China: discourse: extension: last call

[Mahendra K. Verma]

on 17/4/04 9:57 pm, X Shi at shixuk at YAHOO.CO.UK wrote:

> The deadline of submitting proposals has been extended to 30 April 2004.
> 
> International Conference on
> Discourse and Cultural Transformation
> 9-13 October 2004, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, CHINA
> Last Call for Papers
> _____________________________________________________________________
> 
> Cultural imperialism is one of the most fundamental and pressing problems
> in contemporary ordinary and disciplinary life. To initiate an
> international forum on how discourse research can help enhance cultural
> cohesion and common progress, we are organising an international
> conference at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) between 9th and 13th
> of October, 2004. Through this forum, we hope to bring together scholars
> in language and communication, cultural studies, literary criticism,
> anthropology, education, sociology, psychology and other social
> disciplines and from a diversity of cultural backgrounds. In particular,
> we invite scholars to take up philosophical, theoretical, methodological
> and empirical perspectives on discourse studies, all with a view to
> undermining discourses of cultural discrimination, repression and
> exclusion on the one hand and advocating subversive, alternative and
> creative discourses in favour of cultural solidarity on the other hand.
> 
> Topics include (but are not confined to):
> „h The relationship between discourse and culture
> „h Cross-fertilisation between cultural studies and discourse studies
> „h Postcolonialism, diasporicism and discourse theory
> „h Cultural imperialism in language/communication/discourse scholarship
> „h The international position of non-western scholarship in
> language/communication/discourse
> „h The study of non-western discourses
> „h Intercultural communication and critical pedagogy
> „h Discourse studies in China
> 
> 
> 
> Please submit a full A4 page abstract of ca 300 words, indicating:
> 
> 1) intellectual backgrounds
> 2) the central topic and thesis
> 3) the type of text and talk as research material
> 
> The selection process will match these contents against the proposed
> themes of the conference.
> 
> Currently, the following panels are being planned and more participants
> invited:
> 
> „h Travelling with Media": On the genres of travel discourses before and
> after globalization (Anthony Gunerathne: guneratne at earthlink.net)
> 
> „h Research on Professional Discourse and Intercultural Communication: New
> Directions, New Challenges (Zhu Yunxia & Kerry London:
> zyunxia at unitec.ac.nz )
> 
> „h What (post)communism? Discourse and transformations in Eastern Europe
> and China (Darek Galasinski: d.galasinski at wlv.ac.uk)
> 
> „h (Mis)representing the West: muslim perspectives post 9/11 (Adrian Hare:
> adrianh98 at yahoo.com)
> 
> 
> All abstracts should be received by 30 April 2004. You will receive
> notification of the acceptance of your proposal by 31 May 2004.
> 
> We seek to publish a selection of the papers with an international
> publisher.
> 
> For further information and submission please see:
> http://www.cfl.zju.edu.cn/wyxyzy/conference/discourseconference.htm
> 
> Contact: shixuk at yahoo.co.uk
> 
> 'Discourse and Cultural Transformation' Conference
> Zhejiang University
> School of International Studies
> Zijingang Campus
> 310058
> Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CHINA
> Tel:(0086) 571 88206252 88206044
> Fax:(0086) 571 88206179
> 
> 


Hi

Can I still submit an abstract for the conference?

mahendra

Mahendra Verma
Dept. of Language & Linguistic Science
University of York
YORK, UK.