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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Dear I-Landers, <br /> <br /> We are very pleased to inform you that the <em><strong>2nd Call for Papers</strong></em> for the 6th edition of the <strong>LANGUAGING DIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (24-27 September 2019)</strong> is out now!</div>
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<p>Following the five successful events hosted by the Universities of Naples (2013), Catania (2014), Macerata (2016), Cagliari (2017) and Antwerp (2018), the <em>I-Land Interuniversity Research Centre</em> brings the sixth edition of its <em>Languaging Diversity </em>annual conference (<em>LD6</em>) to <strong>the University of Zaragoza, Spain, at the Campus of TERUEL</strong>. The beautiful historic city of <strong>Teruel</strong>, a UNESCO world heritage site, boasts mesmerising examples of the Mudejar architectural style, and is home to the tragic and deeply moving story of Diego de Marcilla and Isabel de Segura, the so-called ‘lovers of Teruel’.</p>
<p><em>LD6 </em>builds on the themes of the previous editions (i.e. diversity, alterity, power, social class and globalisation) to propose a research strand linked to <strong><em>persuasion</em></strong>, the pragmatic or communicative intention whereby identity is enacted, power communicated and societal patterns reproduced.</p>
<p>In <em>LD6</em>, we set out to cast light on the intricacies of persuasive discourse and the manifold reactions it may engender in today’s globalised and multicultural societies. At the core of this endeavour is a genuine willingness and commitment to tease out the nature of persuasion in <em><strong>diverse contexts</strong></em> (e.g. art, education, business, sport, companies, the private sphere, etc.), through <em><strong>diverse channels</strong></em> (e.g. face-to-face interaction, on-line communication, published articles, performances, etc.), and as more or less relevant to <em><strong>diverse identities</strong></em> (e.g. linguistic, political, gendered, etc.). As in previous <em>LD </em>editions, interdisciplinarity will also be key for us. This time, in <em>LD6</em>, the collaboration and cross-fertilisation of knowledge will show in an organising and scientific team encompassing Philology, Psychology, Education, Business and Fine Arts, five areas representing the extremely enriching interdisciplinary make-up of <strong>the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences in Teruel</strong>.</p>
<p>We are looking forward to a varied programme and invite abstracts in any of the conference languages (<strong>ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, and ITALIAN</strong>) for <strong>FULL PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS, PAPERS, POSTERS, short work-in-progress reports in the PECHA KUCHA format</strong>, as well as <strong>PANELS</strong> adhering to any of the conference's broad research questions. </p>
<strong>IMPORTANT DATES </strong></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Second Call for Papers: 5 March 2019<br />Deadline for submission of proposals: 3 May 2019<br />Notification of acceptance/rejection of proposals: 20 May 2019<br />Early bird registration: Before 14 August 2019<br /><br /> <strong>CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS</strong></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Laura Alba Juez (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, Spain)</div>
<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Francesca De Cesare (University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy)<br />Matteo Fuoli (University of Birmingham, UK)<br />José Martín-Albo Lucas (University of Zaragoza, Spain)<br />Pascual Pérez-Paredes (University of Cambridge, UK)<br />Adelina Sánchez Espinosa (University of Granada, Spain) </div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><strong>INVITED ARTISTS</strong></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Rani Drew (<a href="https://ranidrew.wordpress.com/">https://ranidrew.wordpress.com/</a>)</div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><em>Two confirmed pre-conference workshops by Rani Drew and John Drew</em>:<br /> <br />Persuading teachers and students to teach and learn English through drama: How to write and stage plays. <br />Persuading teachers and students to teach and learn English through poetry: Adapting and creating poems. </div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><em>Poetry reading (Gardens/Cloister of Teruel’s San Pedro Church): “Shanghai in flames and Teruel retaken”: Poems from across the world, a joint poetry reading by Rani Drew and John Drew.</em></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><strong>FURTHER INFORMATION AND DETAILS</strong></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">Conference website: http://langdiv2019.unizar.es/<br />Conference e-mail: ld2019@unizar.es<br />EasyChair submission link: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ld2019">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ld2019</a></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><em><strong>WE CAN'T WAIT TO WELCOME YOU ALL IN TERUEL IN SEPTEMBER 2019! :-) </strong></em></div>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">With all my best wishes,<br /> <span class="sig">-- <br /> Dr. Miguel-Angel Benitez-Castro<br /> Coordinador del Grado en Magisterio en Educación Primaria<br /> Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana/Department of English and German Studies<br /> Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas (TERUEL) <br /> UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA<br /> Tel: 978618123 / Ext: 861123<br /> E-mail: <a href="mailto:mbenitez@unizar.es">mbenitez@unizar.es</a></span></div>
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