This is just to remind you that the first deadline for the 14th International Pragmatics Conference (Antwerp, Belgium, July 26-31 2015) is approaching:
- The deadline for panel proposals: 1 June 2014 (unlike on earlier occasions, there is no second round).
- Contributions to accepted panels, and individual submissions for posters and lectures must be sent in by 15 October 2014
Multimodality is one of the most influential semiotic theories for analyzing media artefacts nowadays, and it enjoys growing popularity globally. However, this popularity does not imply universality: the empirical application and even the conceptual anchoring of multimodality often remain nationally and regionally grounded. Definitions of modality and even mediality thus differ from each other in terms of their starting points. From a German national perspective, language remains the main point of description.
3rd International conference of the Group for Social Engagement Studies
Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade
***How to act together: From collective engagement to protest***
Belgrade, November 19-21, 2015
Keynote speaker: Judith Butler
Description
The conference will explore the broad issue of action – in its various sociological and philosophical traditions – and the particular question of collective engagement in its contemporary forms of protest assemblies.
While ‘discourse’ has long been an object of investigation in many disciplines, the contours of a new field of transdisciplinary research are now coming to the fore: Discourse Studies. Known for theoretical orientations and methodological tools at the intersection of language and society, discourse research usually deals with social phenomena with a particular focus on the entanglements of power and language.
Call for Papers
ESTIDIA (European Society for Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogue)
4th ESTIDIA Conference
Dialogues without Borders: Strategies of Interpersonal and Inter-group Communication
29-30 September 2017
Faculty of Philosophy
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky”
Sofia, Bulgaria
in partnership with
Institute of Rhetoric and Communications, Sofia
Centre for New Media and Transdisciplinary Dialogue, Constanţa
Conference Venue
During the conference we propose to discuss the process of mediation of culture, its effects and consequences, focusing on the following aspects (but not limited to them).
This biennial conference, which has constantly been gaining importance since its first occurrence in Barcelone (1990), is open to all scholars and researchers working in the field of textual data analysis; ranging from lexicography to the analysis of political discourse, from information retrieval to marketing research, from computational linguistics to sociolinguistics, from text mining to content analysis.
The nature of genres has always been defined as both static and dynamic, functioning as discursive action within particular social, historical and cultural contexts but open to individual and collective creativity and innovation. Corpora can be powerful tools in tracking this kind of change, as clearly shown by a well-established tradition in historical linguistics, where growing interest has been shown in the diachronic analysis of specialized genres. Elements of change, however, can also be seen at work in contemporary discourse.
This panel will examine how conflict characterizes modernity and post modernity, and how the response to crisis often takes a militarized tone. Even within literary discourse, the division resulting from Gender is one which suggests combat.
AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE
1) To bring together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from around the globe to contribute to a stimulating and rewarding exchange of ideas and techniques regarding discourse studies;
2) To enhance cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and research innovation in discourse studies;
3) To facilitate the formation of collaborative research networks among conference participants.
THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE
Cultural reflexivity and innovation in discourse studies