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DN23: Discourse, power and mind: between reason and emotion

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Topic

Discourse can be addressed as a vehicle for power, a positioning practice which enlightens the role and the relationship among the speakers. Power is a way of defying and measure relationships and interactions between individuals. These relations and interactions lead one part to affirm its will against another part, no matter on what bases this will is grounded (Weber, 1974).

Glocalisation as catalyst for new discourses and genres

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Call For Papers: ‘Glocalisation as catalyst for new discourses and genres’

If you are interested, then please send an abstract (max 350 words), title and brief bio by November 11, 2011 to the convenors Laura Alba-Juez (UNED, Spain), Dorien Van De Mieroop (University of Leuven, Belgium) and Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University, UK)

I-mean 3, Identity and Language Conference

The third i-mean conference will address the relationship between language and identity.
Following the imean tradition, we seek to explore ways in which researchers can fruitfully work across methodological and disciplinary boundaries. We also welcome scholars from other disciplines who have an interest in the links between language and identity.
The conference aims to explore whether and to what extent bringing together different methodological and theoretical approaches can:
- Enhance understanding of identity attribution in interaction

ICA PRE-CONFERENCE: Qualitative Political Communication Research

At the 2014 International Communication Association Annual Conference
May 22, 2014 – 8:00am-5:00pm
Department of Communication, University of Washington (room TBD)

Website: http://qualpolicomm.wordpress.com/ica-pre-conference/

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DEADLINE FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS (500 WORDS) DECEMBER 1

36th GERAS Conference; March 19th-21st,2015.

GERAS (Groupe d’Étude et de Recherche en Anglais de Spécialité) in association with the research group LACES EA 4140 (Laboratoire Cultures – Éducation – Sociétés) and the Département Langues et Cultures of the University of Bordeaux will be holding its 36th annual conference at the University of Bordeaux from 19th-21st March on the following theme:
Integration in English for Specific Purposes as a ferment of intellection and innovation for research, didactics and pedagogy
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Reminder CfP: Panel "Governmentality and expertise: imagining economy after crisis" at IPA 2016

Reminder: CfP Panel "Governmentality and expertise: imagining economy after crisis" at the IPA conference 2016, University of Hull

5 days left for submissions: the call closes on February 15th, 2016

Conveners: Amelie Kutter, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Jens Maesse, University of Gießen, Germany