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11th Essex Conference in Critical Political Theory: Global challenges - New imaginaries. Image, Voice, and Radical Democracy

Few doubt, today, that we face a series of connected global challenges: the dangers of climate change and environmental degradation; a crisis of international finance and global capitalism; an ever-increasing logic of minoritization, which threatens to fragment communities and societies; greater social and economic inequalities, both nationally and globally; the intensification of various forms of religious belief, including fundamentalism, alongside a growing secularization of communities and societies; securitization of society, and a palpable disillusionment with politics and politicians

The discourse of austerity: Critical analyses of business and economics across disciplines

Please submit abstracts by June 21st to: Darren.kelsey@ncl.ac.uk

Conference convenors:
Dr Darren Kelsey, Lecturer in Journalism, Newcastle University
Professor Andrea Whittle, Professor of Management and Organization Studies, Newcastle University
Professor Frank Mueller, Professor of Strategy & International Business, Newcastle University
Dr Majid KhosraviNik, Lecturer in Mass Communication and Critical Discourse Analysis, Northumbria University

In the Frame? Public and Political Discourses of Migration

Public and political discourses on the matter of inward and outward
migration are of crucial importance, as they are responsible for
framing the issue, and for how, when, and where these issues arrive on
the public / political spectrum (Schain 2008, p.465). As a result such
discourses have substantial influence over the general public’s
attitudes towards migration (McLaren, 2001) and for migrant’s
self-image.

In this interdisciplinary conference, we particularly welcome papers
that address the following:

EAST – WEST EUROPEAN FORUM ON DISCOURSE: Talking ‘discourse’ in European linguistics: past, present and future

The organizers of this conference invite scholars working in various realms of discourse research, ranging from textology and linguistics of discourse, through discourse analysis to (interdisciplinary) critical discourse studies. Our key purpose is to explore the various ways of doing discourse analysis, historically and presently.

The main topics include:

GlobE 2015: EAST – WEST EUROPEAN FORUM ON DISCOURSE – Talking ‘discourse’ in European linguistics: past, present and future

The organizers of this conference invite scholars working in various realms of discourse research, ranging from textology and linguistics of discourse, through discourse analysis to (interdisciplinary) critical discourse studies. Our key purpose is to explore the various ways of doing discourse analysis, historically and presently.

The main topics include:

Media, War and Conflict Journal 10th Anniversary Conference - Spaces of War, War of Spaces

Keynote:
Professor Andrew Hoskins: MWC Founding Editor and Interdisciplinary Research Professor, University of Glasgow

Film Screening:
‘The Faces We Lost’ Film Screening with Q&A with Director and Scholar Piotr Cieplak, University of Sussex