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PhD course with Suzie Scollon on Nexus Analysis

Dear all (and apologies for cross-posting),

The Interdisciplinary Discourse Studies PhD programme at Aalborg University, Faculty of Humanities, will hold a PhD course with Suzie Scollon on Nexus Analysis 2-4 December, 2015. More details about the course and enrollment from:

http://www.interdisc.aau.dk/events/event/suzie-scollon-seminar-2015.cid…

Best wishes,

Pirkko Raudaskoski

Reminder: CfP "Materialist_Discourse_Analysis: Methodological entanglements."

In this workshop, we seek to explore how a decidedly materialist approach to discourse can be put into practice. Bringing together contributions from a range of disciplines, we will think through the methodological implications materialism has for Discourse Studies, and vice versa.

Between Fact and Fiction - Climate Change Literature

Novels and short stories that depict research on climate change and/or its ecological and social ramifications have been gaining in prominence. Examples are Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior, Nathaniel Rich’s Odds Against Tomorrow, Michael Crichton’s State of Fear, Ian McEwan’s Solar, Jeannette Winterson’s The Stone Goods, Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science in the Capital Trilogy, as well as the short story anthology I’m with the Bears. In the U.S.

PUBLISH OR PERISH: Tips for Successful Research Publication

The Tunisian Association of Young Researchers (TAYR)
In cooperation with
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences 9 Avril
Organize
A study day for all Researchers on
PUBLISH OR PERISH:
Tips for Successful Research Publication
Provided by
Dr. Tahar Labassi
Saturday 26 March 2016 (10:00 am) at
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences

ALL RESEARCHERS IN ENGLISH STUDIES (Literature, Civilization, Linguistics…) ARE CONCERNED AND ARE WELCOME

Call for Papers: 3rd European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) - Living the "new normal": Post-crisis politics of money, debt and time

Call for Papers
3rd European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) Tübingen, Germany, 6-8 April 2016

(WS R) Living the "new normal": Post-crisis politics of money, debt and time

Workshop conveners: Joscha Wullweber, Benjamin Wilhelm, Nina Boy & Timo Walter

NCA Seminar: Critical Discourse Studies in Communication: Embracing Opportunities for Research and Pedagogy

November 18th, 2015, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Presenters

Mariaelena Bartesaghi, University of South Florida; M. Lane Bruner,
Georgia State University; Theresa Castor, University of
Wisconsin-Parkside; Susana Martinez Guillem, University of New
Mexico; Craig Stewart, University of Memphis; Christopher M. Toula,
Georgia State University; Bernadette Barker-Plummer, University of
San Francisco

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The Politics of Poststructuralism Today Workshop

It is generally accepted that the various strands of thought associated with ‘post-structuralism’ have had an extensive impact on the study of politics in the UK and the United States over the past 30 years. However, it is also clear from a number of recent publications that there is renewed interest in the vexed questions of how to define post-structuralism and how to evaluate its overall significance.