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Subject: [Baalmail] Call for Papers - Bloomsbury Round Table: Language andSocial Interaction



Bloomsbury Round Table on Communication, Cognition & Culture, 2009

4th - 5th June, 2009

Birkbeck College, University of London

 

The Bloomsbury Round Table on Communication, Cognition & Culture is an annual, international event, jointly hosted by adjacent colleges of the University of London, especially Birkbeck College and the Institute of Education, where researchers at different stages of their career are invited to present the latest work in the broad fields of Language, Communication and Cognition. Each year, the Round Table will have a specific focus, but the general theme will remain on the cultural dimensions of human communication and cognition.

 

The 2009 Bloomsbury Round Table will take place on 4th and 5th June at the Clore Management Centre of Birkbeck College. The Thematic Focus will be on Language and Social Interaction.

 

Presentations are invited on the following sub-themes:

 

·         The interactional foundation of human sociality

·         The interactional dimension of human cognition

·         The interactional architecture of organisations and institutions

·         Interactional practices in professional contexts

·         The cultural dimension of human cognition

·         Cultural variations in language and social interaction

·         Intercultural communication

The Invited keynote Speakers at the 2009 Bloomsbury Round Table are:

 

Professor Charles Antaki (Loughborough University) http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~ssca1/antaki1.htm Author of Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy; Identities in Talk; Mental Mirrors: Metacognition in Social Knowledge and Communication; and Psychology of Ordinary Explanations of Social Behaviour.

 

Professor David Block (Institute of Education, University of London) http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=16520&16520_0=4846 <http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=16520&16520_0=4846>  Author of Second Language Identities; Multilingual Identities in a Global City: London Stories; and The Social Turn in Second Language Acquisition. 

 

Professor Bencie Woll (University College, London) http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/team/bencie_woll.html <http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/team/bencie_woll.html>  Author of The Signs of a Savant; Directions in Sign Language Acquisition; and The Linguistics of British Sign Language.

 

Researchers who wish to present their work at the 2009 Bloomsbury Round Table should submit an abstract of approximately 300 words, by Monday 6th April 2009. An online submission form will be available soon. The abstracts should not be programmatic; they should be based on research that is completed or clearly in progress, with a well-formulated research question, and with a good description of the types of data used (if the work is empirical) and of the approach. There should be a summary of the key findings and arguments. Each presentation will have a 25-minute slot with at least five minutes for questions and answers. Confirmation of acceptance of abstracts will be announced on 20th April.

 

The registration fee for the 2009 Bloomsbury Round Table is £85 (eighty five pounds) per person. A reduced fee of £55 (fifty five pounds) is charged to students and the unemployed, subject to proof of status. An online registration form will be available soon. 

 

A Postgraduate Research Training Day will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday 3rd June, with no additional cost. Registration for the Round Table is required in order to attend the training.

 

Further information can be obtained by contacting Professor Li Wei at [log in to unmask], Department of Applied Linguistics & Communication, Birkbeck College, University of London.

 

 

Professor Li Wei, PhD

Chair of Applied Linguistics

Department of Applied Linguistics & Communication

Centre for Multilingual & Multicultural Research

University of London, Birkbeck College

43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury

LONDON WC1H 0PD, United Kingdom

 


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