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Call for Papers Theme: Signs of Life Subtitle: Cultural contact — change and continuity in language, thought and identity Type: 7th International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind (LCM7) Institution: Hunan University Location: Changsha (China) Date: 1.–4.6.2016 Deadline: 5.1.2015 __________________________________________________ We are pleased to announce that the 7th International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind will be held at Hunan University, Changsha, China, 1st-4th June 2016. The Language, Culture and Mind conference series provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the integration of biological, cognitive, social and cultural perspectives in theoretical and empirical studies of language and communication. The keynote theme for LCM 7 will be: Signs of Life: Cultural contact—change and continuity in language, thought and identity There will be two round table subthemes: 1. Diversity, endangerment, revitalization of cultures and languages. 2. Intercultural and transcultural dynamics. Submissions Submissions (individual papers and symposia) are welcome on any theme relevant to the interdisciplinary study of language, culture and mind, including (but not limited to): - biological and cultural co-evolution - comparative study of communication systems - cognitive and cultural schematization and semantics - emergence of language in ontogeny and phylogeny - language in multi-modal communication - language and intersubjectivity - language and thought, emotion and consciousness - language, culture and identity Abstract submission deadline: 5th January 2016 Acceptance of notifications by: 15th February 2016 Registration Faculty members: RMB 1,000.00 (approximately US$160, EUR 140, GBP 100) Students: RMB 500.00 (approximately US$80, EUR 70, GBP 50) Registration Fees will cover conference materials, lunches each day, the = conference banquet and excursion. Registration fees will be payable by = cash or credit card (POS machine) at the registration desk at the = conference. Young Researchers' Workshop LCM conferences are accompanied by a one-day Young Researchers' Workshop, at which PhD students and early career postdoc researchers are able to present their research and receive feedback from their peers and from more experienced researchers. The LCM 7 Young Researchers' Workshop will be held on the 30th and 31st May 2016. About The Language, Culture and Mind conference series aims at contributing to situating the study of language in a contemporary interdisciplinary dialogue, and to promote a better integration of cognitive and cultural perspectives in empirical and theoretical studies of language. Human natural languages are biologically based, cognitively motivated, affectively rich, socially shared, grammatically organized symbolic systems. They provide the principal semiotic means for the complexity and diversity of human cultural life. As has long been recognized, no single discipline or methodology is sufficient to capture all the dimensions of this complex and multifaceted phenomenon, which lies at the heart of what it is to be human. Theories of cognition and perception, and their neural foundations, are central to many current approaches in language science. However, a genuinely integrative perspective requires that attention also be paid to the foundations of cultural life in social interaction, empathy, mimesis, intersubjectivity, dialogicality, normativity, agentivity and narrativity. Significant theoretical, methodological and empirical advancements across relevant disciplines now provide a realistic basis for such a broadened perspective. LCM will articulate and discuss approaches to human natural language and to diverse genres of language activity which aim to integrate its cultural, social, cognitive, affective and bodily foundations. We call for contributions from scholars and scientists in anthropology, biology, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, semiotics, semantics, discourse analysis, cognitive and neuroscience, who wish both to share their insights and findings, and learn from other disciplines. Contact: LCM7 School of Foreign Languages Hunan University No. 2 Lushan South Road Changsha, 410082 China Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.lcm7.org __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
