Category: Conferences

Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution 2024 (Online)

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14th Annual International Cyber-Conference on Dispute Resolution, 10 April 2024, Noon – 2:45 pm (US Pacific Coast Time).

The Cyber-conference promotes a global town-hall style dialogue between students, professors, mediators, arbitrators, Indigenous Peacemakers, scholars, lawyers, judges, law-makers, policy think-tanks, community leaders, and restorative practitioners in both the public and private sector. The conference supports the work of the peace-builders and dispute-resolution practitioners working in a variety of locations all around the globe.

CFP Japan-US Communication Association 2024

ConferencesCall for submissions: Japan-US Communication Association, held as part of National Communication Association’s convention, 21-24 November 2024, New Orleans, LA, USA. Deadline: 5 April 2024.

The Japan-U.S. Communication Association (JUCA) invites individual paper submissions for competitive review for the 110th NCA Annual Convention (November 21–24, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana). Papers may address issues in any area of communication, including communication technology, social media, digital, pop culture, mass media, journalism, public relations, advertising, interpersonal, small-group, organizational, international, rhetoric, politics, health, peace, environment, cultural identity, gender, and critical/cultural studies. All methods are welcome. However, they must be related to Japan or Japanese people/culture in some way, such as Japanese indigenous communication, Japan–U.S. communication or relations, and communication between Japanese and people of any nation. Individual papers reflecting the 2024 convention theme, “Communication for Greater Regard,” are particularly desired. The convention theme invites paper and panel submissions that examine the stewardship of communication for greater regard for what has been before us, what is presently around us, and what will be beyond us, as well as other topics that relate to the convention theme.

CFP IICD of NCA 2024

ConferencesCall for submissions: International & Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association, 21-24 November 2024, New Orleans, LA, USA. Deadline: 5 April 2024.

The International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association invites scholarly submissions that examine, question, and/or critique communication in and across cultural, intercultural, and international contexts. Four kinds of submissions will be considered this year: (1) individual papers, (2) paper sessions, (3) panel discussions, and (4) performance sessions.

National Communication Association’s 110th annual convention theme is “Communication for Greater Regard.” The convention theme encourages scholars, teachers, practitioners, and performers in the field of international and intercultural communication to share new ideas, pursue new lines of inquiry, engage diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, foster interdisciplinary collaborations, and produce transformative scholarship. Explore communication for greater regard in three ways: 1) greater regard for what has been done before us, (2) greater regard for what is presently around us, and (3) greater regard for what will be beyond us. Specific questions to address: What does it seem the discipline has regarded for 100+ years? How does communication function in today’s climate to enrich greater regard, how has this shifted over the years, or does it need to shift in the future? How is greater regard currently exhibited in communication research, teaching, service, and practice? How are priorities and power structures shaped in the discipline and/or in human communication endeavors through greater regard or to create greater regard? What intentional contributions should we be actively undertaking to foster greater regard?

The division also encourage submitters to consider the following: How do international and intercultural communication scholars explore the past, the present, and the future of our field? What issues have been ignored/dismissed in our field and should be given attention/consideration? What are the new trends within international and intercultural communication? How can we reconcile past, present, and future trends to help our field move forward? How do we think about intercultural and international communication in the current political climate and crisis of wars? How do we move forward with international and intercultural communication while thinking about social justice? How is intercultural communication responding to racial justice movements, anti-Blackness, indigeneity, and hate crimes against Asian communities? How is technology influencing culture and politics? How do we develop critical intercultural ethics in the face of global pandemics and health crises?

CFP Minzhu U China: Convergence, Diversity, and Development (China)

ConferencesCall for submissions: Conference on Convergence, Diversity, and Development, Minzhu University of China, Beijing, China. Deadline: 1 April 2024.

Working in collaboration with  the National Communication Association (NCA), the Communication University of China (CUC), and the Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS), the Minzu University of China (MUC) announces an international conference addressing “Convergence, Diversity, and Development.” The conference will convene at Minzu University, in Beijing, China, on June 14-16, 2024. In Mandarin, minzu translates as ethnicities. This means that Minzu University—a campus dedicated to studying, implementing, and advancing the cause of Diversity, Excellence, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA)—is the ideal partner for hosting this event. As indicated in the conference title, organizers propose 3 lines of inquiry:

“Convergence” suggests the overlapping and intersecting of different communication infrastructures, platforms, and genres.

