IOW's NEWSLETTER #7

March 2024

Thank you for subscribing to IOW's Newsletter!

By subscribing to IOW’s Newsletter, you will be updated about the latest keywords uploaded, and provided news about the project in general and the activities of IOW's collective.

The Newsletter will also disseminate Calls for conferences and publications connected to issue of Othering.

And you can become an active participant to IOW's dictionary, by proposing and discussing words that are used to (re)produce different forms of Otherness, and/or suggesting keywords that you would like to be discussed!

You can visit regularly www.iowdictionary.org to find further info on keywords  and on how to join the project.

KEYWORDS‍

Forthcoming keywords:

• disability: the entry here discussed by Stefania Taviano, is commonly perceived as a deviance, as a consequence of a person’s physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments or as a defective copy of abled bodies. Such images and definitions of disability, as in the case of race and gender, constitute a social system of representation that marks people and, their bodies, as subordinate. Disability becomes a category, a label to marginalize individuals, marking them as 'Other' for being different from normative groups, similarly to other social groups subject to discrimination.
  
  
• il/ils: the French language, like many others, has historically used masculine forms as the default for different gender groups. Indeed, in French, ‘il/ils’ are masculine pronouns, but ‘ils’ describes groups including women and non-binary individuals. This practice is a subject of debate, especially in the context of France's national motto "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité," which though championing liberty, equality, and fraternity, still (re)produces Otherness by favouring the masculine over the other genders. In this entry, Romain Potier critically discusses these issues with Victoria Odeniyi.
  
  
• menopause: how is menopause connected to Otherness? Do women become, in Simone de Beauvoir's bitter words, 'Others to themselves?' How is menopause represented in different cultures? And how do the persistent stigma and taboo associated with the menopause contribute to the silencing of women's voices and the persistent misinformation about female aging that is prevalent in cultures around the world? You can find answers and information in the discussion by Isabelle Buchstaller, as well as a list of typical menopausal symptoms and links to support groups and other networking opportunities.
  
  
• oligarchy: in line with its etymology, the term 'oligarchy' was used to depict and denounce various elitist governments in Argentina since the consolidation of the national state in 1880. Cecilia Beaudoin here discusses how, in the second half of the twentieth century, ‘oligarchy’ became a political term which designated the Other (or 'them') in the narrative elaborated by Peronism. Rather than a concept, this word may be better perceived as a floating or empty signifier, since in recent years it has also been used to name Peronism itself.
  
  
• terrone: 'terrone' is an inter-generational and frequently heard epithet by which Italians from the North call those from the South. It refers to the word 'terra' (earth) as connected with dirt and is often loaded with a derogatory connotation. The term 'terrone' thus not only encapsulates a geographical divide but also embodies the social prejudices that can perpetuate discrimination. Class 3C discusses how, beyond its literal meaning, ‘terrone’ has become a term to stereotypically designate the 'Other' as an individual or a group in relation to attitudes, behaviours, and attire.
  
  
• translanguaging: the categorization of different languages – and of the individuals who use them – can be utilized to create a sense of Otherness. Translanguaging involves the use of multiple languages in interaction and allows individuals to bring their entire linguistic repertoire into play, thus representing a way of translating (encoding) cultural practices and beliefs about the Other. Victoria Odeniyi explores with Romain Potier how translanguaging is a dynamic practice that goes beyond communication as it reflects and shapes our understanding of cultural and linguistic identities.

NEW PUBLICATIONS BY IOWers

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From the Torino Conference Languaging and Diversity (14-16 December, 2023):

Giorgis, P., Ivanka, M. 2023. The Words of Othering and the Digital Genre. Languaging, Identity, Diversity. pp.132-135. Book of Abstracts Languaging Identities in Changing Times. Challenges and Opportunities. Torino: COLLANE@unito.

Odeniyi, V. 2023. Translanguaging as Creative Practice. What can we learn from our Students about Educational Equity? pp. 174-175. Book of Abstracts Languaging Identities in Changing Times. Challenges and Opportunities. Torino: COLLANE@unito.

https://www.collane.unito.it/oa/items/show/154

P‍UBLICATIONS EDITED BY IOWers

Ilie, Cornelia (ed.). 2024. Manufacturing Dissent: Manipulation and Counter-Manipulation in Times of Crisis. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.339

The studies presented in the volume edited by Cornelia Ilie show how manipulation works at time of crises, thus magnifying how manipulative strategies and discourses operate at individual and institutional levels in a range of socio-political and cultural settings, and how they actively contribute to shape and steer individual and public opinion.

Saad, Charleine. 2023. "Between Domestication and Foreignization: A Study of How an Italian Film Remake Got Lost in Translation in the Arab World" by has been published in Languages as part of the Special Issue "Translating Otherness: Challenges, Theories, and Practices " (Guest Editors: Paola Giorgis, Ivanka Mavrodieva, Bilyana Todorova and Andrea C. Valente).

The study discusses the Arabic remake of a famous Italian movie showing that the use of domestication in film remakes alters the rhetorical effect of the original version and that although foreignization may promote the audiences’ interest in foreign cultures, it may contribute to the reproduction of Otherness due to the dissatisfaction of the targeted audiences.

The article is available online:
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/4/273
PDF Version: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/4/273/pdf
Special Issue: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/50AA7OB8

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 IOWers AT WEBINARS AND CONFERENCES (Jan-May 2024)

February 16^th (online):
within the formation courses organized by the Italian association of teachers and researchers of Foreign/Second Language Education lend – linguistica e nuova didattica [linguistics and news didactics] (https://www.lend.it) Paola Giorgis presented IOW dictionary and showed how it can be used with students to practice critical (foreign) language education.

March 8^th (online):
within the webinars of the DiscourseNet network (https://discourseanalysis.net/en/other-words-iow-webinar), Paola Giorgis, Ivanka Mavrodieva, Victoria Odeyini, and Andrea C. Valente presented ‘How to write an entry for IOW dictionary step-by-step’. The Webinar addressed several issues, such as a general introduction of the project, its structure, its ethos and methodologies, how to choose an entry, how to write an entry with colleagues/one student/a class or group of people, and open-peer reviewing as a dialogic process.

April 4^th (online):
within the I-LanD Seminar Series (https://archivio.unior.it/ateneo/27821/1/the-i-land-seminar-series.html), the meeting will discuss: ‘Gender and Discrimination in Contemporary Discourses’. Paola Giorgis and Ivanka Mavrodieva will analyse the themes as related to IOW dictionary, providing some contextualized examples of how IOW’s critical and creative proposals provide counternarratives against discriminatory discourses.

