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(I am posting this call for papers from a colleague who is not subscribed.) Please circulate widely One day-colloquium on 'Discourse:Multidisciplinary Perspectives' University of Sussex, Friday 18thNovember 2016 (Pleasenote the change of date) Call for papers The English Language & Linguisticsgroup at the University of Sussex is organizing a one-day colloquium on'Discourse: Multidisciplinary Perspectives'. We invite papers from the fullrange of disciplines that use discourse analysis, such as literature, mediastudies, anthropology, history, linguistics, politics, psychology, genderstudies, medicine, education, literature and more. The sub-topic of thecolloquium is ‘Reflections on Representation, Identity and/or(Non)Belonging', which weencourage participants to interpret in the broadest sense. As such, we welcomeboth illustrative research papers detailing discourse analyses on the topic/s,as well as position papers which help show how representation, identity and(non)belonging are understood from a discourse perspective within yourparticular discipline. Various perspectives are encouraged and some themeswhich have emerged from discussions with colleagues across disciplines include: · representation of public/political figures orgroups in the media, · patients’ self-accounts in medicine/psychology, · defendants’ self-presentations in criminology/law, · negotiation of self-identity in the classroom insociology/education or representation of values in public and/or educationaltexts · identityconstruction in oral/written memories of war veterans and/or historical crucialmoments in oral history and much more. We hope that the event will lead togreater understanding of how discourse is conceptualised and approached acrossdisciplines and reveal opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. Dependingon interest, we also envisage a selection of papers being published in aspecial issue of CADAAD Journal (Critical Approaches to Discourse AnalysisAcross Disciplines). If you are interested in contributing apaper, please send a 300 word abstract to Roberta Piazza ([log in to unmask]) by September 30th 2016 -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------