociology / social and cultural anthropology, UH & Finnish Anthropological Society
• Salla Mäkelä, Department of sociology / social and cultural anthropology, UH, Secretary

Conference email: salla.makela@helsinki.fi
Conference website: www.ling.helsinki.fi/ykiel/GLS_2009