May 23-25: Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany.
Conference ‘Talking about Writing’.
Paola Giorgis, Bilyana Todorova, and Andrea C. Valente will present IOW dictionary as a collective, dialogic, and participatory writing space where different actors from different social and educational contexts engage in creativity and critical reflexivity, as well as in the use of multilingual and multimodal resources. The presenters will discuss some examples of some of IOW’s conducted activities, such as webinars, teacher training courses, and participatory writing with students and colleagues.

CALLS FOR PAPERS: PUBLICATIONS

VALS/ASLA - Swiss Association for Applied Linguistics

https://www.vals-asla.ch

Special issue: "Reflections on co-production as a research practice in the field of foreign language teaching and learning"

published by the journal https://www.vals-asla.ch/en/journal

Deadline for the abstracts: April 1, 2024. 

As the bulletin is multilingual, contributions can be in German, French, English or Italian.

The full CfP can be found here: https://dgxy.link/VCbPz

If you have any questions, please contact:

Luc Fivaz luc dot fivaz at hepl dot ch
 

Martina Zimmermann martina dot zimmermann at hepl dot ch

https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/LCM-Journal/announcement/view/91

MonTI 17 (2025) - Q1 (SJR: Language and Linguistics)

https://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/monti/announcement/view/209

"Theatre translation. Performability and reception from intercultural perspectives"

Edited by Susan Bassnett (University of Glasgow) and Catalina Iliescu-Gheorghiu (Universidad de Alicante)

Deadline for manuscript submission: 31 May 2024

Theatre has been underexplored in Translation Studies for many years, but today drama translation (both as translation process and product) is becoming increasingly visible as a genre whose purpose is primordially to be staged and played for an audience in a given historic, socio-political context.

CALLS FOR PAPERS: CONFERENCES‍

Universit‍é de Lyon, France

Laboratoire ICAR - Interactions, Corpus, Apprentissages, Représentations http://icar.cnrs.fr

"Le pouvoir des mots: le langage comme reflet et vecteur du pouvoir"

Dates: 4-6 November 2024

Deadline: 28 April 2024

Le CfP est décliné en 5 axes:

• Agir sur le langage, exprimer le pouvoir
• Agir par le langage, faire exister
• Asymétries de pouvoir
• Transmission du pouvoir par le langage
• Savoir e(s)t pouvoir

Pour toute question, écrivez à doctorants dot icar at gmail dot com

Les doctorants et jeunes chercheurs, n’hésitez pas à soumettre une proposition!

More info at: https://icodoc.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/20

Université Paris Nanterre, France

Association Française de linguistique Systémique Fonctionnelle (AFLSF) https://aflsf.fr

"Approaches to social semiotics and social media"

Date: 3 October 2024

Deadline: 31 May 2024

 
This conference aims to bring together scholars who integrate semiotic and multimodal analysis into their linguistic analyses, and to take as a common object of study the example of social media content. The main purpose of the conference is to compare and contrast various theoretical approaches, and to engage a conversation in terms of epistemology.

Abstracts (250-300 words) to be submitted to

Fiona Rossette rossette at parisnanterre dot fr

and Clive Hamilton clive dot hamilton at u-paris dot fr

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Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Brussels Institute for Journalism Studies (BIJU)

https://www.vub.be/en/event/voices-and-sources-in-news

"Look who’s Talking: Voices and Sources in the News"

Date: 12-13 December 2024

Deadline: 29 June 2024

Submissions are welcomed from all relevant disciplinary backgrounds approaching the central theme of ‘voices and sources in the news’ from a conceptual, empirical or methodological perspective; using quantitative and qualitative methods, or a mixed-methods design; and looking into journalism practices, products, or audiences, such as voice/source (in)visibility and social/environmental justice or identity politics, and listening and exposure diversity.

Contact person:

Martina Temmerman martina dot temmerman at vub dot be

TRANSCULTURAL & INTERCULTURAL ISSUES, CALLS, etc.

ESTIDIA (European Society for Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogue) is a non-profit organization that fosters dialogue across disciplines and cultures, cultivates contacts with university networks and publishers, and promotes initiatives and projects among its members. ESTIDIA brings together senior and junior colleagues belonging to various disciplines and professional orientations, who wish to establish contacts and to collaborate across cultural and disciplinary borders in Europe and beyond. By becoming a member of ESTIDIA you will be part of a vibrant international community and enjoy several advantages. You can find more info and subscribe here:
https://www.estidia.eu/membership

ESTIDIA is currently interested in offering PhD students the opportunity to reinforce website management skills and to enhance blog drafting and editing skills during a voluntary internship. The internship enables students to improve writing and editing skills, academic research skills, enhanced expertise on website management and online resources, communicative and interpersonal competence, and teamwork experience under the supervision of ESTIDIA senior scholars.

For more info, please contact: Cornelia Ilie cornelia dot ilie at gmail dot com

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The Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID) facilitates intercultural dialogues through helping scholars learn about the work of international peers, locate researchers with similar interests in other countries, or collaborate for research purposes.

It is a rich and updated online resource that offers a lot of info about intercultural issues, language and linguistics – call for papers, job offers, fellowships, conferences, international programs, interviews, videos, and podcasts. 

https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org

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We are looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions, as well as to welcoming your contributions!

In the meanwhile, take care & stay tuned!

Paola Giorgis

on behalf of IOW's Editorial Board

For further info, please write to: info at iowdictionary dot org

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IOW's NEWSLETTER #6

November 2023

Thank you for subscribing to IOW's Newsletter!

By subscribing to IOW’s Newsletter, you will be updated about the latest keywords uploaded, and provided news about the project in general and the activities of IOW's collective.

The Newsletter will also disseminate Calls for conferences and publications connected to issue of Othering.

And you can become an active participant to IOW's dictionary, by proposing and discussing words that are used to (re)produce different forms of Otherness, and/or suggesting keywords that you would like to be discussed!

You can visit regularly www.iowdictionary.org to find further info on keywords  and on how to join the project.

BREAKING NEWS!

The website has been reconfigured! It features more contents – such as all the past Newsletters – and a lighter visual layout. Surf the website and enjoy the new design and enhanced contents!

Huge thanks to Paolo Cagliero and Alex Steiner for their work!

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KEYWORDS‍

New keywords:

•     neurodiversity: what is neurodiversity and how is it understood in different contexts? under which conditions it indicates differences in how people's brains develop and function, or becomes a reminder of being considered not 'normal'? Analyzing the neologism which combines the prefix 'neuro' with the word 'diversity', Andrea Valente critically discusses how, within the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) movements, the term has acquired a great popularity and how its situated applications can lead to challenge or (re)produce Otherness.
  
