Announcement

Because Blogger and Blogspot have been blocked in China, it is very difficult to post new F. L. Info. So please come to my new blog space:

http://flrcn.spaces.live.com/

Thank you.

Liu Weiming

Introduction to the Graduate Program of Language and the Law, NWUPL

Since recent years the disciplinary subject of Language and the Law has been developing rapidly in China, and its related education has obtained valuable achievements. More and more scholars from linguistic and legal fields have come to our language garden and achieved much by devoting themselves to the study of language and the law.

Encouraged by this, my university-Northwest University of Politics and Law, has worked out the Graduate Progrm of Language and the Law under the Jurisprudence Major, School of Criminal Law. The Program began to enroll graduates in 2008. At present, four graduates, the first group, have been accepted. They have started their research on language and the law.

Fortunately, LIU, Weiming (myself) and LIU, Suzhen (famous researcher in China) have become the graduate supervisors. Now we two supervise two students each.

Introduction to Prof. Liu, Suzhen: http://law.flrchina.com/member/001/001.htm (Chinese)
Introduction to Prof. Liu, Weiming: http://www.flrchina.com/myself/001/001.htm (Chinese)

This Program welcomes students from linguistic and legal background. The Entrance Examinations include the following:

Political Theory
English
Jurisprudence
Constitution
History of Chinese Law
Procedure Law (Criminal and Civil)
International Public Law
Criminal Law
Civil Law
Economic Law

Professor Malcolm Coulthard's Two Important Web-addresses

Professor Malcolm Coulthard and his colleagues are just launching a Centre for Forensic Linguistics at Aston University. There are two important links of Forensic Linguistics now.

The new Centre has taken over the web-address of the summer school, which now has a new one.

Website of the Centre for Forensic Linguistics

www.forensiclinguistics.net: http://www.forensiclinguistics.net/

Website of Summer School in Forensic Linguistic Analysis

www.forensiclinguistics.eu: http://www.forensiclinguistics.eu/

Hope you will enjoy them.

2008-03-26

More Detailed Info of FL Conference in China 2008

Dear all,

The International Conference on Forensic Linguistics and the Biennial Conference of the China Association of Forensic Linguistics will be held between November 7th－8th, 2008. The deadline for submitting papers is June 30th, 2008. CHEN Jinshi once posted the message in our List a few days ago. Chen is Prof. Du's doctoral student majoring in Forensic Linguistics. Please follow this link, and you will reach the message: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0803&L=forensic-linguistics&T=0&F=&S=&X=2ED88044D1FB2108E6&Y=liu.prof%40gmail.com&P=1681

Here I'd like to add some information and maybe it'll be useful for you.

1. Prof. Peter French once suggested that Forensic Phonetics should be inculded in this Conference. I told Prof. Du about it the moment I got the info. Now FP has been in the topic list and the language used is both Chinese and English.

2. About keynote speakers. Besides Professor Malcolm Coulthard and Professor Roger Shuy, Dr. Vijay Bhatia (Visiting Professor in the City University of Hong Kong) has also been invited.

3. About the organizer. This Conference is oranized by China Association of Forensic Linguistics (CAFL). So it is the biggest and most important meeting in the field of FL in China. Prof. Du is the Chairman of CAFL. This Conference is sponsored by the Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS). This Center is the key research base of Ministry of Education in China. There are quite a few famous scholars doing thire research there.

4. About accommodation, There is no need to reserve your rooms and food in advance as you do in England, America or somewhere else. The rooms of different types are enough. What you do is to contact the organizer and tell them your needs by email, and when you arrive in Guangzhou you may find everything OK. So there is no need to worry about it.

5. About transportation and travel. Transportation is very convenient. Guangzhou is very close to Hong Kong. You can take the flight to Hong Kong. If you'd like to visit Beijing or Shanghai before the Conference, you can take that flite. It is about two hours flite from Beijing/Shanghai to Guangzhou. Please follow the link(http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/guangdong/guangzhou/getting-there.htm) to learn more about Air Informatiion. As for travel in Guangzhou, please follow these links:

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/guangzhou.htm
http://www.chinavista.com/travel/info/guangzhou/enguangzhou.html
http://www.chinahighlights.com/guangzhou/

These webpages provide you with a lot of info of travel in Guangzhou. China is very large. After the Conference, you can visit other cities, such as Xian, Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, etc. Xian is my hometown, which has a very long history with 13 dynasties. It is the root of China. Qin Warrior Museum at the Terracotta Warriors site is here. It is one of eight world wonders. I believe you'll be impressed deeply in China.

6. About the weather. The weather in GUangzhou is mild in November. You may feel very comfortable at that time because it is usually very cold in most other places. To learn more about the weather, please follow these links:

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/local/CHXX0037?from=search_cityhttp://www.answers.com/topic/guangzhou?cat=travelhttp://www.answers.com/topic/guangzhou?cat=travel

This is the link to Guangdong University of Foreign Studies:

http://english.gdufs.edu.cn/ (in English)

This is the link of my webpage about the conference:

http://www.flrchina.com/en/china/001/002.htm
http://liu.flrchina.com/

Any more info, please contact the organizer.If you like, you can contact me(lweiming(a)hotmail.com). I'll try my best to be helpful.

Looking forward to seeing some of you in China.

Best wishes.
Weiming Liu
Professor of English and Linguistics
Vice-Dean of the Foreign Languages School
School of Foreign Languages (Post Box 94)
Northwest University of Politics & Law
South Chang'an Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi P. R. China

Head of the Reasearch Center of Language and the Law, NWUPL
Member of International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL)
Member of China Association of Forensic Linguistics (CAFL)
Home Page:
http://www.flrchina.com/en/
http://liu.flrchina.com/
Email：
lweiming(a)hotmail.com

Renewed Call for Papers for 2008 Forensic Linguistics Conference, China

Dr. Vijay Bhatia has been added to the list of Keynote speakers.

Call for Papers

International Conference on Forensic Linguistics
November 7th－8th , 2008
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China

The International Conference on Forensic Linguistics and the Biennial Conference of the China Association of Forensic Linguistics will be held at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. The conference is sponsored and organized by the Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, GDUFS. The conference aims to promote the development of research on forensic linguistics and the construction of legal system in China and provide an international forum for exchanging ideas within the field of forensic linguistics. Relevant information is as follows.

1. Under the theme of Forensic Linguistics in the 21st Century: Research and Application, the conference topics are mainly concerned with the following issues:
Theoretical research on forensic linguistics
Legal discourse analysis
Legal translation and court interpreting
The application of legal language research
Legal language teaching
The construction of legal corpus
Forensic phonetics

2. Keynote speakers:
Professor Malcolm Coulthard, Aston University, UK
Professor Roger Shuy, Georgetown University, USA
Dr. Vijay Bhatia, Visiting Professor in the City University of Hong Kong

3. Papers are hereby warmly invited, together with abstracts (around 300 words in English or 600 characters in Chinese). Please list (1) title of the paper, (2) name(s) of the author(s), (3) affiliation(s), (4) mailing address(es), (5) email address(es) and (6) telephone number.

4. The deadline for submitting papers is June 30th, 2008. All submissions will be carefully reviewed before final invitation letters are sent to participants.

5. Please email your submission to: gpphd@mail.gdufs.edu.cn or send it to the Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, 510420.

6. For information, please call Ms. Xiao (0086-20-36207201) or Ms. Zhang (0086-20-36207202)

7. Website: http://www.clal.org.cn/ ; http://www.chinaflr.net/

8. Other detailed information of the conference will be given in the formal invitation.