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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dear Teun and everyone else,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Although the CRITICS-L list is not particularly active as a
discussion list, it does still provide an invaluable platform for various kinds
of announcements. A List is by far the most effective way to make such
announcements and know that they will reach the intended audience. It is
therefore imperative that we find another server for CRITICS-L before January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Jeremy, well done on volunteering! Teun, thanks for all
your efforts with the list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Dr Christopher Hart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Lecturer in English Language and Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>University of Hertfordshire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>go.herts.ac.uk/cjhart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
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Critical Discourse/Language/Communication Analysis
[mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Teun A. van Dijk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 November 2010 21:18<br>
<b>To:</b> CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Ending the Critics-L list ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dear friends,<br>
<br>
The Internet Service Provider - ISP - (Surfnet, the Netherlands) which I
have been using for several lists, including the CRITICS-L list, is going to
shut down its LISTSERV activities as from January. <br>
<br>
This also means the end of the CRITICS-L list, at least with this ISP. Since
the list has barely been active, except for the very useful conference messages
of some of my (ex) PhD students, and an occasional book announcement, I have
decided to stop my activity as list convenor on this occasion. <br>
<br>
However, I can imagine that some of you would like to continue the list, and if
there are proposals, please post to to this list, so that we can see who can
provide a stable infrastructure to maintain the list for at at least several
years. Indeed, there may be other ways to communicate besides such a
traditional list. <br>
<br>
Since I (must) retire from my actual position at Pompeu Fabra University in May
2013, I have been planning to try to found an international PhD
"school", whether or not associated with one of the universities here
in Barcelona. It is my intention to call this school CRITICS (Center for
Research into Text/Talk, Information and Communication in Society) - and thus
realize part of the aims of the CRITICS Foundation we founded in the 1990s. If
this plan could be realized (which is not at all sure) then somehow the
CRITICS-L list might be restored again. The aim of the CRITICS center is to
offer brilliant PhD students in critical discourse studies one year of
specialized assistance with their thesis, with a staff of the best
international scholars in the field who would each teach in the center for one
week per year, thus allowing a very prestigious program. Unfortunately, in the
present dire economic situation in Spain, such a center could only be realized
if it is self-financing and hence be based on (for Spain) high tuition costs of
about 10,000 euros annually. I'll keep you posted about these plans - even if
the CRITICS-L is discontinued.<br>
<br>
Best wishes<br>
<br>
<br>
Teun<br>
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Teun A. van Dijk<br>
Pompeu Fabra University <br>
Dept. of Translation and Language Sciences<br>
138, Roc Boronat<br>
08018 Barcelona, Spain<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:teun@discourses.org">teun@discourses.org</a><br>
Web: <a href="http://www.discourses.org">www.discourses.org</a><br>
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