27.5054, Calls: Applied Ling, Socioling, Pragmatics/Cyprus

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Subject: 27.5054, Calls: Applied Ling, Socioling, Pragmatics/Cyprus

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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:28:47
From: Stavros Assimakopoulos [stavros.assimakopoulos at um.edu.mt]
Subject: Hate Speech: Definitions, Interpretations, Practices

 
Full Title: Hate Speech: Definitions, Interpretations, Practices 
Short Title: HSDIP 

Date: 09-Jun-2017 - 11-Jun-2017
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus 
Contact Person: Fabienne Baider
Meeting Email: conferencecontact2017 at ucy.ac.cy
Web Site: http://reportinghate.eu/contact2017/ 

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

Call Deadline: 07-Jan-2017 

Meeting Description:

Interdisciplinary conference on Hate speech: Definitions, Interpretations and
Practices 
9-11 June 2017 at the University of Cyprus 
Conference Language: English 

Hate speech can be broadly defined as “degrading, threatening, harassing or
stigmatizing speech which affects an individual’s or a group’s dignity,
reputation and status in society by means of linguistic and visual effects
that promote negative feelings, attitudes and perceptions based on
characteristics such as ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, sexual
orientation, gender expression, gender identity and age” (Norway's equality
and anti-discrimination Ombud 2015: 5).  The aim of this conference is to
stimulate dialogue across disciplines and perspectives and to consider
different methods and tools when approaching hate speech and hate crime.

The aim of this conference is to stimulate dialogue across disciplines and
perspectives and to consider different methods and tools when approaching hate
speech.  
It is organized under the auspices of an EU DG Justice funded project on hate
crime and hate speech (C.O.N.T.A.C.T, www.reportinghate.eu) and offers an
opportunity to bring together researchers, teachers, trainers, NGOs and other
relevant bodies interested in issues of definitions, interpretations and
practices in relation to hate speech. Theoretical research, applied research,
and experience from the field are targeted in this conference.
 
Keynote speakers include:  

- Prof. Dimitris Christopoulos, President of the International Federation for
Human Rights and Associate Professor at Panteion University of Athens
- Prof. Paul Iganski, University of Lancaster
- Izabela Kisić, Executive Director of the Helsinki Committee for Human
Rights in Serbia, Associate in C.O.N.T.A.C.T. programme
- Prof. Andreas Musolff, University of East Anglia 
 
Three tracks have been defined, all focusing on the theme of the conference:
Hate speech: Definitions, Interpretations and Practices  

- Track 1 : Legislation, legal discourses and legal practices across Europe
focused on hate speech  
- Track 2 : Performance of hate speech online, e.g. on social media, comments
to newspapers, etc. (including direct and indirect means, role of
multimodality)   
- Track 3 : Pedagogy and hate speech (practices and / or research focused on
educating people about hate speech and strategies for tackling it)   

In parallel, there will be a workshop for NGOs to discuss aims, objectives,
methodology and activities that can be used with target groups such as young
people, law enforcement agencies, competent authorities and media for purposes
of raising awareness on hate speech, its meaning and consequences. A
particular focus of the workshop will be placed on the use of non-formal
education.


2nd Call for Papers:

Extended deadline: January 7, 2017

We invite potential participants to send a 250-word abstract related to one of
the three aforementioned tracks. Contributions can be in the form of
individual scientific papers, panels or workshops. For panels and workshops,
please give details of themes, convenors and participants, but note the
individual participants will also be required to submit individual abstracts. 

An anonymised version of your abstract, with your name and affiliation in a
separate file should be sent to conferencecontact2017 at ucy.ac.cy  

Calendar:

- October 8, 2016: Call for papers 
- January 7, 2017: Deadline for submission of abstracts (extended) 
- February 6, 2017: Decision sent to the applicants (extended)
- May 8, 2017: Deadline for conference registration  

Academic publications based on the conference themes are foreseen and
negotiations with publishers are planned for the spring of 2017.  

Registration fee by bank transfer: 80 euros (covers conference material,
lunches, coffee breaks, welcome reception).  

For further information, please visit: http://reportinghate.eu/contact2017/




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