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Saturday, October 18, 2008
BABELers, Come to TEMA 2009
While it's a year away, I thought I'd let everyone know that next year UT Austin will host--for the first ever--the annual conference for TEMA. Planning is very much in the paleolithic stages, so I don't know anything about programing theme(s) or keynotes. Still, I think it would be great to organize a BABEL panel or two. The tentative (read: probable) dates for next year's conference are October 22-24, 2009. If any BABELers might be interested, feel free to let me know. Of course, as more information (e.g., a CFP) becomes available I'll post updates here and elsewhere (I'll send the CFP out to the BABEL list).
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3 comments:
mmmmmmmmm, any excuse to mix medievalism and maudie's!
That does sound attractive. Great venue!
I would love to come to Austin and could definitely see organizing a BABEL panel or two.
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