28.2163, Calls: Translation/Italy

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Subject: 28.2163, Calls: Translation/Italy

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Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 11:53:51
From: Nicholas Brownlees [nicholas.brownlees at unifi.it]
Subject: The Language of Discovery, Exploration and Settlement

 
Full Title: The Language of Discovery, Exploration and Settlement 
Short Title: LADES 

Date: 15-Feb-2018 - 16-Feb-2018
Location: Florence, Italy 
Contact Person: Nicholas Brownlees
Meeting Email: nicholas.brownlees at unifi.it
Web Site: http://languageofdiscovery.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Translation 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2017 

Meeting Description:

The conference will provide a forum for research relating principally to the
forms of discourse employed in the narration and reporting of geographical
discovery, exploration and settlement. These three features of human existence
have had enormous influence on society’s evolution and development and it is
fitting that their role in the history of western civilization should be
examined from a linguistic and rhetorical point of view. Papers are invited in
which textual, narrative, and socio-cultural features are discussed in
relation to documents aiming at (more or less popularized) knowledge
dissemination with a consistently historical focus – i.e., contributions
should centre on texts and themes spanning the centuries from 1500 to 1900.
All papers should be presented in English.

Keynote speakers:

- Professor Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary,
University of London
- Professor Bruno Cartosio, Professor of North American History at the
University of Bergamo
- Professor Martin Conboy, Professor of Journalism History at the University
of Sheffield


Call for Papers:

Abstracts of about 300 words (excluding references) are invited for 20-minute
presentations followed by discussion. The abstract including name, affiliation
and contact details should be emailed to:

Nicholas Brownlees: nicholas.brownlees at unifi.it
Christina Samson: christina.samson at unifi.it

Suggested topics relating to the language of discovery, exploration and
settlement include:

- Text types, genre and medium
- Socio-historical constructs and language representation
- Contact factors and borrowing
- The role of translation
- Paratextual materials
- The construction of identity and expressing the other
- The role of popular culture
- It is envisaged that the conference will lead to the publication of a
high-quality volume of essays

Deadline: 1 Sep, 2017




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