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/Apologies for cross-posting - please forward to interested colleagues/ Call for Papers 7^th International Conference on Organizational Discourse: /Identity, Ideology and Idiosyncrasy/ Amsterdam, 26^th -28^th July, 2006 Submission date for Abstracts (1,000 words): 13^th Jan 2006 The Conference The aim of the 7th Conference is to develop further insights into the field of organizational discourse. Papers are invited on talk and text which address issues of social representation, social construction and social interaction in relation to any aspect of organization or organizing. Given the Conference theme deliberately constitutes a broad discursive canvas, we expect the precise conference streams to emerge from the papers themselves. We anticipate papers that will organize themselves within the following themes: Sensemaking, Stories and Narrative Metaphor, Tropes and Symbolism Individual and Social Identities Text, Talk and Technology Critical Discursive Approaches Conversation Analytic Approaches Discourse, Identity and Temporality Ideology, Power and Knowledge Language, Culture and Organizational Change Organizational Identities Management Philosophy Management Discourse Professional and Organizational Identity Structures, Networks and Agency Ethnography and Organizational Life Consumption, Brands and Images Difference, Idiosyncrasy and Plurivocality Dramaturgy and Aesthetics Reflexivity in Organizing Discrimination and Diversity Conference Organizing Committee Cliff Oswick, University of Leicester UK, Tom Keenoy, King's College London UK, Ida Sabelis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Sierk Ybema, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Nick Ellis, University of Leicester UK and Marcel Veenswijk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Conference will be hosted by the Department of Culture, Organisation and Management at the Vrije Universiteit (Free University), Amsterdam and organized under the auspices of the International Centre for Research in Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change (ICRODSC). For ALL information and details of the Conference Venue, the Conference Theme, Submission Guidelines etc. please consult the Conference Website: http://www.le.ac.uk/ulmc/discourse2006/ Tom Keenoy