IAWE conference announcement

[Sibelan E S Forrester]

I'm posting this for Irina Ustinova <irina.ustinova at murraystate.edu>,
who notes that there will be a panel on English in Russia in addition
to the areas listed below.  (SF)

First Announcement
International Conference on
Globalization and World Englishes: Identity and Creativity

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
July 16-18, 2004
The International Association for World Englishes is pleased to
announce its forthcoming  conference on World Englishes in a
Globalizing World. The conference  will be held at Syracuse
University from July 16-18, 2004.  The purpose of this seminar is to
provide a forum to bring together a variety of international research
in the area of Global communication through English.  Some of the
areas covered by the conference include:

 World Englishes and Global Challenges

 Cross-cultural creativity and World Englishes

 World Englishes and Cross-cultural Gender Discourse

 Genres, Styles and World Englishes

 Globalization and Identity

 Global  Education and Literacy

 Language Behavior and Language Disorders in multilingual contexts

 Global media: Language contact, regulation and  change

 World Englishes in the classroom

 Language Decay and Death: Who is the culprit?

 Speech Acts and Cross-Cultural Communication

 World Englishes in South East Asia (ASEAN) and other business zones
(EU, NAFTA, etc.)

Invited Speakers: Leading researchers and internationally-renowned
speakers are invited to delivery plenary and keynote addresses.

Types of Presentations: 1.  Keynote and Plenary Addresses
2. Panels (2-3 hours); Panel discussions
3. Workshops
4.  Papers (20-minute duration)
5.  Demonstrations/Poster Sessions

Abstracts: A diskette and a hard copy of a 100-150-word abstract
should be submitted to the address below:
Dr. Tej K. Bhatia, Program Chair, IAWE 2004
312 HBC, Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244-1160, USA
email: tkbhatia at syr.edu
Tel: 315-443-5374 (off.) Fax: 315-443-5376

Deadline of Abstracts: February 15, 2004
For more information: Contact Professor Bhatia at the above address.

Sponsored by:
Kiebach Center for International Business Studies, School of Management
The Global Institute & International Relations, Maxwell School of
Citizenship & Public Affairs
Writing Program and Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
Dept. of Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences

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