36.1213, Calls: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Mediation of Russian-Ukrainian War: Language, Representation, Society, Culture (Romania)

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Subject: 36.1213, Calls: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Mediation of Russian-Ukrainian War: Language, Representation, Society, Culture (Romania)

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Date: 09-Apr-2025
From: David Morariu [david.morariu at ulbsibiu.ro]
Subject: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Mediation of Russian-Ukrainian War: Language, Representation, Society, Culture


Full Title: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Mediation of
Russian-Ukrainian War: Language, Representation, Society, Culture
Short Title: CORECON

Date: 09-Jul-2025 - 11-Jul-2025
Location: Sibiu, Romania
Web Site: https://grants.ulbsibiu.ro/corecon/corecon-conference/

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics;
Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2025

Call for Papers:
Rationale: Often referred to as the “Second Cold War” or even the
“Third World War,” the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is undoubtedly not
only one of the major events of our time, but one that looks set to
profoundly influence history for decades to come. Yet, the military
and economic conflict is only the flip side of an ideological and
informational conflict that has already polarized the entire planet.
How to detect the truth beyond the propagandas and identify the
rhetorical strategies by which the producers of various discourses try
to manipulate others? In an era of “post-truth”, when AI tends to
substitute or even create reality, such a question acquires a new
relevance and high urgency that calls for interdisciplinary and
collaborative research. However, in order to answer it, the most
suitable investigation should start not from the belligerent camps
(where propagandas reign), but from the analysis of the variety of
mediated discourses promoted by third parties. Of course,
“objectivity” in the traditional sense of the term is a mere illusion.
Questions: This conference aims to address the following questions:
- How does the geopolitical position of a society or a state compare
to the ways the Russian-Ukrainian war is reflected in the media?
- What are the dominant meanings and implicit ideologies in discourses
about the war in various countries?
- How do mediated accounts of war become embedded in cultural
narratives, historical memory and social processes?
- What is the role of media technologies in shaping the imaginaries of
war and conflict?
- How can critical media research on war discourse translate into
journalistic practices of war coverage?
And offer a methodological reflection on:
- What are the most usefultools of linguistic analysis to understand
the complexity of the mediations of Russian-Ukrainian war?
- What can quantitative and/or computational investigations tell us
about Russian-Ukrainian war discourses?
 - How can the critical and interdisciplinary approaches be synergized
to explore various representations of war?
- How to ensure the ethics and integrity of researching war and
conflicts?
Fields of study: This call is intended for specialists in the
following fields of study:
- Linguistics;
- Media/journalism studies;
- War studies;
- History;
- Sociology;
- Psychology;
- Literary and cultural studies;
- Postcommunist studies;
- Area studies;
- Interdisciplinary approaches.
The conference is a part of the CORECON project
https://grants.ulbsibiu.ro/corecon/
Abstract: Please submit an abstract (200-300 words) along with a brief
bio (100 words) to grant.corecon at ulbsibiu.ro. Proposals should include
the title of the paper, the main arguments, alongside the
methodologies employed.
Keynote speakers:
- Alin Coman, Ph.D., – Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs,
Princeton University: Narratives that shape worlds: for better and for
worse
- Valentyna Ushchyna – Professor of the English Philology at Lesya
Ukrainka Volyn National University of Lutsk: From conflict discourse
to military conflict: media construction of worldview narratives
- Major-general Constantin Spînu, PhD – A military advisor for the
Minister of National Defense and Director for Romanian MoD Strategic
Communications: Hostile communication actions carried out by the
russian federation in the public space of Romania. Option of
counteraction
Fees: There is no conference fee and meals are provided onsite.
Participants are obliged to arrange their own accommodation and
travel.
Form of participation: Participants are welcome to join the conference
either onsite or online. Detailed instructions on how to join the
online sessions will be provided closer to the event date.
Post-conference publishing opportunities: Selected conference papers
will be offered a publication option in a dedicated volume within
Springer’s "The Language of Politics" book series, following review.
Timeline:
October 15, 2024: CfP launch
April 30, 2025: abstract submission [EXTENDED DEADLINE]
May 15, 2025: abstract selection
July 9-11, 2025: conference organisation
Contact Email: grant.corecon at ulbsibiu.ro
URL: https://grants.ulbsibiu.ro/corecon/corecon-conference/



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