  

• nostalgia: how is nostalgia connected with the (re) production of Otherness? who is the Same and who is the Other in the multi-layered construction of nostalgia? how can the emotional components connected with nostalgia serve marketing purposes or political agendas? which are the rhetorical strategies that shape nostalgia? Read Bilyana Todorova and Gergana Padareva-Ilieva’s new entry, and venture into the multiple aspects and questions that nostalgia arises.

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NEW PUBLICATIONS BY IOWers

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• Giorgis, P., Valente, A. C. 2023. Intercultural Education, Otherness, and Collaborative Literacy. In Other Words Dictionary: A Case Study. In Nektaria Palaiologou (ed.). Rethinking Intercultural Education in Times of Migration and Displacement. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 1-5275-2884-7. ISBN13: 978-1-5275-2884-0
  
  

• Giorgis, P. 2023. Critical Cultural Linguistics (CCL): Challenging the Cultural (Re)production of Otherness. In: Cultural Linguistics, Ideologies and Critical Discourse Studies. (eds. Frank Polzehagen & Monika Reif). John Benjamins Publications. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.103.07gio
  

P‍UBLICATIONS EDITED BY IOWers

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•  Special Issue “Translating Otherness: Challenges, Theories, and Practices”

      https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/50AA7OB8KD

Paola Giorgis, Ivanka Mavrodieva, Bilyana Todorova and Andrea C. Valente are the Guest Editors of this Special Issue that showcases micro and macro analysis of translated material, from word/morphological to semantic-pragmatic levels in interlinguistic, intersemiotic, and or intercultural translations of Otherness.

 By now, two articles have been published online:

Amal Abu Zaglan, Zahra Mustafa-Awad, Areej Allawzi: "A Critical Discourse Analysis of Translators’ Narratives Affecting Two Translations of the Same Text: A Case Study of Orientalism”. The article examines comparatively two different Arabic translations of Said’s Orientalism (originally written in English) to show how each translation produces competing narratives of two cultures standing in opposition to one another, with each translation implying that one of these civilizations is unique and inherently competitive with ‘the other’ culture.
Languages 2023, 8(2), 152. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages8020152

Stefania Taviano: “Translating Migration: Art Installations against Dehumanizing Labelling Practices”. Contrasting dehumanizing views of migration and bordering practices, the article offers different reflections and examples on how resistant translation practices, new languages and art activism can contribute to reversing dehumanizing practices by putting displaced people’s identities at the centre, and challenge the stigmatization of 'the Other'.
Languages 2023, 8(3), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages8030221

Charleine Iskandar Saad  (forthcoming): “Between Domestication and Foreignization: A Study of How an Italian Film Remake in the Arab World Got Lost in Translation”. Addressing film remakes as a kind of cinematographic translations, the contribution discusses the Arabic remake of the Italian movie Perfetti Sconosciuti [Perfect Strangers] which had sparked controversy across the Middle East. In her contribution, the author displays a comparative analysis of the Italian and Arabic version to investigate into the dialectic between domestication and foreignization, and their relation with the (re)production of Otherness.

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    Special Issue “Decolonizing the University”: Victoria Odeniyi (from IOW Editorial Board) and Gillian Lazar have curated this SI on the multilingual and multimodal publishing platform called Decolonial Subversions. The SI addresses the theme of decolonising the university and the role of linguistic diversity in ways that are sensitive to different contexts and positionalities, presenting contributions from authors living and working in Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The Special Issue is available at  http://decolonialsubversions.org

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WHERE YOU CAN MEET IOWers NEXT

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•    14-16 December 2023, Turin, Italy: Participation to the Torino Conference Languaging Diversity. Languaging Identity in Changing Times: Challenges and Opportunities

https://www.languagingdiversity2023.unito.it/home

Paola Giorgis and Ivanka Mavrodieva will co-present IOW Dictionary as an alternative digital genre with specific stylistic features and entries that deal with the languaging of Othering. The title of the presentation is: “The Words of Othering and the Digital Genre. Languaging, Identity, Diversity”.

Victoria Odeiyni will discuss how higher education policies and practices around language do not always reflect the needs of an increasingly mobile and international student body. The title of the presentation is: “Translanguaging as Creative Practice. What can we learn from our students about educational equity?”. 

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•   Mid-February 2024: within the activities and the webinars promoted by DiscourseNet (https://discourseanalysis.net), a team from IOW will run a webinar on ‘How to write a new entry for IOW dictionary step-by-step’. The webinar will illustrate how working on IOW dictionary helps students reflect on discriminatory language and find creative ways to challenge and subvert it. Favouring the students’ participation in applying methodological tools of critical discourse analysis, IOW dictionary is a participatory and collective space where theory meets practice, so that it can also be utilized by scholars, researchers, and professors as a practical resource to train students in academic writing and research. Yet, since IOW dictionary can be used in different social and educational contexts, the webinar welcomes activists, educators, volunteers, artists who are interested to utilize or contribute to the dictionary in their fields of activity/work.
The exact date has not been defined yet, so… stay tuned!

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CALLS FOR PAPERS: PUBLICATIONS

Special Collection on the “Language of Fake News”

Editors: Silje Susanne Alvestad, Nele Põldvere and Elizaveta Kibisova (University of Oslo).

The special collection in Linguistics Vanguard intends to capture recent developments in research into the language of fake news from a diverse range of perspectives and approaches.

Linguistics Vanguard publishes shorter papers (about 4,000-word limit) on a multimodal platform designed to integrate interactive content, including audio and video, images, maps, etc.

There are no publication costs.

Abstracts due: 1 December 2023

Contributors are asked to submit a tentative title and an abstract of max. 500 words (excluding references and figures).

The submission should be made to the guest editors: Silje Susanne Alvestad (s.s.alvestad@ilos.uio.no), Nele Põldvere (nele.poldvere@ilos.uio.no) and Elizaveta Kibisova (elizaveta.kibisova@ilos.uio.no), University of Oslo.

Contributors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper (3,000–4,000 words excluding references and ancillary material) that will undergo peer review. The full papers should follow general submission guidelines for the journal: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/lingvan/html?lang=en#submit

CALLS FOR PAPERS: CONFERENCES‍

European Society for Transcultural and  Interdisciplinary Dialogue (ESTIDIA)

Exploring Real-life, Fictional and Virtual Dialogues: Similarities, Differences and Complementarities

Where: Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania

When: 12-14 June 2024

Deadlines: (expired)

The focus is on exploring real-life, fictional and virtual dialogues in terms of similarities and differences, overlaps and complementarities, constancy and change in situ instantiations of dialogue as social interaction practice.

Conference languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, German

More info at: https://usercontent.one/wp/www.estidia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CfP_7th-ESTIDIA_conference_Vilnius_2024_FINAL

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Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD)

Borders and Boundaries in/across Discourses

Where: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznanń, Poland
When: 10-12 July 2024
Deadline: 24 November 2023

The Conference will focus on the issue of people moving across borders in search for security and new life from another direction. Yet, the Conference understands borders in a much broader way, including identity (self/other, us/them), time (past/present), politics (left/right, mainstream/extreme), etc.

Details of the conference can be found here: https://cadaad2024.amu.edu.pl/

The conference will be in-person only and online presentations will not be possible. Abstracts for presentations should be 300 words (including references). 

To submit an abstract: https://tinyurl.com/OxfordAbstractsCADAAD

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International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE)

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB +) in Education to Transform Society‍

Where: University of Technology, Faculty of Humanities, Institute for Education, Chemnitz, Germany

When: 26-28 March 2024

Deadline: 30 November 2023

The Conference addresses the valorisation of all facets of diversity within education, and for critical questioning of the (re)production of educational and social inequalities in different political, historical, and socioeconomic contexts.

Submissions via ConfTool: https://www.conftool.net/iaie2024

Further info at: https://iaie.org/sites/default/files/pdf/CfP_DEIB_new.pdf

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Association for Language Awareness (ALA)

17^th International Conference: Language Awareness, Education, and Power

Where: University of Education, Karlsruhe, Germany

When: 7-10 July 2024

Deadline: 1 December

(extended: 10 January 2024)

Due to the inherent multilingual and multicultural nature of many classrooms around the world, often in monolingual and monocultural institutional contexts, questions around which language(s) to use, to teach and to learn have regained new and important emphasis. The Conference’s focus is on the intricate interplay of factors contributing to the relationships between language(s), education and power.

More info at: https://en.ph-karlsruhe.de/ala-2024

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UCL SCHOOL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)

Languages and Cultures

at times of War: (Im)possible, (Re)imagined,  (Un)manageable

Where: UCL Bloomsbury, London and online

When: 2-3 May 2024

Deadline: 1 December 2023

The conference will examine the impact of military conflicts, aggressive actions, and wars on all aspects of languages and cultures in various countries. The interdisciplinary conference will explore what happens to cultures, communication, and languages in times of wars.

The Conference has no registration fee.

More info at:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/2023/sep/call-papers-languages-and-cultures-times-war-impossible-reimagined-unmanageable

All submissions in English should be sent by email to a.krouglov@ucl.ac.uk and nadiya.kiss@slavistik.uni-giessen.de

UNIGHENT, University of Ghent

Unraveling Linguistic Productivity: Insights into usage, processing and variability

Where: Ghent University, Belgium

When: 21-23 May 2024

Deadline: 1 December 2023

The goal of the conference is to bring together (psycho)linguists from different horizons (synchronic, diachronic, sociolinguistic, behavioural, neurolinguistic, computational) who take interest in Linguistic Productivity.

Submissions are for 20-minute oral presentations (plus 10 minutes for discussion) or for poster presentations.

More info at: https://www.languageproductivity.ugent.be/conference/

Nottingham Trent University

     Addressing the Underbellies of Neoliberal Academia

Where: Nottingham Trent University, UK

When: 5-6 April 2024

Deadline: 6 December 2023

This is the inaugural MCCT (Midlands Conference on Critical Thought) which is an offshoot of the London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT – https://www.londoncritical.co.uk/ please find all streams and their relative calls and deadlines here).

Conferences of LCCT feature no plenaries, have no specially invited guests, and they are free for all to attend.

This specific stream is meant to carve some space in academia for criticising academia.

Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and should be sent as a Word file to: midlandscritical@gmail.com

For further questions, please contact matko.krce@gmail.com

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Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church

Changing Discourses

Where: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary
When: 12-14 June 2024
Deadline: 18 December 2023

In collaboration with the Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC, http://www.dipvac.or and DiscourseNet (https://discourseanalysis.net/), the Conference will discuss from a critical perspective changing discourses not simply as a reflection of social, cultural, or technological changes, but rather as site of power struggles and contestation.

Panel proposals and abstracts to be submitted at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dndipvac2024

More info at: https://portal.kre.hu/dndipvac2024/index.php/call-for-papers/

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University of Kairouan, Tunisia

Study-day of the English Department on:

Artificial Intelligence in Language Teaching, Learning, Assessment, and Research: Opportunities and Threats

Where: University of Kairouan, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of English, Kairouan, Tunisia

When: 18 April 2024

Deadline: 31 December 2023

Educators are actively investigating how AI can facilitate the creation and enhancement of educational materials, as well as the process of selecting and adapting content for use in their teaching. Yet, they are not oblivious to the emerging risks associated with these new technologies – e.g., concerns regarding data privacy and security.

More info at: https://discourseanalysis.net/sites/default/files/2023-10/study%20day%202024.pdf

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7th Corpora & Discourse International Conference (CADS)

Where: Innsbrück University

When: 17-19 July 2024

Deadline: 15 January 2024

Corpora and Discourse International Conference showcases research which combines corpus linguistics and discourse analysis in all forms and under all names in order to how analyze how discourse/s are structured, patterned or received and who use corpus linguistics in their work.

More info at:

https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/cads2024/index.html.en

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University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Research and Practice in Foreign Language Classroom (RPFLC)

From Empirical research to foreign language classroom practice

and viceversa
 

Where: University of Fribourg, Switzerland

When: 6-7 September 2024

Deadline: 18 February 2024

The conference aims to open a space of discourse that permits exchange and transfer of knowledge between teacher education, classroom practice, and research. Initiatives that encourage the building of networks between research knowledge and knowledge arising from classroom practice may contribute to such a dialogue.

Abstracts for contributions and posters may be submitted in German, English, French, or Italian including title in the language of the abstract (max. 20 words), abstract and optional references (between 300 and 500 words), keywords (max. 5).

The conference fees will be announced early in 2024 with the hope of keeping them as low as possible (between CHF 25.00 and 40.00)

More info at: https://rpflc24.dryfta.com/

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UP‍DATED INFO ON INTERCULTURAL ISSUES, CALLS, etc.

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The Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID) facilitates intercultural dialogues through helping scholars learn about the work of international peers, locate researchers with similar interests in other countries, or collaborate for research purposes.

It is a rich and updated online resource that offers a lot of info about intercultural issues, language and linguistics – call for papers, job offers, fellowships, conferences, international programs, interviews, videos, and podcasts. 

https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org

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We are looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions, as well as to welcoming your contributions!

In the meanwhile, take care & stay tuned!

Paola Giorgis

on behalf of IOW's Editorial Board

For further info, please write to: info@iowdictionary.org

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IOW's NEWSLETTER #5

July 2023

Thank you for subscribing to IOW's Newsletter!

By subscribing to IOW’s Newsletter, you will be updated about the latest keywords uploaded, and provided news about the project in general and the activities of IOW's collective.

The Newsletter will also disseminate Calls for conferences and publications connected to issue of Othering.

And you can become an active participant to IOW's dictionary, by proposing and discussing words that are used to (re)produce different forms of Otherness, and/or suggesting keywords that you would like to be discussed!

You can visit regularly www.iowdictionary.org to find further info on keywords  and on how to join the project.

Here are some of IOW's latest news:

  KEYWORDS

NEWS ABOUT IOW

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Torino, Italy

Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, Department of Languages, Foreign Literatures and Modern Culture. Università di Torino, Italy.

14-15-16 December, 2023.

Languaging Diversity 2023 (LD2023)

Languaging identities in changing times: Challenges and opportunities

The 8th edition of the Languaging Diversity Conference (LD2023) focuses on how the representations of languaging and identity and languaging are undergoing significant transformations against the backdrop of rapidly changing societies.

IOW presentation will discuss IOW dictionary as a resource for analyzing and problematizing the words of Othering and the digital genre.

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 NEXT PUBLICATIONS BY IOW’S EDITORIAL BOARD 

      Forthcoming:

• Giorgis, P., Valente, A. C. Chapter in the volume: Rethinking Intercultural Education (ed. Nektaria Palaiologou). Title of the chapter: Intercultural Education, Otherness, and Collaborative Literacy. In Other Words Dictionary: A case study.
  
  

• Giorgis, P. Chapter in the volume: Cultural Linguistics, Ideologies and Critical Discourse Studies. (eds. Frank Polzehagen & Monika Reif). Title of the Chapter: Critical Cultural Linguistics (CCL): Challenging the Cultural (Re)production of Otherness. John Benjamins Publications.

PUBLICATIONS ON IOW

Gesheva, R. (2023). In Other Words. A Contextualized Dictionary to Problematize Otherness: a leading tool in understanding the difference. Изд. УНСС; Алма комуникация. 2023, №. ISSN 1313-9908. Available from: http://www.media-journal.info/?p=item&aid=461

In her article, Radeya defines IOW dictionary through the acronym SMART as:

Synthesis of the knowledge regarding key concepts on otherness.

Machine-Accessible: a feature which makes it undiscriminating, hence easy-to-use-by all

Analysis: making the big questions with no answers, stimulating critical thinking

Reversal: which overturns the ideas, considering both local and global perspectives

Tool for different types of open-minded audiences willing to acquire knowledge.

PRESENTATIONS ON IOW‍

Gesheva, R. (2023):

June 1-3
Tübingen, Germany

Rhetorical and Communicative Strategies in Bulgaria after 1990 (during the transition from socialism to democracy), Rhetoric Society of Europe Rhetoric in Society 8 (paper – section) 

June, 16

Varna, Bulgaria

Jubilee Conference

ДЕСЕТА ЮБИЛЕЙНА МЕЖДУНАРОДНА НАУЧНА КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ „ЕЗИК, НАУКА, КОМУНИКАЦИИ И СПОРТ – 60 ГОДИНИ АКАДЕМИЧНО ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ

Linguistic and Communicative Features of the Academic Genres  (plenary paper)

June, 26

Ruse University, Bulgaria

Identity Manifestation in Real, Virtual and Hybrid Communicative Environments. Language, Culture and Identity Manifestations,  Transformations and Interplay (plenary paper)

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CONFERENCES‍

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

October, 7-10, 2023.

International Conference: Children as Peacemakers

Organizers:
War Childhood Museum Foundation (WCM) & International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE)

The Conferences is organized in ten different strands. For detailed info, please refer to:

https://warchildhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Call-for-papers-2023-conference-2-2.pdf

For each each strand, proposals can be submitted in in the following categories: papers, posters, book, audio/video presentations, art objects, theater performances, films, workshops.

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Napoli, Italy

University of Naples L’Orientale, palazzo Du Mesnil.

November 9-10, 2023.

‘Negative Solidarities’. The Age of Anger and Hate Speech in the Anglophone Globalized Public Sphere 

The call for papers invites proposals focusing on the socio-political and cultural significance of manifestations of negative solidarities in the ‘Age of Anger’ and ‘Hate Speech’ and their representations in literature, film, tv, the performing and visual arts, as well as in news media and social media communication, and historical and political discourse.

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OP‍EN CALLS FOR CONFERENCES

Singapore
Nanyang Technological University

29-30 January, 2024

The Language of Food: Exploring Culinary Communication and Culture

The Language of Food academic symposium seeks to delve into the complex relationship between language, food, and culture. Food has always been a means of communication, expressing identity, tradition, and social dynamics within communities. This symposium will bring together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines such as linguistics, anthropology, sociology, history, and culinary arts.

Abstract submission deadline: August 15th, 2023 

Abstracts and queries can be submitted to: 

ntu-foodstudies at ntu dot edu dot sg
 

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out in early September 2023. 
 
Submission details: 

Name, designation, affiliation, title, abstract (250-350 words), indicate online or in-person.

More info at: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-events/events/detail/2024/01/29/research-events/the-language-of-food-exploring-culinary-communication-and-culture

Contact: Dr. Keri Matwick
kerimatwick at ntu dot edu dot sg


Coimbra, Portugal.

Centro de Estudo Sociais - Colégio de S. Jerónimo - Largo D. Dinis Apartado 3087

24-25-26 January, 2024

Emotions, Narratives and Identities in Politics, Populism and Democracy

The UNPOP International Colloquium focuses on the role that emotions (and/or affects, passions, sentiments, feelings, moods, dispositions, and attitudes) and narratives (and/or discourses, framings, storytelling) play in forging socio-political identities and the impact that they have on political behaviour and democracy.

Deadline for Abstracts: 31 August 2023

Communication of selected applications: 15 September 2023
Registration deadline for selected participants: 15 October 2023.

Submission of draft paper (max 4,000 words from title to last footnote): 
15 November 2023.

Application Form:
https://www.ces.uc.pt/eventos/forms/unpop_2023/preinscricao.php 

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UP‍DATED INFO ON INTERCULTURAL ISSUES, CALLS, etc.

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The Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID) facilitates intercultural dialogues through helping scholars learn about the work of international peers, locate researchers with similar interests in other countries, or collaborate for research purposes.

It is a rich and updated online resource that offers a lot of info about intercultural issues, language and linguistics – call for papers, job offers, fellowships, conferences, international programs, interviews, videos, and podcasts. 

https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org

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We are looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions, as well as to welcoming your contributions!

In the meanwhile, take care & stay tuned!

Paola Giorgis

on behalf of IOW's Editorial Board

For further info, please write to: info at iowdictionary dot org

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IOW's NEWSLETTER #4

March 2023

Thank you for subscribing to IOW's Newsletter!

By subscribing to IOW’s Newsletter, you will be updated about the latest keywords uploaded, and provided news about the project in general and the activities of IOW's collective.

The Newsletter will also disseminate Calls for conferences and publications connected to issue of Othering.

And you can become an active participant to IOW's dictionary, by proposing and discussing words that are used to (re)produce different forms of Otherness, and/or suggesting keywords that you would like to be discussed!

You can visit regularly www.iowdictionary.org to find further info on keywords  and on how to join the project.

Here are some of IOW's latest news:

  KEYWORDS

NEWS ABOUT IOW

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In the occasion of the anniversary of Human Rights Declaration, on December 10^th, 2022,  IOW dictionary was awarded a prize for the presentation at IAIE/HOU international Conference (1-2, Oct, 2022, Athens)

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 Next publications by IOW’s Editorial Board

      Forthcoming:

• Giorgis, P. Chapter in the volume: Cultural Linguistics, Ideologies and Critical Discourse Studies. (eds. Frank Polzehagen & Monika Reif). Title of the Chapter: Critical Cultural Linguistics (CCL): Challenging the Cultural (Re)production of Otherness. John Benjamins Publications.
  
  

• Giorgis, P., Semenets, O., Todorova, B. Chapter in the volume: Unhealthy Language (ed. R. Jones). Title of the Chapter: “We are at War”. The Military Rhetoric of COVID-19 in Cross-cultural Discourses. Frontiers Publications.
  
  

• Semenets, O. Семенець, О. “Metafora «viina proty koronavirusu» v ukrainskomu ta zarubizhnomu mediinomu prostori (2020–2021). Метафора «війна проти коронавірусу» в українському та зарубіжному медійному просторі (2020–2021 рр.). [The metaphor of «war against coronavirus» in the Ukrainian and foreign media space (2020-2021)]. Visnyk Lvivskoho universytetu. Seriia Zhurnalistyka. Вісник Львівського університету. Серія Журналістика. [Bulletin of Lviv University. Journalism series], Issue 52.
  
  

• Semenets, O. Семенець, О. (2022). “«Bytva vaktsyn» ta «bytva za vaktsynu» yak metaforychne pole mediinoi informatsiinoi borotby” «Битва вакцин та «битва за вакцину» як метафоричне поле медiйної iнформацiйної боротьби [«Battle of vaccines» and «battle for the vaccine» as a metaphorical field of media information struggle]. “Obraz: naukovyi zhurnal” Образ: науковий журнал [Image: scientific journal]. Sumy, Kyiv 2, 26-35.

OPEN CALLS FOR PUBLICATIONS

There is an open call for publications with The Rhetoric and Communications Journal (http://rhetoric.bg/. English version: http://journal.rhetoric.bg/).

Special issue 56 invites contributions on genres - monologues - dialogues

Issue 56 – July 2023. Topics: rhetoric and communication: dialogical and monological formats.

Deadline for manuscripts: 30 April 2023.

For further info, please send an e-mail to the Rhetoric and Communications Journal email address at:

journal dot rhetoric dot bg at gmail dot com
editors at rhetoric dot bg
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Conflict and Society Advances in Research

Rigorous scholarly research of the social and cultural conditions of organized violence, its genesis, dynamic, and impact, is fundamental to addressing questions of local and global conflict and its impact on the human condition.

Publishing peer-reviewed articles by international scholars, Conflict and Society expands the field of
conflict studies by using ethnographic inquiry to establish new fields of research and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Deadline: June 1, 2023

Articles should be 8,000 to 10,000 words (including notes and references).

Please consult with the editors concerning appropriate lengths for reviews and review articles.

Please submit your work through this link: http://ojs.berghahnjournals.com/index.php/air-cs before June 1, 2023.

Questions can be addressed to the managing editor Dastan Abdali at
conflict dot society at berghahnjournals dot com

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 CONFERENCES

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21 April, 2023. Université Paris-Nanterre, CREA EA 370

A NEW ERA OF LEADERSHIP: DIGITAL DISCOURSE, CULTURE(S) AND COMMUNICATION

This one-day conference seeks to explore leaders’ experience of the post-pandemic era and stimulate research into what the cultural and discursive implications of this new era will be for future leaders. The conference aims to gather researchers and professionals from an array of disciplines to discuss about the cultural shift currently underway as a result of the pandemic, and its impact on a new discursive constructs and communicational strategies linked to leadership.

Deadline for submission: March 20th, 2023

Contacts:
Elvis Buckwalter and Sherry Robinson ebuckwalter at parisnanterre dot fr

and skr12 at psu dot edu

Proposals for conference papers (title + abstract of 300-500 words) are to be sent to both Elvis
Buckwalter and Sherry Robinson by March 20th 2023.

Responses will be sent end of March 2023.

Languages for the conference are English and French.

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14-15-16 December, 2023. Università di Torino, Italy. Department of Cultures, Politics and Society
Department of Languages, Foreign Literatures and Modern Cultures

LANGUAGING DIVERSITY 2023 (LD2023)

Languaging identities in changing times: Challenges and opportunities

Focus

The 8th edition of the Languaging Diversity Conference (LD2023) focuses on the representation and the languaging of identities against the backdrop of our rapidly changing societies. Cultures, traditions, and customs are evolving very quickly; in the same way, the interpretation of the concept of identity is undergoing a significant transformation.

Deadline for abstract submission: 1 April, 2023.

Timeline

15 July 2023: Outcome of abstract submission + request for extended (1000-word) abstract 30 September 2023: Deadline for extended (1000-word) abstract submission

Submissions

•       Individual presentation: Abstracts should not exceed 300 words including references. To submit your proposal, visit our website.

•       Panel presentation Panel proposals on a specific topic are welcome. Panels can include between 4 and 8 participants.

Website and more info at: http://www.languagingdiversity2023.unito.it/

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September 25-27, 2023. Kobe University, Japan.

"Interface" calls for papers for a conference on the topic: CHANGING PARADIGMS: HUMANITIES IN THE AGE OF CRISIS 

The aim of the conference is to reflect on and re-evaluate the role of the humanities in the face of these global challenges. Papers may address general theoretical themes of the humanities, or they may deal with specific cases and works of art. In addition to papers dealing with the contemporary situation, we are also interested in presentations considering different historical periods.

The conference is planned as an in-person conference, but online participation will also be possible

Deadline for abstract submissions: April 1, 2023

For detailed info, please refer to: http://www.lit.kobe-u.ac.jp/event/2023-02-13-01.html

August 28-30, 2023. University of Bern.

KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES

Knowledge in terms of formal and informal qualifications is both a collective and an individual resource. Societal dynamics are driven by the accessibility and composition of knowledge at a macro level.

Sociology of education clearly indicates that the acquisition of knowledge and education results in cumulative (dis)advantages in the individuals’ life course. Individuals’ knowledge, education and certified qualifications result from socialization in families, social networks, and the educational system and grant access to the labor market. As such, inequality in knowledge and education leads to the reproduction of inequalities in terms of social stratification, economic welfare, and political power.

Deadline for submitting a complete paper or an extended abstract (2-3 pages): April, 15, 2023.

Contributions are to be uploaded on the conference management system (see the conference website for details).

Full CfP and further info at: https://www.as23.unibe.ch/

12-14 October 2023.  Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

ADDA 4 - CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES IN DIGITAL DISCOURSE

The focus lies on identities in digital discourses in light of individualization, singularization, but also (anti-)globalization, interconnectedness, social changes, tensions, and crises.

ADDA aims to bring together (early career and experienced) researchers interested in the analysis of digital discourse(s) from different disciplines, approaches, and traditions.

Deadline for submitting individual papers and work-in-progress papers: April 30, 2023

Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2023

Full CfP and further info at: adda4 at aau dot at

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November 9-10, 2023. University of Naples L’Orientale, palazzo Du Mesnil.

‘NEGATIVE SOLIDARITIES’. THE AGE OF ANGER AND HATE SPEECH IN THE ANGLOPHONE GLOBALIZED PUBLIC SPHERE

The call for papers invites proposals focusing on the socio-political and cultural significance of manifestations of negative solidarities in the ‘Age of Anger’ and ‘Hate Speech’ and their representations in literature, film, tv, the performing and visual arts, as well as in news media and social media communication, and historical and political discourse.

Further details about the Call at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R1pEsZSS-EIOh_MBvLoAM8F4me13Ekl8/edit

Deadline for abstracts: May 15, 2023

Notification of acceptance: June 5, 2023

Please, send an abstract (either in English or Italian) of about 300 words, including title and bibliography, and a short bio with affiliation to:

dvitolo at unior dot it
 

gscottodicarlo at unior dot it

in cc to rciocca at unior dot it

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October, 7-10, 2023. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

International Conference: CHILDREN AS PEACEMAKERS.

Organizers:
War Childhood Museum Foundation (WCM) & International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE)

The Conferences is organized in ten different strands. For detailed info, please refer to:

https://warchildhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Call-for-papers-2023-conference-2-2.pdf

For each each strand, proposals can be submitted in in the following categories: papers, posters, book, audio/video presentations, art objects, Theater performances, films, workshops.

       Abstracts of 200-400 words (in English) to be sent to Ivona Hiristova:

     ivona dot hristova88 at gmail dot com

Deadline for abstract submissions: June, 1, 2023

 
Deadline for reduced-fee, early bird registration: July 1, 2023

 
For further info see the conference webpage:
https://warchildhood.org/children-as-peacemakers-conference

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SYMPOSIUM & TALKS

Virtual Talk On Inequality: Perceiving Progress, March 9, 12 noon-1 pm EST time

Many of us perceive that the gaps in our societies — between rich and poor, haves and have nots, and well as prosperous and impoverished nations — are growing rather than diminishing, despite persisting Enlightenment narratives of “progress.” Is this perception accurate? What do humanities scholars think and how strong is their voice in addressing this challenge?  

Historian Robin D.G. Kelley and cultural studies scholar Bruce Robbins will discuss how intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity have historically produced and continue to create inequalities. 

Join us for this fascinating (and free) online discussion, moderated by Professor Irene Kacandes.

For more info and registration:

https://view.newsletter.degruyter.com/?qs=3827a07da6379ce64756f6e1d5b6ad6121dbcd23796ffcd5449411b886eccc53b244536d33c675b0c3d314a41e8941fa1d821acce0ad4ffb4bbd0382d21122058317a82842cf40c5135d53d2565b62c5

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A 2-day symposium: "Reassessing 'the Critical' in CDS" (in-person and online)

21-22 March, 2023. Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

The symposium will be live-streamed and online participation will be encouraged.

The Symposium "Reassessing the Critical in CDS" brings together scholars to reflect on 'hot topics' related to the approach. These include reflections on CDS as an institutional(ised) field within the structures of modern neoliberal academia, the role of immanent or prognostic critique and separation of CDS from Discourse Studies, self-reflection and positioning in global applications of CDS, among other aspects. A round table on the second day will try and draw lessons from the panels.

Speakers and discussants come from both inside and outside the CDS tradition: Michal Krzyzanowski, Eleonora Esposito, Samuel Bennett, Viviane de Melo Resende, Bernhard Forchtner, Crispin Thurlow, Theresa Catalano, Dimitris Serafis, Salomi Boukala, Stavros Assimakopoulos, Benno Herzog, Audrey Alejandro, Chris Hart, and Jolanta Drzewiecka.

For online attendance register here: https://forms.gle/N9WXJDATShX1Vz948

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UP‍DATED INFO ON INTERCULTURAL ISSUES, CALLS, etc.

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The Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID) facilitates intercultural dialogues through helping scholars learn about the work of international peers, locate researchers with similar interests in other countries, or collaborate for research purposes.

It is a rich and updated online resource that offers a lot of info about intercultural issues, language and linguistics – call for papers, job offers, fellowships, conferences, international programs, interviews, videos, and podcasts. 

https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org

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We are looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions, as well as to welcoming your contributions!

In the meanwhile, take care & stay tuned!

Paola Giorgis

on behalf of IOW's Editorial Board

For further info, please write to: info at iowdictionary dot org

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IOW's NEWSLETTER #3

November 2022

Thank you for subscribing to IOW's Newsletter!

By subscribing to IOW’s Newsletter, you will be updated about the latest keywords uploaded, and provided news about the project in general and the activities of IOW's collective.

The Newsletter will also disseminate Calls for conferences and publications connected to issue of Othering.

And you can become an active participant to IOW's dictionary, by proposing and discussing words that are used to (re)produce different forms of Otherness, and/or suggesting keywords that you would like to be discussed!

You can visit regularly www.iowdictionary.org to find further info on keywords  and on how to join the project.

Here are some of IOW's latest news:

  KEYWORDS

 CONFERENCES & TALKS

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OPEN CALLS, SEMINARS, etc.‍

CALL FOR PAPERS‍

Special Issue.

"Translating Otherness: Challenges, Theories, and Practices"

A special issue of Languages (ISSN 2226-471X)

We welcome contributions that explore issues, concerns, and dilemmas in the translation of the Other from various scholarly perspectives. Translation studies are informed mostly by linguistics, literature, and psychoanalysis. Similarly, studies on Otherness tend to be interdisciplinary, being enriched mostly by discussions from critical discourse analysis, rhetoric, anthropology, and philosophy. Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect original and innovative studies that articulate theories and practices from interdisciplinary approaches in order to understand how Otherness travels and is translated into other languages and contexts.

Deadline for Abstracts: 31 January 2023

Abstract acceptance: 28 February 2023

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2023

Full Call at:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/50AA7OB8KD

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‍OPEN CALLS & MUCH MORE!

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The Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID) facilitates intercultural dialogues through helping scholars learn about the work of international peers, locate researchers with similar interests in other countries, or collaborate for research purposes.

It is a rich and updated online resource that offers a lot of info about intercultural issues, language and linguistics – call for papers, job offers, fellowships, conferences, international programs, interviews, videos, and podcasts. 

https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org

We are looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions, as well as to welcoming your contributions!

In the meanwhile, take care & stay tuned!

Paola Giorgis

on behalf of IOW's Editorial Board

For further info, please write to: info at iowdictionary dot org

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IOW's NEWSLETTER #2

July 2022

Thank you for subscribing to IOW's Newsletter!

By subscribing to IOW’s Newsletter, you will be updated about the latest keywords uploaded, and provided news about the project in general and the activities of IOW's collective.

The Newsletter will also disseminate Calls for conferences and publications connected to issue of Othering.

And you can become an active participant to IOW's dictionary, by proposing and discussing words that are used to (re)produce different forms of Otherness, and/or suggesting keywords that you would like to be discussed!

You can visit regularly www.iowdictionary.org to find further info on keywords   and on how to join the project.

Here are some of IOW's latest news:

  KEYWORDS

 PUBLICATIONS

• Following IOW presentation at the Sussex Colloquium on the Language of Covid 19: The Language of Covid: discourse analytic and sociolinguistic approaches to an 'unprecedented health crisis, University of Essex, UK. The title of the presentation was: ' "We are at War". The Military Rhetoric of Covid in Cross-Cultural Discourses' and is currently under review for Frontiers Publication.
  

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 CONFERENCES

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The 9^th conference of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD), jointly organized by the University of Bergamo and Birmingham City University, took place from 6-8 July 2022 and was hosted by the University of Bergamo, Italy.

This year’s conference theme was (Critical) Discourse Analysis and the (new?) normal.

In the section Programme you can find several youtube videos of the Plenary Speeches and of different Paper Presentations divided in 8 different Panels:

https://www.cadaad.info/programme

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 OPEN CALLS, SEMINARS, etc.‍

II International Conference on Discourses of Fictional (Digital) TV Series

(On-site Conference)

Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya at the Universitat de València and the Institut Interuniversitari de Llengües Modernes Aplicades de la Comunitat Valenciana (IULMA)

Dates: 19-21October 2022, in Valencia, Spain.

The Conference will focus on the representations of Gender and Social Inequality in fictional DTVS narratives and discourses, although we also welcome proposals based on alternative themes and approaches involving the study of TV series.

Deadline: July 30, 2022

Further info at: https://congresos.adeituv.es/series22/

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The I-LanD Research Centre is delighted to share the 2nd Call for Papers for the International ELT Conference on New Trends in English Language Teaching, Learning and Education, which will be held at the University of Naples L'Orientale (UniOr) Summer School of Procida (Italy), September 26-27, 2022.

Deadline: July 31, 2022

https://www.unior.it/ateneo/31221/1/international-elt-conference-new-trends-in-english-language-teaching-learning-and-education.html

For further info you are welcome to contact the organizing committee directly via emailing: claor dot self at unior dot it

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The Pragmatics of Cringe Humor on the Screen and on Digital Media.

This conference intends to examine the pragmatics of cringe humor in the English language on the screen (in sitcoms, TV series, filmed stand-up comedies, films etc.) and on digital media (in audiovisual, textual or multimodal forms).

Dates: 4-5 May 2023 at the Auditorium - Saint Charles Research Center 2 (Montpellier, France).

Deadline: 20 Nov, 2022

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): English

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We are looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions, as well as to welcoming your contributions!

In the meanwhile, take care & stay tuned!

Paola Giorgis

on behalf of IOW's Editorial Board

For further info, please write to: info at iowdictionary dot org

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IOW's NEWSLETTER #1

February 2022

Thank you for subscribing to IOW's Newsletter!

By subscribing to IOW’s Newsletter, you will be updated about the latest keywords uploaded, and provided news about the project in general and the activities of IOW's collective.

The Newsletter will also disseminate Calls for conferences and publications connected to issue of Othering.

And you can become an active participant to IOW's dictionary, by proposing and discussing words that are used to (re)produce different forms of Otherness, and/or suggesting keywords that you would like to be discussed!

You can visit regularly www.iowdictionary.org to find further info on keywords   and on how to join the project.

Here are some of IOW's latest news:

  KEYWORDS

 PUBLICATIONS

• January, 2022: the Special Issue of the Rhetoric of Otherness (Issue 50) was published on the Rhetoric and Communications Journal. Eleven contributions tackle the topic in instigating, creative, and critical outlooks from various methodological approaches and different countries – Italy, Canada, South Korea, Bulgaria, Rumania, Moldova. You can find the articles here: https://journal.rhetoric.bg/?page_id=3065
  

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 CONFERENCES

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• 2021, October 22-23, Sussex, UK: four components of IOW's Editorial Board presented at the Sussex Colloquium on the Language of Covid 19: The Language of Covid: discourse analytic and sociolinguistic approaches to an 'unprecedented health crisis, University of Essex, UK. The title of the presentation was: ' "We are at War". The Military Rhetoric of Covid in Cross-Cultural Discourses'.
  

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• 2022, June 15-17, Alicante, Spain: IOW’s Editorial Board will conduct a Methodological Workshop at the 6^th ESTIDIA (European Society for Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogue): Conference Dialogue-shared Experiences across Space and Time: Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Practices. The title od IOW’s Workshop is "IN OTHER WORDS. Coming to grips with critical, creative, inter-/cross-cultural dialogue across space and time. A methodological workshop to explore the role of keywords in (re)producing or problematizing Otherness".‍

 OPEN CALLS, SEMINARS, etc.‍

• 9th XPRAG Conference - Experimental Pragmatics Conference will be hosted by the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia (Italy), on September 22-23, 2022.
  
  

  For further info: www.xpragit.com

We are looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions, as well as to welcoming your contributions!

In the meanwhile, take care & stay tuned!

Paola Giorgis

on behalf of IOW's Editorial Board

For further info, please write to: info at iowdictionary dot org

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