Call for Papers "Discourse and Cultural Transformation" International Conference Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China) 9-13 October 2004
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: - The relationship between discourse and culture - Cross-fertilisation between cultural studies and discourse studies - Postcolonialism, diaspora 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, indicating: 1. intellectual backgrounds 2. the central topic and thesis 3. 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. For further information and submission please go to: http://www.cfl.zju.edu.cn/wyxyzy/conference/discourseconference.htm Contact: '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: shi...@yahoo.co.uk Website: http://www.cfl.zju.edu.cn/wyxyzy/conference/discourseconference.htm _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://www.polylog.org/interphil/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://www.polylog.org/agd/cal/
