27.2531, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Semantics/Germany

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Subject: 27.2531, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Semantics/Germany

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Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:18:55
From: Daniel Schmidt-Brücken [woc at uni-bremen.de]
Subject: Contradiction Studies: Mapping the Field Inaugural Conference on Concepts of Contradiction

 
Full Title: Contradiction Studies: Mapping the Field Inaugural Conference on Concepts of Contradiction 
Short Title: CSMF 

Date: 09-Feb-2017 - 11-Feb-2017
Location: Bremen, Germany 
Contact Person: Daniel Schmidt-Brücken
Meeting Email: woc at uni-bremen.de
Web Site: http://www.woc.uni-bremen.de/conference 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Semantics 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2016 

Meeting Description:

This international and interdisciplinary conference seeks to outline the new
field of Contradiction Studies'' in the Humanities, focusing on the
interactions between seemingly contradictory socio-cultural phenomena and
practices. This will allow an understanding of distinct, yet related
categories such as antagonism, paradox, antimony, and their uses within and
beyond disciplinary boundaries. Participants will explore material instances
and aspects of contradiction, as well as its theories and practice(s).

We are happy to announce that the following distinguished scholars are invited
to address the conference as keynote speakers:

Prof. Dr. Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga (EHESS, Paris, France – invited, to be
confirmed)
Prof. Dr. Jane Burbank (New York University, USA – invited, to be confirmed)
Dr. Stefan Müller (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany – confirmed)
Prof. Dr. Barbara Schmenk (University of Waterloo, Canada – confirmed)


Call for Papers:

The interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives of this conference will
centre on three key areas in the conference sessions:
- Fields of Contradiction, i.e. contradictory topics, semantic aspects, and
social or cultural phenomena linked to contradictions
- Structures of Contradiction, i.e. (semiotic) forms of marking and
negotiating contradictions
- Practices of Contradiction, i.e. contradictory agency and institutional
strategies

Discussion will fathom the potential of Contradiction Studies as a central
paradigm in the Humanities, and to this end we invite scholars from a broad
spectrum of disciplines, including art history, cultural and social
anthropology, educational science and curriculum studies, geography, gender
studies, history, linguistics, literary studies, performance studies,
philosophy, political science, postcolonial studies, religious studies, and
sociology. 

Research questions may include, but are not limited to:
- In what ways are contradictions genuine elements and objects of knowledge
production in the Humanities and beyond?
- Why and to what extent can practices and institutions of knowledge sustain
contradictions?
- How are contradictions negotiated in institutions, and what is the role of
the Humanities in these practices?
- How do contradictory aspects of power influence the paradigmatic
developments in the Humanities?
- What are significant contradictions in power relations among social,
historical, and/or cultural agents?

Accepted paper proposals will be arranged with respect to the above-mentioned
aspects in three sessions: Fields of Contradiction, Structures of
Contradiction, and Practices of Contradiction.

We invite presentations of no longer than 20 minutes. Please submit your
abstracts and proposals (max. 1,500 characters including spaces) at
www.woc.uni-bremen.de/conference, or send an e-mail, along with your contact
information, to woc at uni-bremen.de. The submission deadline is June 30, 2016.

There will be a poster session for young researchers, and for presentation of
work in progress. Poster proposals (max. 1 page) should be submitted as PDF
files, no later than October 31, 2016.

Conference registration at www.woc.uni-bremen.de/conference will be open from
July 1, 2016, until December 15, 2016. The website will also carry information
concerning the con-ference venue, accommodation, travel, and conference
dinner.

Attendance fees are set daily, at 40 EUR per conference day.  A reduced fee
for students, independent scholars, and the underemployed is set at 20 EUR per
conference day.




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