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Call for Papers Theme: Language, Culture, and Identity Type: MINE International Conference 2011 Institution: Moroccan Inter-university Network of English (MINE) Faculty of Letters and Humanities Ben Msik, Hassan II University Location: Casablanca (Morocco) Date: 28.–30.4.2011 Deadline: 15.2.2011 __________________________________________________ The Moroccan Inter-university Network of English (MINE) is pleased to announce the organization of its annual conference. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers from a wide variety of disciplines and specializations to explore the complex affiliations between language, culture, and identity. Over the last few decades, the globalization of media and mass communication, the fast growth of international economic markets, and the emergence of radical political discourses worldwide have exerted a profound and unprecedented impact on national cultures and languages as well as on the imagined sense of universal and communal identities. Academic responses to these transformations have been as rich and stimulating as divergent. This conference provides a platform for rich and animated discussions on the dialectics of language, culture, and identity in their local and global contexts. Papers are invited to deal with the following themes: - Cultures and Identities in Second Language Education - Cultural and linguistic diversity - Identity and linguistic variation - Identity and the colonial experience - Languages and cultures in contact - Multilingualism, multiculturalism and globalization - Cultural translation - Cross-Cultural Communication - Minority Studies - Gender Studies - Literary Studies The official language of the conference is English. The conference features: - 20 minute papers - 60 minute workshops - Poster sessions - Book exhibition A selection of papers will be published after the conference. Abstract submission guidelines An abstract of up to 300 words should contain the following information: - Title of the paper - Name of the author(s) - Affiliation of the author(s) - E-mail address - Contact phone number Submissions should be sent by e-mail (as Word attachments) to: [email protected] Submission of abstracts: February 15th, 2011 Conference fee The conference fee is 40 Euros. The fee includes: - conference pack, including a conference CD - coffee break refreshments - welcome party Accommodation Hotel reservations will be made by the organizers upon request. Prices range from 40 to 70 Euros per night (single or double room, breakfast included). If you are interested in booking or paying before, please let us know to send you our Bank swift and account. Contact: Mohamed Sghir Syad, Secretary General Moroccan Inter-university Network of English Faculty of Letters and Humanities Ben Msik Hassan II University Hay Moulay Rchid 20800 Casablanca Morocco Fax: +212 5 22 70 51 00 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.mine.ac.ma __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
