通知 | 第七届“话语与多元文化”国际会议

7th International Conference on Multicultural Discourses

Theme: “Multicultural Discourses in a Turbulent World”

October 24-26, 2020,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Co-organised by:
International Association of

Multicultural Discourse Studies;

Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of 

Letters, English Department, 

Romania;

Hangzhou Normal University, 

China

INTRODUCTION

The successful international conferences on Multicultural Discourses organized in China, Brazil, and the Netherlands, respectively, have reinforced the importance of Cultural Discourse Studies in contemporary social science and the humanities.

The 7th International Conference on Multicultural Discourses, under auspices of the International Association of Multicultural Discourses, will be co-organized by the English Department of the Faculty of Letters, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania and the School of Contemporary Chinese Communication Studies, Hangzhou Normal University, China.

The event will be hosted at the Faculty of Letters, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania from October 24‑26, 2020.

Mankind is witnessing yet again the centennial moment of global transformation and the world is ridden with grave challenges and great opportunities.

To answer to these uncertain winds of change, scholars from various fields such as communication, media, language, literature, society, culture, international relations, etc. are encouraged to offer their insights into topics including, though not restricted to, the following:

·Multicultural discourses of (anti)globalization, diversity, connectivity, globalism

·Multicultural discourses of security, conflict, war, peace

·Multicultural discourses of protectionism, (in)tangible borders, immigration, racism

·Multicultural discourses of development, the Developing World, the Global South

·Multicultural digital, multimodal, literary, cinematic discourses

·Multidisciplinary, multicultural approaches to human discourses

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Johannes Angermuller, Open University, UK

Ioana Bican, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania

Raili Marling, University of Tartu, Estonia

Laura Pardo, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Shi-xu, Hangzhou Normal University, China

SUBMISSION

Abstracts of about 250 words, panel proposals of about 500 words (of min 4 speakers with 250 words abstracts) should be sent to the organizers at the following email address:

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DEADLINES（extended）

Deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals:  July 1st, 2020

Notification of acceptance will be sent out not later than    

July 15th, 2020

CONFERENCE FEE

150 euros(coffee breaks, lunches and conference materials will be covered);

75 euros for doctoral students and young researchers (under 26).

Ph.D. candidates should present a document from their home institution proving their academic status.

The conference fee can be paid on the spot or electronically. Details will be provided after the acceptance of the papers.

PRESENTATION FORMAT

Parallel sessions

Plenary speeches

   CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

   Felix Banda –University of the Western Cape, South Africa   Stefan Borbely – Babes-Bolyai University, Romania   Jasmina Lukic – Central European University, Austria   Michaela Mudure - Babes-Bolyai University, Romania    Walkyria Maria Monte Mór – University of Sao Paolo, Braszil   Massimiliano Spotti – Tillburg University, the Netherlands   Lynn Mário T M de Souza，University of Sao Paolo, Braszil   Shi-xu – Hangzhou Normal University, China   Christopher Stroud – University of the Western Cape，South Africa 

CONFERENCE WEBSITE

https://multiculturaldiscourses7.blogspot.com/

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