36.622, Confs: Talking Across the World Symposium / Hong Kong

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Subject: 36.622, Confs: Talking Across the World Symposium / Hong Kong

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Date: 17-Feb-2025
From: William Feng [will.feng at polyu.edu.hk]
Subject: Talking Across the World Symposium


Talking Across the World Symposium

Date: 16-May-2025 - 17-May-2025
Location: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Contact: William Feng
Contact Email: will.feng at polyu.edu.hk
Meeting URL: https://events.polyu.edu.hk/taw2025/cfp

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis;
Translation
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Hosted by the Research Centre for Professional Communication in
English (RCPCE) at the Department of English and Communication (ENGL),
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Talking Across the World
(TAW) is a forum for academics and practitioners to exchange ideas,
share experience and disseminate research in professional
communication in English. The 2025 symposium is co-sponsored by the
PolyU Faculty of Humanities and the Sin Wai Kin Chinese Humanities
Development Fund and features the theme of Global Communication of
Chinese Culture in the Digital Age.
The symposium is set against the background of China’s emphasis on its
soft power and global communication. In business, an increasing number
of companies are “going abroad” and during the process, negotiating
Chinese culture in various geographic contexts. In higher education,
English language teaching has moved from a focus on understanding
Western culture to emphasizing the global communication of Chinese
culture. Meanwhile, digital technologies have given rise to new
channels, new resources, and new norms of professional communication,
which are changing the theorization and teaching of the global
communication of Chinese culture. In responses to these changes,
policymakers, teachers, and researchers are exploring new approaches
to equip students with multi-disciplinary theories and skills to meet
new societal requirements.
The symposium will bring together scholars, practitioners, and
teachers to discuss the research and teaching of the global
communication of Chinese culture in the digital age from a wide range
of perspectives, such as intercultural communication, business
communication, journalism, translation studies, and language
education. Possible themes include but not limited to:
Global communication of Chinese culture
Intercultural communication in the digital age
China in global news
Translation of Chinese literature and art
Business communication in cross-cultural contexts
Paradigm shift in English language education in China
Teaching Chinese and Chinese culture overseas
Session types
Individual presentations: A 300-word abstract (including references)
and 3-5 keywords are required. Oral presentations will be 20 mins,
plus 5 mins Q&A (in-person only)
Panels: A panel should address a common theme. A panel should have 3-4
members. Panel organizers are required to submit:
a) A summary of the panel (the main abstract), approximately 200 words
(including references).
b) A set of abstracts for each individual presentation within the
panel. Each abstract should be approximately 300 words (including
references) and include 3-5 keywords.
Important dates
Call for papers: 10 January 2025
Deadline for proposal submission: 28 February 2025
Notification of acceptance: from 7 March 2025
Deadline for online payment registration (presenters): early bird
before 11 April 2025 and later registration by 25 April 2025
Programme announcement: by 2 May 2025



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