The deadline for proposals to SIGET, Sept 3-6, 2013 has been extended to January 15 2013. Details below and at the conference website: http://www.7siget.com Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Bazerman <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 8:49 am Subject: CFP: SIGET VII Fortaleza Sept 3-6, 2013 To: [log in to unmask] > The biannual Symposium on Genre has now set the topics for thematic > sessions for the next conference at Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil on > September 3-6, 2013 The Scientific Committee is now accepting > proposals for papers for the thematic symposia, individual papers, > and posters. The deadline for proposals is this November 15. The > conference website is http://www.7siget.com > The full call is pasted below. > Best, > Chuck > > --------------------------------- > 7th SIGET – International symposium on Genre Studies > September 03 to 06 2013 > Federal University of Ceará/ University of Ceará, BRAZIL > > SECOND CALL > INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR THEMATIC SYMPOSIA, INDIVIDUAL PAPERS > and POSTERS Proposal Deadline November 15 > > The Graduate Course on Linguistics in UFC and the Applied Linguistics > in UECE Programs invite all researchers to submit their paper > presentations to the 7th International Symposium on Genre Studies (VII > SIGET), under the theme “Text/discursive genres in multiples spheres > of human activity” in the period from September 03 to 06 2013, in > Fortaleza – Ceará. > The programme includes: lectures, roundtable discussions, thematic > symposia, mini-courses, individual papers, poster presentation, book > release and cultural activities. > > THEMATIC AREAS: > Researchers interested in presenting papers are invited submit their > abstracts in thematic symposia, individual papers, or posters within > one of the following thematic areas: > - Genre and language teaching/learning > - Genre and Teachers Education > - Genre and Multimodality > - Genre and Interactive Digital Technologies > - Genre and Professional Activities > - Genre and Literature > - Genre and Cognition > - Genre and Diachronic Language Change > - Genre and Strategies of textualization > - Genre and Multiculturality > - Genre and Multiliteracy > > PRESENTATION MODES: > > Individual papers for Thematic Symposia: Each symposium will consist > of three sessions lasting 2 hours, coordinated and lead by two > researchers from different institutions. These symposia have now been > selected and are listed at the conference website. Each session will > have 4 or 5 papers. Each paper will have 15 or 20 minutes for > presentation and, at the end of the session, half an hour for > discussion. Presenters must hold doctorates or masters degrees, or be > doctoral or master students. Proposals for individual presentations > for thematic symposia must be submitted from October 10 to November > 15, 2012. Proposals should be submitted through the conference website > and they will be distributed to the coordinators of each of the > selected thematic symposium for appreciation. > > Individual papers: proposals for individual papers will be grouped by > thematic areas by the Organizing Committee. This mode is open to > doctors, masters, and students in doctoral or masters programs. > Proposals for individual papers must be submitted from October 10 to > November 15, 2012. > > Posters: The 7th SIGET will have two sections for up to 80 poster > presentations. This mode is open to undergraduate, graduate and other > researchers and basic education teachers. Proposals for poster > presentations must be submitted from October 10 to November 15, 2012. > > > RULES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: > Abstracts should be sent through the event website obeying the dates > presented in the previous section. Visit the website at www.7siget.com > and enter the Registration link. Each author should submit only one > proposal as primary author (with two additional co-authorships), > whether for individual presentation in a thematic symposium or poster > presentation for evaluation by the scientific committee. Before > submitting a proposal for presentation, visit the website and read the > abstracts of the thirty offered thematic symposia. > Each proposal should contain: > - between 200 and 300 words; > - three keywords, separated by commas; > - indication of theme, objectives, theoretical and methodological > background, results (partial or final) and, if it is the case, conclusion. > The proposal must be posted on the registration form on the event > website. Participants should note that there are specific spaces in > the registration form to enter the following information: thematic > line of work, title, name (s) of author (s), proposal text and keywords. > Proposals will be evaluated by the 7th SIGET Organizing Committee and > the Scientific Committee and, subsequently, the selected papers will > be announced on the site. Proposals (title and abstract) must be > submitted in one of four official languages of the congress: English, > Portuguese, French and Spanish. > > Every participant may submit one paper as author and co-authored two > more, totalling three participations. The co-author participant of a > paper must register for the event and validate the registration after > the fee payment to have the right materials, the abstract published in > the Book of Abstracts and certificate. > Invited conference guests, roundtables and mini-courses: > Lecturer – Opening Session: > Dr. Charles Bazerman (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA) > Speakers – Roundtables: > Dra. Alessandra Castilho (UNICAMP, Brazil) > Dra. Ângela Dioníso (UFPE, Brazil) > Dra. Carla Lynn Reichmann (UFPb, Brazil) > Dra. Clélia Jubran (UNESP/Assis, Brazil) > Dr. David Russell (Iowa University, USA) > Dra. Desirée Motta-Roth (UFSM, Brazil) > Dra. Ecaterina Bulea (Univ of Geneva, Switzerland) > Dr. Giovanni Parodi (Pontificia Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile) > Dra. Guiomar Ciapuscio (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) > Dra. Fabiana Komesu (UNESP/S. J. Rio Preto, Brazil) > Dra. Roxane Helena Rojo (UNICAMP, Brazil) > Dra. Rosângela Hammes Rodrigues (UFSC, Brazil) > > Panel – Closing Session > Dra. Beth Brait (PUC/SP e USP, Brazil) > Dr. David Rose (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) > Dr. Jean-Paul Bronckart (Univ of Geneva, Switzerland) > Dr. Anis Bawarshi (Univ. of Washington, USA) > > Important Dates: > Submission of individual communication for thematic symposia 10/10 a > 11/15/2012 > Evaluation of the proposals by the Scientific Committee 11/16 a 11/30/2012 > Announcement of approved communication for the thematic symposia 12/12/2012 > Submission of proposal for individual papers 10/10 a 11/15/2012 > Submission of proposal for posters 10/10 a 11/15/2012 > Announcement of approved papers and posters 12/12/2012 > Fee payment (first value) 12/12 a 01/31/2013 > Non-presenting participants enrolment 07/15 a 08/30/2013 > Submission of papers for publication in the Proceedings 07/01/2013 > > Fee payment: > DATES University Professors presenting paper Graduate Students > presenting paper Undergraduate students/ Basic Education > Teachers Listeners (general public) > 12/12/2012 a 01/31/2013 R$ 300,00 R$ 160,00 > R$ 80,00 R$ 80,00 > 02/01 a 03/31/2013 R$ 320,00 R$ 200,00 R$ 100,00 R$ 100,00 > 04/01 a 05/31/2013 R$ 350,00 R$ 230,00 R$ 120,00 R$ 120,00 > From 06/01/2013 R$ 400,00 R$ 250,00 R$ 170,00 R$ 170,00 > > For contact: > Conference website: www.7siget.com > By email: [log in to unmask]