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Conference Series
Origin of Slovenians
Sixth International Topical Conference
ORIGIN OF EUROPEANS
First Announcement and Call for Papers
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2008, June 6th and 7th
Venue: Slovenian World Congress, Cankarjeva 1/IV, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ancient Dwellers of Europe
The early history of the European peoples is still not well known. The aim of the conference is to discover and disclose historical, linguistic, cultural and other sources of information about the ancient inhabitants of Europe, taking into account various aspects, which can contribute to an improved knowledge of the events in the distant past.
The core of the conference should be archaeological facts and written documents, toponyms, genetic traces, beliefs, mythology, legends, customs and other data which could help to reveal the organisation, communications and cooperation of the ancient inhabitants in Europe during particular epochs of the distant past.
What is expected and most welcome is to elucidate the changes of the living conditions and activities during the whole period till the end of the first millennium AD. It is important to bring forward all the significant characteristics of the ancient population, which can still be established today.
Main topics
Archaeological traces
Linguistic traces of ancient settlers
Historical traces
Cultural traces
Ethnological traces
Genetic traces
Other traces
Reviewed contributions will be published in Proceedings.
Preliminary registration and instructions for abstracts and contributions
All interested in contributing to the conference are kindly invited to register as soon as possible by e-mail to the address or , and to submit abstracts of their proposed contributions as soon as possible, but not later than October 15th, 2007, to the address , using text processor MS WORD (.doc or .rtf file) or as a text file in ASCII format. The authors will be notified about the provisional acceptance of their abstracts not later than December 1st, 2007. Final acceptance follows after the peer review of the full paper.
The abstract should contain:
Title of the paper
Authors' names and their full addresses including an e-mail address. The name of the author presenting the paper should be underlined.
The main points of the paper should be presented in the abstract as suggested in the instructions to the authors (see the following page).
The full text of the paper should reach the organizer to the address as soon as possible, but not later than February 1st, 2008. The final selection of papers to be printed in the Conference Proceedings will be made by the peer review committee and the results of the review will be sent to authors by March 31st, 2008. The camera-ready text of the papers should be submitted to the organizer not later than April 30th, 2008.
The conference languages are English and Slovenian.
Conference proceedings
The Book of Abstracts will be distributed to the participants during their registration at the conference. The Conference Proceedings will be mailed to the participants later on.
Accommodation
The organizers will be ready to help the reservation of hotel rooms in different hotels in Ljubljana and surroundings (price range between 40 EUR – 200 EUR). Prospective participants are kindly asked to submit the registration forms at their earliest convenience together with the date of arrival and departure, and their preferences regarding the price category of the accommodation. Tourist information including information on Ljubljana hotels and price lists can be obtained on the web sites:
http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/hotels/
Social events
On the first day of the conference, June 6th there will be the possibility of a joint lunch and dinner, where the participants may meet informally. On special request of interested participants the organizer can help in the organization of visits to various university, scientific and cultural institutions in Ljubljana and in surroundings or elsewhere in Slovenia.
Conference Fee
The Conference proceedings will be provided to authors for a conference fee of 100 EUR. For other participants the fee will be 30 EUR. The students have free attention.
Programme and Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Anton Perdih, programme chairman
Assist. Prof. Dr. Jože Rant, organizing chairman
dr. Duša Krnel-Umek
Andrej Rant, Dr. stom.
Rev. Ivan Tomažič
Mag. Vinko Vodopivec, head of the project
International Programme Committee
Prof. Dr. A. Perdih, Slovenia, chairman
Mr. A. Ambrozic, Canada
Prof. Dr. A. Mavretič, USA
Assist. Prof. Dr. J. Rant, Slovenia
Mr. J. Skulj, Canada
Mr. G. Tomezzoli, Italy, Germany
Contacts
Registration forms, abstracts, information Abstracts, papers, information
Doc.dr. Jože Rant Prof.dr. Anton Perdih
Ul. v Kokovšek 31a Mala vas 12
SI-1231 Ljubljana SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia Slovenia
Tel. +396 1 561 3577 +386 1 568 3730
Important information and conference announcements will also be available on the web site of The Project Origin of Slovenians: http://www.korenine.si/
as well as:
http://www.veneti.info/, where also links to other web sites are available,
http://www.prah.net/europaveneta,
http://forums.delphiforums.com/VENETI
http://www.tripod.veneti.com/
Instructions for authors
The length of the Abstract should not exceed one page (A4 size, 21.0 cm × 29.7 cm).