“Development” points to the geopolitics of modernization, including the ways U.S., Chinese, and international forces seek to spread political power by engaging in development projects in the Global South.

“Diversity”—and its expansion into the acronym DEIA—can suggest the intentional process of expanding the range of voices included in civil society, or it can be a catch phrase that leads to appropriation and cooptation.

Organizers seek research presentations rooted in the Communication discipline broadly configured among and across the lines of inquiry described above. Presentations will be limited to 10 minutes so that conference sessions can prioritize collaborative brainstorming, constructive feedback, and idea testing. Each panel session will include an equal number of Chinese and international presenters. Presentations and discussion will take place in English. Above all, they seek to facilitate dialogue and the fair and rigorous exchange of ideas representing international perspectives and diverse understandings.

CFP Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Voices in Higher Education (USA)

ConferencesCall for proposals: 2nd Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Voices in Higher Education Annual Symposium, 16 April 2024, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA. Deadline: 1 March 2024.

The Asian Studies and Asian American Experiences (ASAAE) Research Cluster at Southern Methodist University invites submissions to the 2nd Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander
Voices in Higher Education Annual Symposium to be held on April 16, 2024 at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Sponsored by the SMU Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, this symposium explores issues, concerns, and new research findings pertinent to AAAPI in higher education through
multidisciplinary lenses.

This year, organizers seek proposals for individual papers or panels on topics related to the theme community building and resilience surrounding questions such as:
1. How can AAAPI and other ethnic community leaders cope with emotional exhaustion or the feeling of burnout when advocating for civil justice for their communities?
2. What are best practices for building solidarity among different ethnic communities on college campuses?
3. What is the role of community resilience in rising above racism and ensuring the wellbeing of AAAPI and other ethnic community members?
4. What actions are potentially needed to enhance the positive experiences and mental health of AAAPI students, faculty, and staff on college campuses?

All research approaches and methodologies are welcome, including qualitative, quantitative, critical, and theoretical studies. Work-in-progress papers, proposals for teaching panels, and interactive practical workshops in addition to research abstracts and papers, are also welcome and encouraged.

They invite scholars at all levels (faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students) to submit proposals, and especially welcome the work of early-career faculty. Perspectives from all
disciplines are welcome, including but not limited to Asian American Studies, Asian Studies, communication, education, ethnic studies, history, law, leadership and policy studies, political
science, psychology, and women and gender studies.

CFP Middle East Dialogue 2024 (USA & Hybrid)

ConferencesCall for proposals: Middle East Dialogue, 5 April 2024, Villanova University, Villanova, PA (and hybrid). Deadline: 15 March 2024.

The Policy Studies Organization (PSO) invites you to submit a proposal for the upcoming hybrid conference, accepting both in-person and remote participants. This year PSO is partnering with Villanova University, where the in-person portion of the event will be hosted. You may join either in person or remotely. The event is co-sponsored by the PSO’s Digest of Middle East Studies journal, edited by Professor Catherine Warrick, Phd, from the Department of Political Science at Villanova University. Presenters are encouraged to submit full papers for consideration to the journal.

The Middle East Dialogue is for policy makers, scholars, business and social leaders to discuss current issues. Its purpose is to promote multidisciplinary conversation about topics that include but are not limited to:

  • Education Initiatives
  • Social, Political, Economic Reforms
  • Interfaith Dialogue
  • Peace Initiatives
  • Israel-Palestine Conflict
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • Women’s Rights
  • Terrorism
  • Geopolitics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Challenges
  • Addressing the Biden Administration
    The conference embraces a spectrum of political and religious persuasions to discuss issues in a spirit of tolerance and free discourse.

ReDICo 2024 Encounters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Digital Interculturality (Germany but Online)

ConferencesReDICo 2024 Encounters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Digital Interculturality, ReDICo, Germany but online, February-March 2024.

(Participation in the Encounters is free of charge.)

Digital practices have been defined as assemblages of actions and digital technologies connected to social goals and social identities. Apart from being ‘digital’, these practices are also often intercultural, as the online worlds of video-streaming platforms, social media, and micro-blogging, to mention some concrete contexts, are replete with cultural diversities of many kinds. Yet, if our object of research is digital intercultural communication, can we expect the existing definitions of interculturality, originally conceived to describe situations of physical mobility and migration, to still hold true? Thus, the first aim of the ReDICo 2024 Encounters is to foster dialogue between the epistemologies of linguistics and intercultural communication that may benefit the study of digital interculturality. The second aim is to explore methodologies that can be adopted in empirical studies using digital intercultural data.

