Category: Conferences

CMM Institute Fellows (USA)

FellowshipsThe CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution is advertising several opportunities that may be of interest to followers of CID this year, not just their CMM Fellows Program.

Opportunity #1:
U.S. East Coast CMM Learning Exchange
In collaboration with the MBA program at Assumption College in Worchester, Massachusetts, our first Learning Exchange will occur on Friday and Saturday, April 20-21, 2018.  The theme is CMM in the World:  Cases for Social Change.  The cost is $50 and includes a light dinner and a continental breakfast.   We are soliciting case studies and envision our time together as a collaborative inquiry to strengthen our individual and collective practices around social responsibility.  For more information, contact ra.frkalATassumption.edu

Opportunity #2:
2018 Fellows Program:  Call for Proposals
In partnership with Columbia University, we are seeking innovative proposals that “take a communication perspective” and draw on CMM in ways that address patterns of inequality and that foster inclusion.  Applications are due by March 15 and notification of acceptance will take place in mid-April.  Our 2018 Fellows will present their work at the 2018 Learning Exchange in Oracle, Arizona in late October.  Fellows recipients will also receive a $500 honorarium and money toward their travel expenses to the Learning Exchange in Arizona.  For more information and for the application, contact bartonbuechnerATgmail.com 

Opportunity #3:
U.S. West Coast CMM Learning Exchange
Save the Date:  Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28.
The CMM Institute will travel back to the beautiful Sonoran desert where we have had past Learning Exchanges to explore the theme of “Building Community.”   We will provide more information in the weeks and months to come but, for now, save the date.

CFP ECREA: Centres & Peripheries (Switzerland)

ConferencesThe European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) in partnership with USI Università della Svizzera italiana call for proposals to be presented at the 7th European Communication Conference, to be held in Lugano, Switzerland, from 31 October to 3 November 2018. The Conference has chosen the key theme of “Centres and Peripheries: Communication, Research, Translation.” Deadline: 28 February 2018.

First, the conference examines the issues of “core” and “margins”, inviting scholars to stretch the boundaries of media and communication research as an academic discipline. We welcome presentation of research that seeks to take communication and media studies to new territories and new fields of application.

Second, the key conference theme of centres and peripheries means reconsidering geographical, cultural and linguistic borders or boundaries. Many areas of media and communication research have been dominated by American and European scholarship, but these traditions can learn methodological and theoretical insights coming, for example, from Asian, South American and African research.

CFP National Identity & Global Education (Australia)

ConferencesSIETAR AUSTRALASIA and Australian Intercultural Dialogue Association (AIDA) present National identity and Global Education Forum, March 23 – 24, 2018. Deadline: March 15, 2018.

SIETAR Australasia’s fourth conference will be in partnership with AIDA. Join us in Canberra at ANU campus to discuss inter-culture, identity, education and culture. There will be international and national guest speakers. Organizers would like to receive your abstract on these topics or any other topic that you’ve been working on or are interested in discussing with us. Or, you might like to run a work-shop on a topic you are passionate about.

CFP Language, Translation & Migration (UK)

ConferencesLanguage, Translation, and Migration Conference and Public Summit. University of Warwick, UK, 24-26 May 2018. Deadline: 15 February 2018.

The modern world is interconnected, mobile, multilingual and diverse. Linguistic diversity however does not indicate linguistic equality. On the contrary, the linguistically diverse nature of contemporary societies has implications for social justice, with potentially differential access to resources and the public sphere. In this context the politics of language are a significant factor for the promotion of social cohesion. Research has repeatedly shown that linguistic and ethnic minorities are disadvantaged in interaction with institutions. This two-day conference brings together scholars and practitioners from different professional and disciplinary backgrounds to discuss the role of language as a key factor in globalised societies.

The conference will be followed by a public summit focusing on the relationship between language, translation, social mobility and social cohesion. Participants will include scholars from the Humanities and Social Sciences as well as representatives from the voluntary sector, the creative industries, non-governmental organisations and policy makers.

We invite contributions which encourage interdisciplinary dialogue between scholars and practitioners in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, translation studies, modern languages, sociology, health, legal studies and other areas in which language behaviour and language politics play a key role both as research objects and professional practices.

