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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-right:1.15pt;margin-left:1.65pt"><span style="color:black">Dear sir/madam, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-right:1.15pt;margin-left:1.65pt"><span style="color:black"><br>Could you please forward the following call for papers to your list's members? I trust that several of them will find Track 2 of the conference relevant.. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-right:1.15pt;margin-left:1.65pt"><span style="color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-right:1.15pt;margin-left:1.65pt"><span style="color:black">Thanks in advance, <br>Stavros Assimakopoulos</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:1.15pt;margin-left:1.65pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:1.15pt;margin-left:1.65pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:1.15pt;margin-left:1.65pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">Interdisciplinary

conference on Hate speech: Definitions, Interpretations and Practices <span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:7pt;margin-left:1.65pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">9 - 11 June

2017 at the University of Cyprus</span></b><span style="color:black"> <b> <span></span></b></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:1.65pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">Conference

Language: English</span></b><span style="color:black"> <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left">Hate speech can be broadly

defined as “degrading, threatening, harassing or stigmatizing speech which

affects an individual’s or a group’s dignity, reputation and status in society

by means of linguistic and visual effects that promote negative feelings, attitudes

and perceptions based on characteristics such as ethnicity, religion, gender,

disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity and age”

(Norway's equality and anti-discrimination Ombud 2015: 5).  The aim

of this conference is to stimulate dialogue across disciplines and perspectives

and to consider different methods and tools when approaching hate speech and

hate crime. <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left">It is organized under the

auspices of an EU DG Justice funded project on hate crime and hate speech

(C.O.N.T.A.C.T, <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.reportinghate.eu">www.reportinghate.eu</a></span></u>)

and offers an opportunity to bring together researchers, teachers, trainers,

NGOs and other relevant bodies interested in issues of definitions,

interpretations and practices in relation to hate speech, targeting both <b>theoretical

and applied research, as well as experience from the field.

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left">The

conference will comprise three tracks, focusing on the main theme of Hate Speech:

<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;margin-left:21.3pt;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     

</span></span><u>Track

1</u><span style="color:black">: </span>Legislation, legal discourses and legal

practices focused on hate speech <span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;margin-left:21.3pt;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     

</span></span><u>Track

2</u><span style="color:black">: </span>Performance of hate speech through direct,

indirect or multimodal means in everyday conversation and in different

discourse settings (e.g. politics, media, etc.), as well as online (e.g. social

media, newspaper comments, etc.).<span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><u>Track

3</u><span style="color:black">: </span>Pedagogy and hate speech (practices and / or

research focused on educating people about hate speech and strategies for

tackling it) <span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="color:black">In parallel, all participants

will have the chance to participate in an NGO workshop, where awareness-raising

activities for different target groups – such as young people, law enforcement

agencies, competent authorities and media – will be discussed, with a

particular focus on the use of non-formal education.  <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b>Keynote speakers</b>

include:<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     

</span></span>Prof. Dimitris Christopoulos: President of

the International Federation for Human Rights and Associate Professor of State

and Legal Theory<span style="color:black"> at Panteion University of

Athens;  </span><span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     

</span></span>Paul Iganski: of Criminology and Criminal

Justice, University of Lancaster;<span style="color:black"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     

</span></span><span style="color:black">Izabela Kisić: Executive

Director of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia and Associate in

the C.O.N.T.A.C.T. project</span>;<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">     

</span></span>Andreas Musolff: Professor of Intercultural

Communication, University of East Anglia.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">Call for Papers<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left">We

invite potential participants to send a 250-word abstract related to one of the

three aformentioned tracks. Contributions can be in the form of individual

scientific papers, panels or workshops. For panels

and workshops, please give details of themes, convenors and participants, but note

the individual participants will also be required to submit individual

abstracts. <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="color:black">An anonymised version

of your abstract, with your name and affiliation in a separate file should be

sent to </span><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:conferencecontact2017@ucy.ac.cy">conferencecontact2017@ucy.ac.cy</a></span><span style="color:black">  <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b> </b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b>Calendar </b><span style="color:black"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left">October

8, 2016: Call for papers <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><b><u>January 15, 2016: Deadline for submission of

abstracts</u> </b>(<i>extended</i>) <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left">February

6, 2016: Decision sent to the applicants (<i>extended)<span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left">May

8, 2017: Deadline for conference registration <span style="color:black"> <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left">Academic

publications based on the conference themes are foreseen and negotiations with

publishers are planned for the spring of 2017. <span style="color:black"> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><u><span> </span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin-right:3.45pt;text-align:left"><u>Registration fee</u> by

bank transfer: 80 euros (covers conference material, lunches, coffee breaks,

welcome reception).  <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left">For further information,

please visit: <a href="http://reportinghate.eu/contact2017/">http://reportinghate.eu/contact2017/</a><span></span></p>

<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span></div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Stavros Assimakopoulos<br>Institute of Linguistics<div>University of Malta<br>-------------------------------------<br></div><div><a href="http://staff.um.edu.mt/stavros.assimakopoulos/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://staff.um.edu.mt/stavros.assimakopoulos/</a></div></div></div></div>

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