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[IM] Possible! Embodied and Moving Heterotopies as Sites of Education

[IM] Possible!
Embodied and Moving Heterotopies as Sites of Education
Conference at the Department of Educational Sciences
Hosted by the Institute of Educational Science and the Institute of Sport Science and Motology
March 3rd – 5th 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS
The conference invites to address the tension field of embodiment, education and practices located within this realm – as critical dialogue, as a mode of rebellion but also as an open field of exploration for different possibilities.

POLITICS OF ENMITY: CAN NATION EVER BE EMANCIPATORY?

Confirmed speakers

Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles
Florian Bieber, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz
Jasna Dragović Soso, Goldsmiths University of London
Montserrat Guibernau, Queen Mary University of London
Nuria Sánchez Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid

Languaging Diversity 4: Discourse and Diversity in the Global City

Call summary: Languaging Diversity 4 Discourse and Diversity in the Global City (28-30 Sept 2018) Discourses in/of/about the city vibrantly conceptualize, narrate and imagine the past, present and future of a city and its citizens. The city's status, character, spirit and image are constantly imagined, reproduced and framed in private and public communication. In urban discourse languages, identities and subcultures meet, as old and new inhabitants interact with temporary visitors and guests.

2nd New Zealand Discourse Conference

In photography, the lens of a camera can be tilted and shifted to create new perspectives. Using discourse analysis as a lens enables us to gain new perspectives on the social world and generate new insights into influences and changes in a range of social phenomena. Discourse analysis encompasses a diverse range of analytical techniques and draws on a variety of theoretical and epistemological perspectives. Through an examination of talk, text and associated social practices, issues of identity, agency, structure, representation, power and practice can be addressed.

International Society of Critical Health Psychology 7th Biennial Conference

ADVANCING CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

The 7th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) will be held at the University of Adelaide on Monday 18th - Wednesday 20th April, 2011.

A series of workshops for postgraduate students and emerging researchers will be held on Sunday 17th April, 2011.

We are delighted to include Professor Raewyn Connell and Associate Professor Pat Dudgeon as keynote speakers. More keynote speakers will be announced soon!

About the conference

Resignifying Gender and Sexuality in Language and Discourse (IGALA 7)

[With apologies for cross-posting]

Abstract Submission Deadline: October 31, 2011

IGALA 7 (7th International Gender and Language Association Conference)
invites submissions for oral presentations, posters, organized round tables
(aka panels), and workshops on all scientific approaches and disciplines to
analyzing and interpreting the relationships among language, gender and
sexuality.

Dirty, Sexy Policy Conference

Keynote speakers:

- Nicholas Johnson, former FCC Commissioner and Visiting Faculty, University of Iowa College of Law
- Des Freedman, Reader in Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths University of London

The Carsey-Wolf Center’s Media Industries Project [MIP] announces a call for participants in the Dirty, Sexy Policy Conference at UC Santa Barbara.