CFP Conference on the Sociolinguistics of Immigration 2018 (Italy)

Conferences3rd International Conference on the Sociolinguistics of Immigration  organized by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Modern Cultures of the University of Turin (Italy) will be held in Sestri Levante (Genoa), Italy, September 27-28, 2018. Deadline: February 19, 2018.

The focus of attention of the conference is on sociolinguistic, anthropological, ethnographic linguistic and discourse theoretical perspectives and empirically-grounded methodologies on “language practices, narratives, identities, ideologies and politics of (im)mobility in migratory contexts”.

CFP: Language & Culture, Mind & Cognition (Russia)

ConferencesCall for Proposals: International Conference on Integrated Research in Language and Culture, Mind and Cognition, June 28-30, 2018. Deadline: February 15, 2018.

National University of Mongolia and School of Philology and Communication of Buryat State University, Russia invite proposals for the International Conference on Integrated Research in Language and Culture, Mind and Cognition to be held June 28-30, 2018 at Buryat State University and Baikal Riviera Resort in Russia. Proposals for paper and poster presentations, workshops and panel discussions are invited in the following areas psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology and semiotics, translation and intercultural communication, cultural identity and related issues in discourse research, issues related to the ontology of language, studies of Mongolian World through modern research methodology, new trends in national and foreign literature studies, modern language and communication teaching technologies and methods, use of proper names in discourse. All the selected proposals will be published in conference proceedings prior to the conference.

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CFP Digital Transformation & Global Society (Russia)

ConferencesCFP: Digital Transformation & Global Society (DTGS ’18) Conference – St. Petersburg, Russia, May 30-June 1, 2018. Deadline: February 1, 2018.

The DTGS conferences are an emerging academic forum in the interdisciplinary Internet Studies field. The conference’s mission is to serve as a collaborative platform for researchers and experts to discuss the transformative impact of digital technologies on the way we communicate, work, and live.

The special focus of DTGS ’18 is on the ICT-driven behavior in various spheres of life, as well as on the technology-driven institutional changes in politics, economy, and social life.

The language of the conference is English. All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process.

CFP Asian Linguistic Anthropology (Cambodia)

ConferencesCall for Abstracts: Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology (CALA): Revitalization and Representation, January 23-26, 2019, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Deadline: February 9, 2018.

Following extensive requests for an Asian specific focus on Linguistic Anthropology, and related fields, the CALA has emerged, and is now managed by the Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia. The CALA, The Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology, the first of which will be held in January 2019, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and then at a different University each year, will bring together:

  • Linguists
  • Anthropologists
  • Linguistic and Cultural Anthropologists
  • Culturologists
  • Sociologists
  • Political Scientists
  • Those in the Arts
  • other related fields pertinent to Asia.

CFP CEECOM (Hungary)

ConferencesCall for Papers: Central and Eastern European Communication and Media Conference (CEECOM) 2018 from 30 May to 1 June, 2018, in Szeged, Hungary. Deadline: 31 January 2018.

The focal point of the 11th CEECOM is the conceptual and practical application of space in communication, media studies and political sciences. The conference addresses a diverse set of issues and will cover a wide spectrum of ideas related to ongoing changes and transformations of the concept of space.

The organizers look forward to presentations in (but not limited to) the following focal areas of interest:

  • Physical political spaces as communicative spaces
  • General questions of mediatised spaces
  • Social and control issues in politics and media
  • Online / digital spaces

CFP CREATOUR: Trends in Creative Tourism (Portugal)

ConferencesCREATOUR 2nd International Conference – Emerging and Future Trends in Creative Tourism, University of Minho, Portugal, 7, 8 and 9th June 2018. Proposal Deadline: 31 January 2018.

The conference is organized within the project CREATOUR: Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas. The Conference aims to continue the works developed in the first Conference at Curia (May 2017). It will bring together creative tourism researchers with creative tourism networks that will discuss the research and practice of creative tourism.

The project builds on three interlinking dimensions of recent cultural and creative industries development in Portugal: (1) the development of artistic and creative industry hubs (“arts centres” or “creative factories”) in repurposed former industrial buildings or in restored heritage sites in many small cities and rural areas; (2) growing attention to the (re)vitalization and valorization of tangible and intangible cultural traditions throughout the country; and (3) the growth and development (and heightened visibility) of culture and design-related creative products in Portugal.

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