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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let me jump in and, in total agreement with
Luisa, Carmen and many others who have already expressed their gratitude to
Teun, to add my voice with sincere and heartfelt thanks. I too am
willing to support new initiatives in any way I can.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers to all and a big hug to Teun</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bessie</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>Professor Bessie Dendrinos<BR>Department of
Language and Linguistics<BR>Faculty of English Studies<BR>National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens<BR>University Campus Zographou<BR>GR - 15784
Athens<BR>UoA tel. & fax: +30210 7277804<BR>Home office: Tel. & fax:
+30210 7214978<BR>Email: </FONT><A href="mailto:vdendrin@enl.uoa.gr"><FONT
face=Arial size=1>vdendrin@enl.uoa.gr</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=1>Personal page: </FONT><A
href="http://web.cc.uoa.gr/english/dendrinos/index-en.htm"><FONT face=Arial
size=1>http://web.cc.uoa.gr/english/dendrinos/index-en.htm</FONT></A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Carmen Caldas-Coulthard" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:c.r.caldas-coulthard@BHAM.AC.UK"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>c.r.caldas-coulthard@BHAM.AC.UK</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:34
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: community-forming</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Dear Teun (sorry for the last attempt). I totally agree with Luisa. I
think you have been all these years the 'linking strenght' of our community.
Without you, we would have not been in contact. Many, many thanks. I will of
course support all the new initiatives, count on me. And of course, you will be
as active as always, I hope. Carmen<BR><BR><BR>Dr. Carmen Rosa
Caldas-Coulthard<BR>Centre for English Language Studies,<BR>Westmere
House<BR>University of Birmingham,
UK<BR>________________________________<BR>From: Critical
Discourse/Language/Communication Analysis [CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL] On Behalf
Of Luisa Martin Rojo [luisa.rojo@UAM.ES]<BR>Sent: 11 November 2010 21:04<BR>To:
</FONT><A href="mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject:
community-forming<BR><BR>Dear Teun,<BR>Reading your message the firs think I
want to do it’s send you a public and heartfelt ‘THAN YOU’ for your generous
community-forming for so many years. Even of the list isn’t very active in
number of messages; it was very strong in its role of creating community,
keeping us in contact.<BR>I really hope what you have built will go on in the
same way. For all of us, specially people who are working alone or in difficult
conditions the important thing is to be in contact with other scholars. The
content matters not the container (Google docs or whatever).<BR>In relation to
your other plans, I do hope it would be possible for you to carry them out in
the university. That would be very positive for students.<BR>Un fuerte
abrazo<BR>Luisa<BR><BR><BR>-------- Mensaje original
--------<BR>Asunto: Ending the
Critics-L list ...<BR>Fecha: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 22:17:40
+0100<BR>De: Teun A. van Dijk <</FONT><A
href="mailto:teun@DISCOURSES.ORG><mailto:teun@DISCOURSES.ORG"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>teun@DISCOURSES.ORG><mailto:teun@DISCOURSES.ORG</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>><BR>Responder a: Teun A. van Dijk
<</FONT><A
href="mailto:teun@DISCOURSES.ORG><mailto:teun@DISCOURSES.ORG"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>teun@DISCOURSES.ORG><mailto:teun@DISCOURSES.ORG</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>><BR>Para: </FONT><A
href="mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL<mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL<mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>><BR><BR><BR><BR>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>___________________________________________________<BR>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: </FONT><A
href="mailto:teun@discourses.org<mailto:teun@discourses.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>teun@discourses.org<mailto:teun@discourses.org</FONT></A><FONT
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