26.4497, Calls: Discourse Analysis/Greece

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Subject: 26.4497, Calls: Discourse Analysis/Greece

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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:20:26
From: Reza Jelveh [rjelveh at hauniv.edu]
Subject: Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders

Full Title: Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders 

Date: 23-Sep-2016 - 25-Sep-2016
Location: Athens, Greece 
Contact Person: Themis Kaniklidou
Meeting Email: europeindiscourse at hauniv.edu
Web Site: http://www.europeindiscourse.eu/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis 

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2015 

Meeting Description:

Hellenic American University, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA in cooperation with Hellenic American College, Athens, Greece announces the 1st International Conference on Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders.

September 23-25, 2016, Athens, Greece

The conference seeks to examine issues in the ongoing construction of European identity, including notions of diversity and (physical and symbolic) borders. It will focus on critical investigations that draw on discourse theory or bottom-up textual analysis to investigate these topics from the following perspectives:

- Historical, to explore the determinants which have been used to support a collective European identity
- Geopolitical, to understand the importance of space and its role in the European edifice
- Ideological/discursive, to investigate, synchronically and diachronically, key concepts that have informed EU practices of inclusion and exclusion

Methodologically, the Conference will highlight discourse as a major practice that both shapes and reflects European identity. 
The Conference will welcome contributions that investigate the role that key European Union texts have played in forging, maintaining or challenging European identities. The Conference will thus highlight identity not as a static concept, but as a construct that is continually negotiated and re-written in multiple discourses.

In addition to attracting contributions from discourse analysts and linguists, the Conference hopes to bring together leading scholars and researchers from a broad range of other fields, including history, European studies, cultural theory, media studies, sociology, political science, and ethnology.  

The following plenary speakers have been confirmed to date: 

- Jan Blommaert
- Ruth Wodak
- Andreas Musolff 
- Michał Krzyżanowski
- Erik Swyngedouw

For more information and updates, please visit the Conference website at: http://www.europeindiscourse.eu/

Call for Papers:

Scholars are invited to submit papers that draw on discourse theories, linguistic or textual analysis to investigate topics that include:

- Historical, geo-cultural, geo-economic and geopolitical aspects of European identities
- Europe: super-diverse and globalized
- Images of crisis and recovery in Europe
- Conceptual blending, discourse and metaphors about Europe
- Translation and linguistic (in)equality in Europe
- Refugees and asylum seekers in EU discourses
- European diversity through religion and culture
- Discourses on the European economic crisis
- Discursive constructions of borders
- Political discourse in the European Union
- Media constructions of European identities
- Ethnographic approaches to European identity-making
- Construction of European narratives
- Extreme right populist discourses in EU
- Discourses of integration/assimilation in the EU

Proposals for participation in the 1st International Conference on Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders can be submitted in the following formats: 

Oral Communications

Oral communications, which consist of a 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute discussion, will be submitted in response to the general theme(s)  of the conference mentioned below. Abstracts for oral communications should be no longer than 500 words and list five keywords .

Posters

Posters can form a scientific contribution related to methodologies and or topics of the Conference and is better presented graphically. A poster should be prepared as in A1 or A0 format.

The authors should prepare their proposal that includes: title, names, affiliations, locations (city, state, and country) a mini abstract (up to 100 words), and 2-3 keywords; All poster proposals are subject to peer-review.

At least one co-author/presenter of the Poster must be registered for the conference.

Themed Panels

Proposals for panels must be submitted online as a single document, single-spaced in 12-point type. Panel proposals should include a brief overview of the theme, a title of the panel, and 4 to 5 abstract of papers, each to be delivered within 30 minutes (a 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute period for questions).

The names of the panel presenters should be omitted from the document to enable double-blind review. However, panel organizers should include their name.

Acceptance notifications will be sent to panel organizers.

Please submit your panel proposal through the website following the guidelines under the SUBMIT YOUR PANEL PROPOSAL

Deadline for panel submissions: December 15th 2015

Guidelines for Submission of Abstract:

In submitting your abstract you will need to provide the following:

- Name, title, and affiliation of the contributor(s)
- Author’s email -  For co-authored papers, only the first author’s email needs to be provided.
- Keywords: five in the case of oral communications, two to three for posters
- Text of abstract: a maximum of 500 words for oral communications, 100 words for posters

You should submit your abstract through the Conference website. Navigate to the Submit Your Abstract page where you will find a text box where you can paste the copied text of your abstract.

Language of Abstract:

Papers for the 1st International Conference can be presented in English, French or German. Abstracts, however, must be submitted in English. This will assure consistency in the peer-reviewed assessment of all submissions.

The deadline for submitting abstracts for oral communications and poster presentations has been extended to November 30. The deadline for themed panels is December 15.

Please visit the conference website for more information on the call for papers: http://www.europeindiscourse.eu/

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