<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.17107" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><A name=_GoBack><FONT face=Calibri size=3><STRONG>Call for expressions of interest: Research project into the representation of migrants</STRONG></FONT></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Friday 27 April 2012, University of Portsmouth, UK. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>This is a call for expressions of interest in a large-scale research project investigating the representation of migrants in the news media in a range of countries, focussing in particular on: </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri size=3>the extent to which migrants who are ‘foregrounded’ in the news media are constructed in discursively similar ways in different countries</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri size=3>the discourse representation of such migrants and the destination country in the media of their country of emigration</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri size=3>the extent to which discursive constructions of migrants from a given country are shared or arbitrary in the media from a range of countries</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri size=3>the representation of languages in relation to the discursive struggle over national identities</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>In order to identify future partners for the project we will be hosting a research meeting and colleagues who would be interested in participating are invited to send a short description of their research interests explaining how they would relate to the project. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>We have funding available to cover accommodation and meals for invited participants.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>For more information or to express your interest in participating, please contact </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:charlotte.taylor@port.ac.uk"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack">charlotte.taylor@port.ac.uk</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><FONT face=Calibri size=3> or </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:mario.saraceni@port.ac.uk"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack">mario.saraceni@port.ac.uk</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><FONT face=Calibri size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack"><FONT face=Calibri size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1>--------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1>Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1>School of Languages and Area Studies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1>University of Portsmouth</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1>Park Building</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1>King Henry I Street</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1>Portsmouth</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1>PO1 2DZ</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800080 size=1></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT color=#800080 size=1>023 92 846181</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A href="http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/slas/staff/title,103868,en.html"><FONT size=1>http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/slas/staff/title,103868,en.html</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A href="http://port.academia.edu/CharlotteTaylor"><FONT size=1>http://port.academia.edu/CharlotteTaylor</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN> </DIV></BODY></HTML>