[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfP: 14th Biennial Conference on Balkan Linguistics, Literature and Folklore, 14-17.4.2002, Oxford, Mississippi

[Agron Alibali]

  Florian Bieber <bieberf at gmx.net> wrote: From Florian Bieber Thu May 9 15:03:54 2002
To: balkans at yahoogroups.com
From: Florian Bieber 
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 00:03:54 +0200
Subject: [balkans] CfP: 14th Biennial Conference on Balkan Linguistics,
Literature and Folklore, 14-17.4.2002, Oxford, Mississippi

BALKAN CONFERENCE 2004

14th Biennial Conference on
Balkan Linguistics, Literature and Folklore

Thursday-Saturday
April 14-17, 2004

Hosted by The University of Mississippi
in Oxford, Mississippi
We invite you to take a Virtual Campus Tour of Ole Miss
or to have a Live Look-In at the Grove, the center of campus activity.
For more information on things to do and see in Oxford and Northeast 
Mississippi, click here.



Preliminary Conference Schedule:

All panel sessions will be held in various rooms at the E.F. Yerby 
Conference Center.
(Click here for map.)
The Plenary Session will be held in the building's main auditorium.


Registration:

Registration Fees: Registration is expected to be $20.



Special Events:

Optional excursions are being planned for conference participants, 
including: a Double Decker bus tour of Oxford; Rowan Oak, the home of 
William Faulkner; the University Museums (where we will have a displace of 
works on Balkan studies); the J.D. Williams Library; Square Books, the 
famous local bookstore; the Peabody Hotel, Beale Street, Graceland, the 
Pyramid, Mud Island and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis; and 
Elvis Presley's birthplace in Tupelo. Also planned are a book/ poetry 
reading at Off Square Books and an outing to a local catfish and buffet 
restaurant. Details will be forthcoming.



Travel and Accommodations:

Travel to Oxford, MS -- Oxford is located at the crossroads of State 
Highways 6, 7 and 30 in north central Mississippi. Oxford is approximately 
3 hours by car from Birmingham, 5 hours from Little Rock or Nashville, and 
7 hours from New Orleans or Atlanta. Greyhound Buslines has a stop in 
Oxford. Memphis has the closest international airport (approximately one 
hour from Oxford), although Tupelo, MS has a small regional airport (only 
50 minutes away). The Memphis International Airport is a hub for Northwest 
Airlines but is also serviced by American, Continental, Delta and United 
Airlines, AirTran, US Airways and TWA. The Tupelo Airport currently is 
serviced only by Northwest Airlink.

NORTHWEST AIRLINES is expected to be the official airlines of the BALKAN 
2004 conference in Oxford, Mississippi. If you or your travel agent call 
Northwest's toll-free number (1-800-225-2525) to book your reservations, 
you will receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable discount fare, 
including First Class, or a 10% discount off full fare unrestricted coach 
fares, purchased 7 days in advance. An additional 5% discount will apply 
when tickets are purchased at least 60 days in advance of your travel date. 
Discounts also apply on Northwest Airlink. Call Northwest's Specialized 
Meeting Reservations Center at 1- 800-QQQ-QQQQ to obtain the best fares and 
schedule information. Make sure you refer to the Meeting ID Number, which 
is QQQQQ. Dedicated reservation agents are on duty 7 days a week from 7:00 
AM to 12:00 midnight EST. If you would like to check out flight schedules 
to Memphis or Tupelo before calling, take a look at this.

Arrangements will be made to make available shuttle transportation from 
Memphis to Oxford. The cost of this transportation will be $30 one way and 
$50 roundtrip. Click here to download an Acrobat-compatible pdf form with 
which you may register for this transportation or click here for an html file.

Lodging -- A block of 50 rooms at a special rate of $62-80 per night has 
been reserved at the Downtown Inn, which is located just off the Square in 
downtown Oxford, about a 15-munte walk form the campus of The University of 
Mississippi.
If you are interested in sharing a hotel room with another conference 
participant, please press here.



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