First Circular - Call for Papers

    We would like to inform you that the first international young scholars symposium onDiscourse, Ideology and Society will be held in Lodz, Poland, on 18-20 March 2020. Ourgoal is to invite young researchers to share their expertise, interests and passionfor discourse and its multiple social, political, and cultural contexts.

    This annual conference intends to explore the notion of discourse as sociallyconstituted, historically shaped and ideologically conditioned, and to promotemultidisciplinarity and integration across various fields of discourse and representation-relatedresearch. Bridging the gap between qualitative and quantitative approaches, we want to lookfor new solutions and tools that will allow us to cope with methodological challenges and willmake it possible to address the discourse-society dialectics in a novel and comprehensive way.

    We are focused on the following areas: linguistics, sociology, political studies,psychology, journalism and media studies, advertising, culture studies and businesscommunication. The contributions of BA, MA and PhD students and young researchers areparticularly encouraged. Possible research areas include, but are by no means limited to, thefollowing:

•   perspectives on discourse and communication

•   qualitative and quantitative methodologies in discourse studies

•   political discourse and communication

•   stereotypes and discrimination in discourse

•   discourse, ideology and conflict

•   persuasion, manipulation and propaganda

•   business and corporate communication

•   advertising discourse

•   visual communication

    Confirmed keynote speakers

•   Professor Piotr Staskowsky

•   Dr Christopher Hook

•   Professor Jason Gardener

    Abstract submission

    Papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions. The language of the conference is English. Abstracts of no more than 350 words (excluding references) should be sent by email as a Word attachment to [email protected] by 4 November 2019.

    Please include your name, affiliation, email address and paper title in the body of the email.

    Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated via email by 10 January 2020.

    Proceedings

    Presenters will be invited with their research findings based on the general theme for publication in a post conference volume. A selection of papers will also be published in Lodz Papers in Pragmatics in printed and electronic formats.

    Registration

    The schedule covers a set of conference materials, coffee breaks with refreshments and access to internet facilities. The regular fee is?70. Participants from Poland, East European countries and other developing states (please contact the organisers to check if you qualify) will be offered a reduced fee of?40 (160 PLN, conference fee). Fees should be transferred by 11 March 2020.

    Calls for papers

- We welcome participation by scholars of history, literature, anthropology, art, politics and related fields. We will accept complete panel proposals as well as individual paper proposals if they can be integrated into a viable panel.

- The Mid-Atlantic Conference on British Studies will hold its annual meeting on 21-22 April 2020 at Pennsylvania State University, Abington. The Abington Campus is located in suburban Philadelphia 12 miles from the city centre. It is connected by road and rail links to central Philadelphia.

- Proposals should include a brief (no more than 250 words) abstract of the paper and a curriculum vitae. Full panel proposals should also include a concise description of the panel's overall aim and indicate which panel member will serve as the primary contact.

- All submissions must be received by 20 December 2019. Please submit proposals via email to: Dept, of History, College of William and Mary.

- The MACBS, an affiliate of the NACBS, solicits proposals for panels and papers on Britain, the British Atlantic World, and the British Empire broadly defined.

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