Margins: Top 3.5 cm; bottom 3.2 cm; left and right 3 cm.
Font: Times New Roman, size 12 pts, line spacing 1.
Style: Normal.dot, only. The use of any other styles as well as of fonts CE, Cyr and YUASCII is strongly discouraged. Shut off all automatic actions and auto-corrections.
TITLE: Capital letters, bold face, centred
Author(s’) name(s): one line space under the title, bold face, centred. The name of the presenting author should be underlined.
Author(s’) address(es): Placed directly under names, centred, font style italic, if possible
Text of the abstract: Two lines space under the address(es) of the author(s), justified.
If using a typewriter left alignment should be used.
The abstract should be given in English and in Slovenian. For contributors, who are not fluent in Slovenian, the Organizing Committee will provide the translation of the abstract. The abstract should not contain any references or notes.
An example of an abstract is given below:
A CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS
John First1, Joseph Second2
1Institute XY, Street 13, AB-9999 My town, Country
2 Avenue 1a, ABC-7777 Town, Country
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The same as above, except for the number of pages applies for the full text of the contribution that is submitted for publication in Proceedings. The language of the contribution (Slovenian or English) decides the author.
Figures and Tables should be numbered subsequently e.g., Figure 1., followed by a short explanation of the contents. The legend of signs used is to be added.
References should be numbered, and ordered sequentially as they appear in the text. When cited in text, reference numbers should be in square brackets, e.g. Novak [1], ... Klepec [2] ......
Footnotes are not acceptable. The essential part of their contents should be included into the text. For the rest, the reference indicates where it is to be found.
References are collected at the end of the text as a separate heading:
References
1. N1 N2 Surname1, N1 N2 Surname2, Title of the contribution, Abbrev. J. Name. year, volume, first page-last page
2. N1 N2 Surname1, N1 N2 Surname2, Book Title, Publisher, Place year, first page-last page
3. N1 N2 Surname1, N1 N2 Surname2, Title of the contribution, in: N1 N2 Surname3 (Ed.) Book Title, Publisher, Place year, first page-last page
The abstract(s) is (are) a part of the contribution.
Preliminary Conference Registration should be sent to the address:
Doc. Dr. Jože Rant
Ul. v Kokovšek 31a
SI-1231 Ljubljana, Slovenia
fax +386 1 561 5505
PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION for the CONFERENCE
»Origin of Europeans«
Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 6th and 7th 2008
Name and Family Name: ______
Address:______
Tel./fax:______
E-mail:______
I intend to contribute a paper(s): Yes / No
Co-author(s):______
Preliminary title(s): ______
Date:______Signature:______
Please fill in also the backside questionnaire!
»Origin of Europeans«
Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 6th and 7th, 2008
I will attend the conference: June 6th ( ), June 7th ( ), both days June 6th and 7th ( )
Arrival date: via:
Departure date: via:
I prefer the assistance of the organizer to reserve my hotel accommodation:
Yes( ), No( )
Preferred hotel price category: (*), (**), (***), (****)
Price range: (*) up to 40 EUR, (**) up to 80 EUR, (***) up to 150 EUR,
(****) over 150 EUR
Accomodation: single bedroom ( ), double bedroom ( )
Upon interest the organizer can provide assistance in organizing various tourist trips as well as visits to cultural, scientific and other academic institutions in Ljubljana or elsewhere in Slovenia. Please, do not hesitate to describe your possible wishes in the space given below: