[ecrea] Conference: Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders

Status: CfP Call for papers
Conference
Europe in Discourse: Identity, Diversity, Borders
23.09.2016-25.09.2016
Athens, Greece

The Conference seeks to examine issues in the ongoing construction of 
European identity, including notions of diversity and (physical and 
symbolic) borders. It will focus on critical investigations that draw on 
discourse theory or bottom-up textual analysis to investigate these 
topics from the following perspectives:

 -  historical,  to explore the determinants which have been used to 
support a collective European identity;
 -  geopolitical, to understand the importance of space and its role in 
the European edifice;
 -  ideological/discursive, to investigate, synchronically and 
diachronically, key concepts that have informed EU practices of 
inclusion and exclusion.

Methodologically, the Conference will highlight discourse as a major 
practice that both shapes and reflects European identity.

The Conference welcomes contributions that investigate the role that key 
European Union texts have played in forging, maintaining or challenging 
European identities. The conference will thus highlight identity not as 
a static concept but as a construct that is continually negotiated and 
re-written in multiple discourses.

In addition to attracting contributions from discourse analysts and 
linguists,  the Conference hopes to bring together leading scholars and 
researchers from a broad range of other fields, including history, 
European studies, cultural theory, media studies, sociology, political 
science, economics, and ethnology.

Full CfP here: http://www.europeindiscourse.eu/call/the-call-for-papers

Plenary Speakers
Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University, Hellenic American University
Micha? Krzy?anowski, Örebro University
Andreas Musolff, University of East Anglia
Ambassador George Prevelakis, Permanent Representative to the OECD
Erik Swyngedouw, Manchester University
Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University, Hellenic American University.

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