• Convenor
Prof. Marina Dossena, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy
(http://www.unibg.it/dati/persone/246/2148-mio-cv-sito%20unibg.pdf)

• Scope of session
Two very successful conferences on English Historical Dialectology (EHD) have been held at the Universityof Bergamo in 2003 and 2007 (see http://dinamico2.unibg.it/anglistica/slin/ehd1-home.html and www.unibg.it/struttura/struttura.asp?cerca=2icehd_intro:Dossena/Lass 2004 and 2009). For the next planned meeting in 2011 it seems desirable that the focused discussion on individual projects should occur within the framework of this bigger international event with a longer scientific tradition. In this way participants will have the opportunity to present findings to and get feedback from a wider range of delegates.
Papers are expected to concentrate on methodological issues, data and scientific research questions centred on English and European Dialectology in a historical perspective – ranging from the 11th to the 19th century. Special attention to sociolinguistic variation in time is welcome.
The publication of the proceedings is envisaged in an independent volume.

References
Dossena, Marina / Lass, Roger (eds)
2004, Methods and Data in English Historical Dialectology. Bern: Peter Lang.
2009, Studies in English and European Historical Dialectology. Bern: Peter Lang.

• Estimated number of papers
12: the workshop is expected to take max. three half-day sessions. Each presentation should take up to 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion.

Abstracts (ca. 300 words excluding references) should be e-mailed as both Word and PDF files to
marina.dossena@unibg.it not later than 30 November 2011.

• Arrangements for abstract review
Abstracts will be refereed anonymously: notification of acceptance is expected within three-four weeks after the submission deadline. Former delegates at EHD conferences, in addition to members of the EHD scientific committee, will be invited to participate in the reviewing process.