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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 promote cultural co-existence and harmony,
we will
host an international conference at Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China)
between 9th and 13th of October, 2004. 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 this forum, we shall take up philosophical, theoretical,
methodological and empirical perspectives on discourse studies with a view to
undermining discourses of cultural repression and advocating new discourses of
cultural cohesion.
Topics include:
Please submit a full A4 page abstract, indicating:
intellectual backgrounds
the central topic and thesis
analytical material
The selection process will match these contents against the proposed themes of
the conference.
All abstracts should be received by 31 March
2004. You will receive notification
of the acceptance of your proposal by 30 April 2004.
We seek to publish a selection of the papers with an international publisher.
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