[EDLING:1411] CFP: Dialogue Under Occupation

[Tamara Warhol]

Date: 29-Mar-2006
From: Lawrence Berlin <L-Berlinneiu.edu>
Subject: Dialogue Under Occupation: The Discourse of Enactment, 
Transaction, Reaction, and Resolution

Full Title: Dialogue Under Occupation: The Discourse of Enactment, 
Transaction,
Reaction, and Resolution
Short Title: DUO

Date: 07-Nov-2006 - 11-Nov-2006
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Contact Person: Lawrence Berlin
Meeting Email: duoneiu.edu
Web Site: http://www.neiu.edu/~duo

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics;
Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2006

Meeting Description:

Beginning with the belief that understanding of differing perspectives 
comes
through dialogue, this conference seeks to explore various aspects of 
dialogue
under occupation.

As this conference is intended to be interdisciplinary, we invite 
scholars from
various disciplines to submit papers that address the use of dialogue in 
the
creation, maintenance, resistance and resolution of occupation.

Multidisciplinary approaches and models of dialogue analysis such as 
Dialogue
Grammar, Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Studies, Multi-modal 
Discourse
Analysis, Conversational Analysis, Social Constructionism, etc., are 
welcomed.

''Dialogue Under Occupation: The Discourse of Enactment, Transaction, 
Reaction,
and Resolution'' <http://www.neiu.edu/~duo>

DESCRIPTION:

Beginning with the belief that understanding of differing perspectives 
comes
through dialogue, this conference seeks to explore various aspects of 
dialogue
under occupation.

As we intend this conference to be interdisciplinary, we invite scholars 
from
various disciplines to submit papers that address the use of dialogue in 
the
creation, maintenance, resistance and resolution of occupation.

Multidisciplinary approaches and models of dialogue analysis such as 
Dialogue
Grammar, Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Studies, Multi-modal 
Discourse
Analysis, Conversational Analysis, Social Constructionism, etc., are 
welcomed.

Plenary Speakers Include:
Sanaa Ibrahim Abou-Dagga, Islamic University of Gaza
Claire Kramsch, University of California-Berkeley
Ruth Wodak, University of Lancaster
Jamal Dajani & David Michaelis, LinkTV

Send submissions to:
duoneiu.edu

OR via regular post to:
Lawrence N. Berlin
DUO Organizer
Dept. of Linguistics
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625
USA

DEADLINE:
April 30, 2006

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Abstract (250-300 words) & Cover Sheet

You may submit a proposal for a paper presentation (20 minutes with 10 
minutes
for questions), a panel (maximum of 4 papers limited to a 2-hour block), 
or a
roundtable (limited to one hour). Posters may also be submitted for 
works in
progress.

Do not include any self-identifying information on the abstract; 
indicate only
the title and the abstract itself. On the separate cover sheet, include:
1.    Title
2.    Strand you're submitting to (i.e., Enactment, Transaction,
Reaction, Resolution; see below)
3.    Format (paper, panel, roundtable, or poster)
4.    Author(s)
5.    Affiliation(s)
6.    Postal Mailing Address (for primary author)
7.    E-mail (for primary author)

N.B. Incomplete or inaccurate submissions may not be considered.

STRANDS:

Papers relating to hegemony, power, agency, identity, among others, will be
particularly relevant. Conference themes include, but are not limited 
to, the
following strands:

Discourse of Enactment:
The language of the policies and politics of occupation

Discourse of Transaction:
The language of the media and its role in spreading the policies, 
keeping the
occupied and the occupiers informed (or misinformed).

Discourse of Reaction:
The language of daily life under occupation: talking about the ''self '' 
vs. the
''other'', historical narratives of the occupation, center vs. 
periphery, the
language of the ingroup, outgroup, and/or intergroup.

Discourse of Resolution:
The language of peacemakers and peacekeepers, as well as the language of
resignation, acceptance, and coexistence.