The ReDICo Encounters will bring together leading international researchers from intercultural communication and linguistic studies to introduce theoretical and/or empirical perspectives on digital intercultural practices and engage in dialogue surrounding possible points of theoretical and methodological synergy.

Overview of the Encounters:
Encounter 1: Feb. 16, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – ReDICo team
Encounter 2: Feb. 23, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – Dominic Busch & Rodney Jones
Encounter 3: March 1, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – Zhu Hua & Jannis Androutsopoulos
Encounter 4: March 4 (evening) & March 5 (all day), Friedrich Schiller University Jena – Ben Rampton, IKS & ReDICo team
Encounter 5: March 7, from 4 to 6 pm (CET), online – Adam Brandt & Alexandra Georgakopoulou-Nunes
Encounter 6: March 15, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – Çiğdem Bozdağ & Daniel Nascimento Silva
Encounter 7: March 22, from 2 to 4 pm (CET), online – ReDICo team

CFP World Anthropological Union (South Africa)

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Call for papers: World Anthropological Union, 11-15 November 2024, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (in person). Deadline: 31 January 2024.

Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Join others in Johannesburg, South Africa, from November 11th to 15th, 2024, for a transformative exploration of anthropological knowledge under the theme: “Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Perspectives, Practices, and Power.” Organizers invite you to contribute your insights to this groundbreaking event organized by Anthropology Southern Africa and hosted by the University of Johannesburg.

Key Themes for Panel Proposals:
– Changing fields of anthropological subdisciplines
– Politics of producing social, cultural, linguistic, biological, and paleo-anthropological knowledge
– Post-covid practices in anthropological knowledge-making
– Digital worlds and the role of new technologies in fieldwork
– Legitimacy of museums and collections as knowledge repositories
– Truth and/or post-truth in knowledge-making and representation
– Anthropology as the humbling practice of learning
– Tensions between local and academic knowledge production
– Disaggregating local knowledges in light of critical decolonial perspectives
– Challenges and successes of the decolonial imperative

CFP International Rhetoric Workshop: Borders & Crossroads 2024 (Croatia)

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Call for papers: International Rhetoric Workshop: Borders & Crossroads, 18-20 June 2024, University of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia (in person). Deadline: 18 February 2024.

The Planning Committee for the 4th Biennial IRW invites international PhD students and emerging, early-career scholars to come together and consider the myriad ways that our contemporary and established traditions of rhetorical theory, pedagogy, and criticism inform global flows of meaning-making. Senior and more established scholars are also welcome to apply. This year’s theme, Borders and Crossroads, prompts us to examine the notions of 1) physical, cultural, and conceptual borders that delineate territories and boundaries, marking spaces of distinction, separation, and connection; and 2) crossroads that represent intersecting paths, encounters, confluences, and opportunities to confront and transcend restrictive boundaries. Borders and Crossroads are encountered across inter/national, political, identity, and cultural contexts, all amid widespread refugee, migratory, wartime, economic, racial, and environmental crises. Guided by this theme, the workshop seeks to explore how rhetoric can contribute to shaping novel responses, articulate new socio-political narratives, and cultivate human hopes and imaginaries for resolution, world-making, justice, possibility, sustainability, and reconciliation.

Held over the course of three days, the IRW consists of an opening keynote address each day from internationally renowned scholars, workshop sessions in which participants review and discuss drafts of ongoing research with faculty mentors and each other, and faculty discussion panels engaging topics relevant to the conference theme. This year’s keynote speakers include Lisa A. Flores and Karma Chávez.

CFP Multilingual & Multicultural Learning 2024 (Armenia)

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Call for papers: Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices 3, 24-25 May 2024, Yerevan, Armenia. Deadline: 31 January 2024.

The conference considers all aspects of the linguistic and sociolinguistic competences and practices of bi-/multilingual speakers who cross existing social, cultural and linguistic boundaries, adopting or adapting themselves to new and overlapping linguistic spaces. Organizers invite papers in all areas of research in bi-/multilingualism, whether or not linked directly to the overarching conference theme, including, but not limited to, linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, clinical linguistics, education, bi-/multilingual societies and multiculturalism.

The language of the conference is English.