19.1278, Calls: Not Applicable/Netherlands; General Linguistics/Singapore

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Subject: 19.1278, Calls: Not Applicable/Netherlands; General Linguistics/Singapore

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1)
Date: 15-Apr-2008
From: Maarten van Leeuwen < InfoRhetoricLeiden at let.leidenuniv.nl >
Subject: Rhetoric in Society Conference 

2)
Date: 14-Apr-2008
From: Kay O'Halloran < 4icom at nus.edu.sg >
Subject: 4th International Conference on Multimodality

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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:46:00
From: Maarten van Leeuwen [InfoRhetoricLeiden at let.leidenuniv.nl]
Subject: Rhetoric in Society Conference
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Full Title: Rhetoric in Society Conference 

Date: 21-Jan-2009 - 23-Jan-2009
Location: Leiden University, Netherlands 
Contact Person: Willem Koetsenruijter
Meeting Email: InfoRhetoricLeiden at let.leidenuniv.nl
Web Site: http://www.rhetoricinsociety.nl 

Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable 

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2009 

Meeting Description:

Rhetoric in Society Conference, January 21-23, 2009
The Rhetoric in Society conference aims at presenting and discussing different approaches to rhetoric. The conference welcomes contributions within a wide range of subjects, from modern applications of classical approaches, rhetorical criticism, argumentation studies, communication studies, to journalism studies and new media studies. 

Deadline for abstracts is 15th June 2008, 12.00 a.m. Central European time. For more information, please visit our website: www.rhetoricinsociety.nl. 

Call for Papers

Introduction
The classical rhetoricians already knew the truth: power is the preserve of those who know how to use words. The theory of rhetorical tools was invented in order to advise a speaker to persuade an audience of the legitimacy of a legal or political stance or to praise or blame the famous. Constraints of time, prejudice and sheer noise could interfere with the speech event, and so the orator had to know how to attract and keep attention. 

No Communication Without Rhetoric
Nowadays, we know that rhetoric pervades any discourse. There is no communication without rhetoric. The need for rhetorical theory is therefore even more urgent, not only because we want to know how to reach an audience that is overloaded with stimuli, but because we want the audience to be capable of critically evaluating what is addressed to them. In a society with ever increasing amounts of information and with media whose significance cannot be overestimated, we need to know about the mechanisms playing a role in gathering, making and reporting of information and opinions, and how it is processed by an audience. 

Extende Perspectives and Genres
In order to meet these objectives it is necessary that the study of rhetoric be enriched with perspectives and insights from related disciplines such as argumentation theory, discourse analysis, text linguistics and cognition as well as communication and information theory. This recognition has resulted in a vast body of theoretical discussions on the relation between rhetoric, argumentation and discourse as well as in the emergence of empirical research of different kinds, and in many analytical studies in which persuasive means in a speech event have been established. 

Twenty-First Century Rhetoric
The traditional genres have been extended to all kinds of other discourse events, from public relations texts and advertisements to mediated discourse, organizational communication and scientific texts. Nowadays developments in new media and the impact on society of e-mail, e-zines, digital discussion fora, blogs, civil journalism and the use of internet in all parts of daily life have thrown new light on the tasks and functions of rhetoric and persuasion.

Contributions
The conference Rhetoric in Society aims at presenting and discussing different approaches to rhetoric. The conference welcomes contributions within a wide range of subjects, from modern applications of classical approaches, rhetorical criticism, argumentation studies, communication studies, to journalism studies and new media studies. 

We welcome contributions on the role of rhetoric and argumentation in written and oral discourse and genres, on topics such as: public deliberation, controversies, legal decision-making, spin, hyphenate writing, social change, political campaigning, social movements, public relations, publicity, advertising, management, corporate internal communication, art and literature, visual rhetoric and public media discourse.

The conference subject falls under four headings: 
Rhetoric in Journalism and New Media 
Rhetoric in Political Discourse 
Rhetoric in Organisational Discourse 
Rhetoric in Legal Discourse

Abstracts
Deadline for abstracts is 15th June 2008, 12.00 a.m. Central European time. 
Contributions are accepted in English only. 
Please send your abstract in max. 300 words edited in MS Word to InfoRhetoricLeiden at let.leidenuniv.nl. The abstract should include a title, a research question, an indication of the theoretical framework, methodology, results and conclusion. The academic committee will review the abstracts. Before September 15 you will  hear whether your proposal has been accepted. 

Proceedings
Proceedings will be digitally published after the conference on the conference website and cd. A selection of the proceedings will be published in book form.

The Academic Committee
prof. dr. Ton van Haaften (Speech Communication, Faculty of Arts Leiden University)
dr. Henrike Jansen (Speech Communication, Faculty of Arts Leiden University)
dr. Jaap de Jong (Journalism and New Media, Faculty of Arts Leiden University)
dr. Willem Koetsenruijter (Journalism and New Media, Faculty of Arts Leiden University)

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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:46:08
From: Kay O'Halloran [4icom at nus.edu.sg]
Subject: 4th International Conference on Multimodality
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Full Title: 4th International Conference on Multimodality 

Date: 30-Jul-2008 - 01-Aug-2008
Location: Singapore, Singapore 
Contact Person: Hanizah Ali
Meeting Email: 4icom at nus.edu.sg
Web Site: http://multimodal-analysis-lab.org/conf/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-May-2008 

Meeting Description:

Fourth International Conference on Multimodality (4-ICOM), Singapore 

We are pleased to announce the Second Call for Papers for the Fourth International Conference on Multimodality (4-ICOM) taking place in Singapore 30 July-1 August 2008. Please see 4-ICOM website (http://multimodal-analysis-lab.org/conf/) for further information and downloadable conference poster. 4-ICOM features the following plenary speakers: 

Anthony Baldry, University of Messina, Italy
John Bateman, University of Bremen, Germany
Greg Clancey, National University of Singapore
Carey Jewitt, University of London, United Kingdom
Kevin Judd, University of Western Australia, Australia
Lev Manovich, University of California, San Diego, USA
Radan Martinec, IKONA Research & Consulting, USA
Michael O'Toole, Murdoch University, Australia
Jeffrey Shaw, University of New South Wales, Australia
Paul Thibault, University of Agder, Norway
Theo van Leeuwen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Eija Ventola, University of Helskinki, Finland
Lonce Wyse, National University of Singapore

4-ICOM is run in conjunction with the International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA2008) and 4-ICOM conference participants have free access to ISEA2008 digital media exhibitions and galleries.  

The closing date for abstracts is 1 May 2008, and registration closes on 1 June 2008.

Hope to see you in Singapore!   

All best regards, 

Kay O'Halloran on behalf of the 4-ICOM Organising Committee

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