4th New Zealand Discourse Conference
2-4 December 2013
Deadline for abstracts: 26 July 2013
AUT University, Auckland
New Zealand
Confirmed keynote speakers
Professor Cindy Gallois
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Professor Adam Jaworski
Professor of Language and Communication, The University of Hong Kong.
Professor Allan Bell
Director, Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication, Auckland University of Technology.
Call for papers
Submissions are invited for the 4thNew Zealand Discourse Conference from academics and others interested in discourse analysis that addressestheoretical, methodological or empirical research in a variety of applications. Given the increasing use of discourse analysisin many disciplinessubmissions are not limited to any one particular theme. However some of the areas that have been included in our three previous conferences include:
Culture and identity
Public policy and the state
Gender and diversity
Ideology, power and knowledge
Marketing and consumption
Globalization and development
Media
Finance
Community and health
Education and learning
Place, space and time
Practice and praxis
Professions and institutions
Language and communication
Work, management and organization
Science and technology
Computer-mediated communication
Biblical and ancient texts
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length and include a maximum of four key words. Each presentation will be allocated a 30 minute time slot, 20 minutes for presentation followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Your submission should be a separate Word document and include in the body of the email, the title of the paper and the details of a contact author, phone and email address.
Please submit abstracts by email before 26 July 2013 to
nzdc@aut.ac.nz