[lg policy] Workshop: Politics, Language and Ideology - What Kind of Triangle?

Thu Feb 4 23:13:10 UTC 2010

Dear Tom,

Still no word re Southampton - the set deadline was February 1st, so I expect the decision on our panel to arrive literally every day now. I am aware that schedule might be an issue and that travel arrangements need to be finalised, especially transatlantic ones - if I hear nothing from them by Monday morning, I'll contact the organisers and let you know asap.

Best wishes, as always,

Yael

On 4 Feb 2010, at 23:03, tricento at ucalgary.ca wrote:

> Hi Yael,
>    Have you heard about your proposed panel for Southampton for September?
> 
> Regards,
> Tom
> 
>> 
>> Politics, Language and Ideology: What Kind of Triangle?
>> 
>> 
>> Saturday 27 February 2010
>> 
>> The Centre for Political Ideologies, Department of Politics and
>> International Relations, Oxford University
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Outline:
>> 
>> The comparative study of ideology in political science and linguistics
>> reveals intriguing points of similarity between the two disciplines.
>> Political ideologies, as well as linguistic ideologies, are a distinct
>> form of thought, a comprehensive set of beliefs about politics and
>> language which ties with identity, ethics, aesthetics and epistemology in
>> its construction of a distinct form of a perceived reality. Furthermore,
>> political ideologies and linguistic ideologies are not separate but rather
>> relate closely to one another, given the prominence of language in
>> political ideologies as well as that of power in their linguistic
>> counterparts. These close relations are well evident in the plethora of
>> intellectual domains that derive from it, from political theory, history
>> of ideas and critical theory to discourse analysis, critical applied
>> linguistics and language policy. The comparative study of the two, then,
>> further suggests a complex and multifaceted interaction between the three
>> components that comprise this intellectual triangle: ideology, politics
>> and language.
>> 
>> This complex and multifaceted interaction between ideology, politics and
>> language is the focus of the one-day workshop. By bringing together
>> specialists from both political theory and linguistics, the workshop seeks
>> to explore the various dynamics of the interaction between these three
>> corners of the triangle. These include, but are by no means restricted to,
>> the interface between language and politics as perceived realities, and
>> their implications within academia and outside it; language of (and in)
>> political ideologies (semantics and rhetoric); language as political
>> ideology; dimensions of power in linguistic ideologies. The seminar aims
>> to explore these dynamics, and the various theoretical, conceptual and
>> methodological questions they raise in the academic study of the interface
>> between language, politics and ideology. By examining potential points of
>> contact, as well as points of departure, between political ideologies and
>> linguistic ideologies, the seminar will examine the ways by which closer
>> engagement between the study of political and linguistic ideologies could
>> potentially advance our understanding of the two, as well as the concept
>> of ideology itself.
>> 
>> 
>> Speakers:
>> 
>> Michael Freeden  (Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for
>> Political Ideologies, Department of Politics and International Relations,
>> Oxford University)
>> 
>> Ruth Wodak (Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies, Department of
>> Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University)
>> 
>> Sue Wright (Professor of Language and Politics, School of Languages and
>> Area Studies, Portsmouth University)
>> 
>> 
>> Schedule:
>> 
>> 10:00 - 10:30 Registration and coffee
>> 
>> 10:30 - 12:00 Opening and session 1: Power and Language - Conceptualising
>> the Subject Matter(s)
>> 
>> 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
>> 
>> 13:00 - 14:30 Session 2: Thinking Politically, Thinking Linguistically
>> 
>> 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break
>> 
>> 15:00 - 16:30 Session 3: (Re)contextualising Ideology
>> 
>> 16:30 - 17:00 Closing
>> 
>> 
>> Participation:
>> 
>> Participation is free but registration is required, and the number of
>> participants is limited to 20. Please register with Yael Peled and include
>> a short (<100 words) bio. For directions, see
>> http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/location.asp.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --------------------------------
>> 
>> Yael Peled
>> 
>> Nuffield College
>> Oxford OX1 1NF, UK
>> 
>> Tel.: + 44 (0)1865 278975
>> Fax: + 44 (0)1865 278621
>> http://oxford.academia.edu/YaelPeled/
>> 
>> 
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Nuffield College
Oxford OX1 1NF, UK

Tel.: + 44 (0)1865 278975
Fax: + 44 (0)1865 278621
http://oxford.academia.edu/YaelPeled/

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