Conference

From Text to Political Positions 2010
9-10 April 2010, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Plenary speakers
- Ken Benoit (Trinity College, Dublin, Dept of Political Science)
- Jan Kleinnijenhuis (Vrije Universiteit/VU Amsterdam, Dept of
Communication Studies and The Network Institute)
- Veronika Koller (Lancaster University, Dept of Linguistics and
English Language) and Paul Davidson (University of Bradford, Dept of
Peace Studies)
- Janyce Wiebe (University of Pittsburgh, Dept of Computer Science).

Organised by the *Media Discourse Group* at De Montfort University, this
one-day conference will examine the various ways in which security is
described in the media, with particular reference to the stories
promoted by news organisations when they attempt to support or undermine
the various propositions made to the public about security and the
‘terror threat’.

Our keynote speakers are Professor Lilie Chouliaraki (London School of
Economics), Professor Mark Neocleous (Brunel University) and Dr Zahera
Harb (University of Nottingham).

On behalf of Luisa Martín Rojo:

The European Network for Intercultural Education Activities (ENIEDA) is convening a panel at the forthcoming International Symposium 'Discursive Constructions of Europe', Faculty of Economy, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 15-16 November 2013. The proposed panel is entitled '(Beyond) Europe: Text, Context and Interaction'.

"Die Organisation von Bildung" Soziologische Zugänge, Analysen und Ergebnisse

Conference organized by the Education Sections of the Sociological Associations of Switzerland (SGS), Germany (DGS) & Austria (ÖGS)

Friday–Saturday, 13–14 June 2014
University of Teacher Education Basel, Switzerland

Conference languages: English and German

Keynotes
Prof. Dr. Moritz Rosenmund, Vienna
Prof. Dr. Christine Musselin, Paris (to be confirmed)

Speakers:
Les Back, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Melanie Friend: photographer, University of Sussex
Prof. Mary Hickman, St Mary's University, London
Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future
Refugee Action
The Refugee Council

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Visual and Cultural Studies graduate program is pleased to announce the CFP for our 10th biennial conference, "Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics," which will be taking place from April 10-11, 2015. You can find the CFP on our website as well as attached below and as a .pdf. Please take a look at it and help us spread the word!

InVisible Culture
503A Morey Hall
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627

http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu

The Standing Group on Political Methodology of the ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) organises a section on "The analysis of political discourse: confronting approaches" at the next ECPR General Conference in Montreal, Canada, 26-29 August 2015.

The section welcomes paper or panel proposals on any issue related to the analysis of political discourse, and working with a variety of methodological approaches, from quantitative text analysis to various strands of discourse analysis. Proposals from disciplines other than political science are very welcome.

Submissions are invited for the panel proposal ‘Discourses of European identity at times of ‘Brexit’’ organised by Franco Zappettini, Royal Holloway, University of London, to be presented at the 1st International Conference on “Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders”, Athens, Greece, September 23-25th 2016

The European Conference on Argumentation (ECA) is a pan-European biennial initiative aiming to consolidate and advance various strands of research on argumentation and reasoning by gathering scholars from a range of disciplines. After a successful 1st edition held in Lisbon in 2015, ECA will be hosted in 2017 by the Department of English at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. While based in Europe, ECA involves and encourages participation from argumentation scholars all over the world.