Conference

This call for papers solicits contributions to a panel entitled 'Rethinking (de)politicisation: going beyond a moralistic research agenda', which will take place at DNC6 in Brussels from the 7th until the 10th of July. If you are interested in contributing to this panel, please submit your abstract directly on the DNC6 website and contact the panel organisers. 

Rethinking (de)politicisation: going beyond a moralistic research agenda

Conference: Discourse of reaction: national and transnational repertoires

Université libre de Bruxelles, September 8-9, 2025 

The research project "The Therapeutic Game" (PI Stefan Rinner) funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and based at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Duisburg-Essen is organising an interdisciplinary two-day online conference on questions regarding language and its use in psychotherapeutic settings, to be held via Zoom on May 8 and 9 2025. Our goal is to bring together researchers interested in this topic from different fields, including philosophy, linguistics, psychology, psychiatry, communication studies, and sociology.

Call for Short Papers (750 - 1,000 words by 28th February 2025, 5pm GMT)

The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory (One-Day Symposium)

A BSA Early Career Regional Funded & BSA Theory Event

To be held on Friday, 23rd May 2025 at the University of Cambridge

The contemporary landscape is marked by multiple tensions: recurring democratic crises at various scales (local to global), a crisis in citizens' relationship with information (infodemic, information avoidance, disinformation, and media blackout), the growing influence of digital social networks, media concentration (as seen in France, for instance), the proliferation of mechanisms legitimizing public actors, and the diversification of diplomacy (informal, scientific, soft power) within the realm of information warfare (Colon, 2023).

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to thank all the people who have already submitted their proposals and, following up on the many requests we have received over the past few days, we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions until December 31st!

This Section seeks to bring together scholars using critical text analytical and discourse analytical approaches in the study of policy and politics, with the aim to contribute to Critical Policy Discourse Analysis (Fairclough, 2013; Montesano Montessori, Farrelly and Mulderrig (eds.) 2019; Montesano Montessori, 2023).

Dear colleagues,

This is an invitation to participate in a conference we are organising at the University of Granada, Spain, on migration, freedom of movement and transnational discourses from all angles possible, yours too. The dates: 3-5 September 2025.

Here you can read more about the event:

DN32 - DISCOURSE ACROSS CULTURES (2025) - DEADLINE EXTENDED!!

Call For Papers

The two key concepts of this event are discourse and culture. Showcasing multifarious attributes, culture has been defined by Samovar& Porter as:

Founded in 1947, the Swiss Association of University Teachers of English (SAUTE) holds a biennial conference; next year, it is the University of Bern's turn to host the conference.