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RaAM 10 conference: Metaphor in Communication, Science and Education

Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy
School of Communication Science
University of Cagliari

We are pleased to announce the 10th conference of the Association for
Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM), which will be held in
Cagliari, Island of Sardinia, Italy, from 20 to 23 June 2014.

DiscourseNet International Congress #1: Panel on everyday critical meta-discourse and academic engagement

Critical discourse analysts and theorists are not the only people involved in the articulation of critique in the public realm. Political debates typically consist of layers of meta-discourse. They are fundamentally discourse about discourse and could not exist without the reflexive features of articulatory practice. Many researchers in critical discourse studies focus on social and political debates related to issues such as class, migration, ecology, globalization, or economic crisis.

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.

CADAAD 2012

The fourth international conference Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD) will take place at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal 4-6 July 2012.

The following distinguished scholars have confirmed their participation as plenary speakers: