[Discussion] Discourse and Cultural Transformation

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The deadline of submitting proposals has been extended to *30 April
2004* and notification of acceptance will be made by 31 May 2004.

International Conference on
Discourse and Cultural Transformation
9-13 October 2004, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, CHINA
Call for Papers

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Cultural imperialism is one of the most fundamental and pressing
problems in contemporary ordinary and disciplinary life. To initiate an
international forum on how discourse research can help enhance cultural
cohesion and common progress, we are organising an international
conference at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) between 9th and 13th
of October, 2004. Through this forum, we hope to bring together scholars
in language and communication, cultural studies, literary criticism,
anthropology, education, sociology, psychology and other social
disciplines and from a diversity of cultural backgrounds. In particular,
we invite scholars to take up philosophical, theoretical, methodological
and empirical perspectives on discourse studies, all with a view to
undermining discourses of cultural discrimination, repression and
exclusion on the one hand and advocating subversive, alternative and
creative discourses in favour of cultural solidarity on the other hand.

Topics include (but are not confined to):

    * The relationship between discourse and culture
    * Cross-fertilisation between cultural studies and discourse studies
    * Postcolonialism, diasporicism and discourse theory
    * Cultural imperialism in language/communication/discourse scholarship
    * The international position of non-western scholarship in
      language/communication/discourse
    * The study of non-western discourses
    * Intercultural communication and critical pedagogy
    * Discourse studies in China

Please submit a full A4 page abstract of ca 300 words, indicating:

   1. intellectual backgrounds
   2. the central topic and thesis
   3. the type of text and talk as research material

The selection process will match these contents against the proposed
themes of the conference.

Currently, the following panels are being planned and more participants
invited:

    * Travelling with Media": On the genres of travel discourses before
      and after globalization (Anthony Gunerathne: guneratne@earthlink.net)
    * Research on Professional Discourse and Intercultural
      Communication: New Directions, New Challenges (Zhu Yunxia & Kerry
      London: zyunxia@unitec.ac.nz )
    * What (post)communism? Discourse and transformations in Eastern
      Europe and China (Darek Galasinski: d.galasinski@wlv.ac.uk)
    * (Mis)representing the West: muslim perspectives post 9/11 (Adrian
      Hare: adrianh98@yahoo.com)

All abstracts should be received by *30 April 2004*. You will receive
notification of the acceptance of your proposal by 31 May 2004.

We seek to publish a selection of the papers with an international
publisher.

For further information and submission please see our website.

Contact: shixuk@yahoo.co.uk

	'Discourse and Cultural Transformation' Conference
Zhejiang University
School of International Studies
Zijingang Campus
310058
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CHINA

Tel:(0086) 571 88206252 88206044
Fax:(0086) 571 88206179

Email: x.shi@ulster.ac.uk <mailto:x.shi@ulster.ac.uk>
Visit the website at
http://www.cfl.zju.edu.cn/wyxyzy/conference/discourseconference.htm