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IPrA 2021 - Panel: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Discourse on Covid-19

The rapid spread of the previously unknown coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has led to political decisions in many countries which have had a profound impact on the lives of all people in societies. In the public discourse on the Covid-19 pandemic these political decisions and their consequences for certain social groups are vividly discussed. The panel aims at investigating and (critically) discussing facets of inclusion and exclusion in the public discourse by the means of discourse linguistic analysis.

YouthMediaLife 2021

Dear colleagues,

more than ever, young people's lifeworlds are largely governed by their media practices, a phenomenon which can be approached from a variety of disciplines. The interdisciplinary research platform #YouthMediaLife at the University of Vienna is organising a conference on the topic of young people's mediatised lifeworlds.

European Di-Visions. Political, normative and social tensions within the EU

Call for Papers "European Di-Visions. Political, normative and social tensions within the EU"

Research Section „Sociology of European integration“ of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
Biannual Congress Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS), TU Berlin, September 14–18, 2020

Submission deadline: 15 May 2020

Discourses of Humour

Humour, wit and laughter surround us everywhere. According to the French philosopher Henri Bergson, the fundamental source of comic is the presence of inflexibility and rigidness in life (see Laughter. An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic).