ASIALEX 2005 will take place in Singapore from 1 – 3 June
2005, and is jointly organised by the Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences (FASS), the Department of English Language and Literature
(ELL), and the Asia Research Institute (ARI) at the National University
of Singapore (NUS). It represents the 2005 biennial conference
of the Asian Association for Lexicography (ASIALEX), and is one
of the centennial celebrations of the National University of Singapore.
ASIALEX Milestones
The Asian Association for Lexicography (ASIALEX) was established
in March 1997, during the Dictionaries in Asia conference that
was held at the Language Centre of Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology. The major objective of ASIALEX is to foster scholarly
and professional activities in the field of lexicography in Asia.
The first international conference of ASIALEX
was held at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou
(Canton) in 1999. Subsequent conferences took place at Yonsei
University in Seoul in 2001 and at Meikai University in Tokyo in
2003.
ASIALEX 2005
The Fourth Biennial Conference of ASIALEX will be The
M Hotel,
1-3 June 2005, and will be one of the very first series of events
marking the National
University of Singapore (NUS)'s Centennial Celebrations in
2005. NUS will be celebrating its Centennial in 2005 and 2006,
marking 100 years of tertiary education in Singapore. Its major
theme, Words
in Asian Cultural Contexts, aims to open up a forum for
researchers in linguistics, literature and cultural studies.
The
organising committee includes Anne Pakir, ASIALEX President (2003–2005),
Vincent Ooi (ELL), Peter Tan (ELL),
Ismail Talib
(ELL), Lynn Tan (ARI) and Tan Ying Ying (ELL).
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