First Announcement and Call for Papers

CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION

10th International _Culture and Power_ Conference
of the Iberian Association for Cultural Studies

7TH, 8TH, 9TH October 2004

To be held in Burgos (Spain)
Conference venue: Teatro Principal

Confirmed keynote speakers: Charlotte Brunsdon and David Morley

The English Department, Humanities Faculty, University of Burgos will host a
three-day conference organised by the Iberian Association for Cultural
Studies around the theme _Culture and Society in the Age of Globalisation._

The aim of this conference is to bring together specialists and researchers
from different nations and fields of study in an effort to develop a truly
international and trans-disciplinary understanding of the multiple ways in
which globalising processes are impacting our world, lives and identities.
The conference organisers therefore welcome papers in all  areas of learning
and are open to a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches;
preferred, however, are presentations which focus on the following areas:

Globalisation and culture:
cultural-theoretical perspectives on the globalisation of culture;
intercultural communication; high and low culture; environmental politics
and public policy; endangered species; social plights; culture and work;
culture and business; globalisation and the world economy; transnational
corporations; international crime ...

Globalisation, language and education:
language and cultural studies;  multi-lingual communities; English as a
second language; English as a local and global language; immigrant and
multicultural education; pedagogy; educational policies; higher education
and cultural competence ...

Globalisation and the media:
the role of the media (broadly understood to include all forms of
telecommunications, the Internet and computers, print and televisual
journalism, and all forms of visual media) in the era of globalisation ...

Globalisation, democracy and citizenship:
the nation state, the nation and transnational capital; nationalisms and
global disorder; global governance and citizenship; cultural regionalism vs.
globalisation; the global and the glocal; multicultural citizenship;
Americanisation; Europeanisation and Euroscepticism ...

Globalisation and identity:
cultural and societal agents of change; class and gender; flexible
capitalism and unions; labour and globalisation; difference and diversity in
the workplace; social integration and exclusion; alterity and hybridity;
immigration processes, race relations, minorities and identity formation ...


Contributors are  welcome to submit abstracts that  address these, or other
questions related to the theme _Culture and society in the age of
globalisation_.
Proposals for full panels (2-hour, 5-paper panels) are also welcome.
Early submission is encouraged.
Proposals will be refereed and selected by a panel appointed by IBACS
(Iberian Association for Cultural Studies).


Contributor Guidelines:
1. Abstract of paper (150 words)
2. Full panel proposal (300 words)
3. Brief resume/bio for each author/coauthor of the paper and panel
organiser
4. Submission by material mail or e-mail (e-mail with MS Word attachment
preferred; reference line: Burgos 2004)
5. Submission deadlines: panel proposals - March 31, 2004; paper proposals -
15th June 2004

Material mail:
Elena Oliete
Ana Matamala
Olga Seco
Chantal Cornut-Gentille

Departamento de Filología inglesa
Facultad de Filosofía y letras
De la Universidad de Zaragoza
Ciudad Universitaria
50009 Zaragoza
Spain

E-mail
Elena Oliete: [log in to unmask]
Ana Matamala:  [log in to unmask]
Olga Seco:  [log in to unmask]
Chantal Cornut-Gentille:  [log in to unmask]

Registration

Three ways to  register:
1) Bank tranfer: to Viajes Indra. S.L. account nº: CAJA CIRCULO 2017 _ 0073
_   19- 300000344-7.  Then fax or mail  payment voucher (together with name,
full address, e-mail address and title of paper) to:
Ana García
Viajes Indra
Calle Vitoria, nº 37 trasera
09004 Burgos
Spain
FAX: +34 947202200

2) Cheque or postal order: mail (together with name, full address, e-mail
address and title of paper) to:
Ana García
Viajes Indra
Calle Vitoria, nº 37 trasera
09004 Burgos
Spain

3) Credit Card: Call Viajes Indra  (Spain) +34 947 202244 and use your
MasterCard, Visa, or American Express. Then fax credit card payment
(together with name, full address, e-mail address and title of paper)  to:
FAX: +34 947202200

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Conference Registration fees:

Members of IBACS: € 130
Early bird fee (payment by July 15): € 110
IBACS students: € 90
Early bird fee (payment by July 15): € 85

Standard fee: € 150
Early bird fee (payment by July 15): € 130
Student fee: (session attendance only): € 35