<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><h4 style="margin: 0px; position: relative; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class="">H</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class="">istorical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum</span></span></h4><h4 style="margin: 0px; position: relative; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;" class=""><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class="">Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2-3 March 2018</i></h4><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><br class=""></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class="">The <b class="">Historical Sociolinguistics Network</b> (<span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;" class="">HiSoN</span>), as sponsored by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) as part of its <b class="">Historical Sociolinguistics Research and Training Program</b>, is proud to announce the first edition of the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><b class="">Historical Sociolinguistics Young Researchers Forum</b> (HSYRF)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class="">.</span></span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">This new yearly event is aimed at early career researchers – MA and PhD students, postdocs, and other young (at heart) researchers –, offering a mix of lectures, classes and hands-on workshops on various topics relevant to anyone interested in historical sociolinguistics or language history more generally.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><br class=""></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class="">The first edition of the event will take place on <b class="">2-3 March 2018</b> at the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><b class="">Vrije Universiteit Brussel </b>(Brussels, Belgium)</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__beta.mailbutler.io_tracking_hit_F60B358A-2D22E6-2D4338-2D89CB-2D9712D4767BD3_4D81231A-2DFABF-2D4363-2D8863-2D930318EFA8FA_&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=xWgwnXzyLjTDtEN1jkc-sliD_cd49k7fc7XSMi_8aeo&m=pHra3ZcLAtIxYJpEU8TARPGPORITddjpojupIkLUxt8&s=JCku_swBRRPxLXNBMv4WkLnS-eUJ0suhO5nZZm-GBuE&e=" class="">http://hsyrf.blogspot.com</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Organizers</b>:</span></span><br class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">- Rik Vosters</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)</span><br class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">- Gijsbert Rutten (Universiteit Leiden)</span></span><br class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">- Iris Van de Voorde</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)</span><br class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">- Charlotte Verheyden (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Student-assistant</b>:</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">- Eline Lismont (<a href="mailto:Eline.Lismont@vub.be" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(141, 2, 0);" class="">Eline.Lismont@vub.be</a>)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 17.81999969482422px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Sponsors:</b></span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Historical Sociolinguistics Research and Training Program</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Historical Sociolinguistics Network (HiSoN)</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">FWO Vlaanderen</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Doctoral School of Humanities (DSh)</span><br class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Vrije Universiteit Brussel</span><br class=""></div><div class="">
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