The Conference seeks to examine issues in the ongoing construction of European identity, including notions of diversity and (physical and symbolic) borders. It will focus on critical investigations that draw on discourse theory or bottom-up textual analysis to investigate these topics from the following perspectives:
- historical, to explore the determinants which have been used to support a collective European identity;
- geopolitical, to understand the importance of space and its role in the European edifice;
- ideological/discursive, to investigate, synchronically and diachronically, key concepts that have informed EU practices of inclusion and exclusion.
Methodologically, the Conference will highlight discourse as a major practice that both shapes and reflects European identity.
The Conference welcomes contributions that investigate the role that key European Union texts have played in forging, maintaining or challenging European identities. The conference will thus highlight identity not as a static concept but as a construct that is continually negotiated and re-written in multiple discourses.
In addition to attracting contributions from discourse analysts and linguists, the Conference hopes to bring together leading scholars and researchers from a broad range of other fields, including history, European studies, cultural theory, media studies, sociology, political science, economics, and ethnology.
Full CfP here: http://www.europeindiscourse.eu/call/the-call-for-papers
Plenary Speakers
Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University, Hellenic American University
Michał Krzyżanowski, Örebro University
Andreas Musolff, University of East Anglia
Ambassador George Prevelakis, Permanent Representative to the OECD
Erik Swyngedouw, Manchester University
Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University, Hellenic American University.
Argiris Archakis, University of Patras
Vijay Kumar Bhatia, City University of Hong Kong, Macquarie University, Hellenic American University
David Block, University of Lleida
Christopher Candlin † , Macquarie University, Hellenic American University
Guus Extra, Tilburg University
Juliane House, Hamburg University, Hellenic American University
Cornelia Ilie, Malmö University
Claire Kramsch, University of Berkeley, Hellenic American University
Rosina Marquez Reiter, University of Surrey, Hellenic American University
Anssi Paasi, University of Oulu
Theodosia Pavlidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ben Rampton, King’s College London
Shaul Shenhav, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Maria Sidiropoulou, University of Athens
Adrian Smith, Queen Mary University of London
Philippe Van Parijs, University of Louvain
Piia Varis, Tilburg University
Glyn Williams, University Ramon Llull
Jan Zielonka, University of Oxford, St Antony’s College