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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
For more information please visit our website:

DN17 Reflexivity and Critique in Discourse (keynote speakers announced)

The 17th DN conference on reflexivity and critique offers a venue for exploring the different ways in which reflexivity and critique can be deployed in order to shape (our understandings of) selves, discourses and societies in meaningful ways. To this end, this conference hopes to bring together researchers interested in (a) the role of reflexivity and critique in the study of discourse and/or in (b) the role of reflexivity and critique play in the social realities we investigate. Prof. Jan Blommaert, Prof. Johannes Angermüller, Prof. Marianne Winther-Jörgensen and Prof.

Connecting the Dots in a Glocalized World - 3rd International Conference on Language, Linguistics, Literature and Translation

Connecting the Dots in a Glocalized World 2016 will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas in the four main disciplines of language, linguistics, literature and translation. As the title for the conference suggests, the aim is to focus on the relationship between global themes and local practices, highlighting the under-examined interactions that occur as globalization takes on negotiated forms in different contexts.