[Commlist] CFP: International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)

*The 26th International Conference of the International**Association for 
Intercultural Communication Studies* *(IAICS)*

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*Call for Papers*

*Conference Time: *May 28-31, 2020

*Conference Venue: * Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), 
Manipal, Karnataka, India

*Conference Hosts: *MAHE, India,**and University of Louisville, USA

*Conference Theme: *Diversity and Multiculturalism in Contemporary Times

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*Deadline: *Please submit abstracts and panel proposals by December 15, 
2019.

*Guidelines for Submissions: *

·Abstract, 100-150**words in English, including positions, affiliations, 
email addresses and mailing addresses for all authors. Times New Roman 
12 point font size, single spaced.**

·Panel proposals reflecting the conference theme or topic areas may be 
submitted. Panel proposals shall include a 100-150 word abstract of each 
panelist’s paper (as above) and panelists must each individually 
complete the registration process.  Panel proposals must include 
positions, affiliations, email addresses and mailing addresses for all 
authors. Times New Roman 12 point font size, single spaced.**

*Contact: *Please send abstracts, panel proposals, to the following 
email address: (26iaicsmanipal.2020 /at/ gmail.com)

As we move further into the 21^st century, issues of diversity and 
multiculturalism are becoming increasingly complex. The constant flows 
of persons, cultures, and ideas between and among nations not only 
intensify contact and connection among global citizens but also bring to 
the surface both emergent and perennial issues of difference, identity, 
territory, and environmental concerns. With expansive networks moving at 
breakthrough speeds and intensities, the very concepts of diversity and 
multiculturalism are changing, especially as they encounter forces of 
environmental change, nationalism, populism, and hegemony. What does it 
mean to live in a multicultural society?  How do we create community, 
resolve conflicts, in complicated religious, linguistic, educational, 
and cultural contexts?  What happens to minorities and indigenous 
peoples within larger majority cultures? The theme of this conference 
seeks to address these issues in the context of nations and the larger 
world.

*Conference Goals: *

·To provide scholars, educators and practitioners from different 
cultural communities with opportunities to interact, network and benefit 
from each other’s research and expertise related to intercultural 
communication issues

·To synthesize research perspectives and foster interdisciplinary 
scholarly dialogues for developing integrated approaches to complex 
problems of communication across cultures

·To advance the methodology for intercultural communication research and 
disseminate practical findings to facilitate understanding across cultures

·To foster global intercultural sensitivity and involve educators, 
business professionals, students and other stakeholders worldwide in 
discourses about diversity and transcultural communication issues.

*Topic areas are broadly defined as, but not limited to, the following:*

·Culture and community building

·Cosmopolitanism in culture

·Environmental communication

·Indigenous studies

·Language and culture

·Discourse analysis and global implications

·Nonverbal communication in intercultural contexts

·Cultural identity

·International conflict

·Comparative literature and poetics

·Cultural hybridity

·Language teaching in intercultural communication

·Media and film studies across cultures

·Journalism and globalization

·Global communication and technology

·Public relations and advertising in global contexts

·Intercultural communication and public policy

·Critical/Cultural studies

·Rhetorical studies

·Translation studies

·Time and space in culture/literature

·Mediated intercultural communication

·Literature and performance

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*Guidelines for Submissions: *

·Abstract, 100-150**words in English, including positions, affiliations, 
email addresses and mailing addresses for all authors. Times New Roman 
12 point font size, single spaced.**

·Panel proposals reflecting the conference theme or topic areas may be 
submitted. Panel proposals shall include a 100-150 word abstract of each 
panelist’s paper (as above) and panelists must each individually 
complete the registration process.  Panel proposals must include 
positions, affiliations, email addresses and mailing addresses for all 
authors. Times New Roman 12 point font size, single spaced.**

*Contact: *Please send abstracts, panel proposals, to the following 
email address: (26iaicsmanipal.2020 /at/ gmail.com)

*Deadline: *Please submit abstracts and panel proposals by December 15, 
2019.

*Conference Working Language*: English

*Overview:*

The International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies 
consists of

scholars from a range of the cultural sciences who are dedicated to 
doing research on

communication across cultures. Its membership is made up of participants 
from over 32

countries. These participants meet annually at different locations 
around the world to

discuss common research interests. The results of their investigations 
are published in

the journal of the organization, Intercultural Communication Studies (ICS).

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