Communication and Argumentation in the Public Sphere
Dunarea de Jos University, Galati, ROMANIA
Dates: May 13th -16th, 2010
Conference Website: http://www.lit.ugal.ro/caps4.htm
We are pleased to announce the fourth edition of the Conference Communication and Argumentation in the Public Sphere, organized by the Research Centre of Discourse Theory and Practice, and the Departments of French and of Applied Modern Languages of Dunarea de Jos University, Galati, Romania, from May 13th to 16th, 2010. The main aim of the conference is to provide a framework for fruitful discussion and academic evaluation of research in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences by colleagues willing to present their studies and meet scholars of related scientific areas. We will be honoured to have you as a participant in the conference and in the workshops we are organizing on this occasion.
Keynote Speakers and Members of the Scientific Committee who confirmed participation:
Emmanuelle DANBLON – Free University, Brussels
Marianne DOURY – CNRS Laboratory ‘Communication et Politique’, Paris
Frans van EEMEREN – University of Amsterdam
Christian PLANTIN – ICAR CNRS UMR, Lumière Lyon 2 University
Maria ZALESKA – University of Warsaw
Topic Areas:
- the pragma-dialectical approach to argumentation and the concept of strategic maneuvering
- argumentation and emotions
- argumentation in institutional contexts
- models of argumentation and types of argument
- argumentation in language and argumentation in discourse
- argumentative discourse analysis
- argumentation, topoi, loci
- argumentative techniques and discourse strategies with argumentative aim
- persuasion strategies and argumentative practice
- argumentative discourse in public space and private space
- argumentative discourse and media strategies
- conversational approaches to argumentation
- scientific discourse and discourse for specific purposes
- cultural aspects in communication
- literature and argumentation
- cooperation and conflict in public space and in private space
- political dialogue and polemic
- public opinion, civic engagement, and role of contemporary citizen
Conference Organization:
1. Presentations in successive and parallel sections – 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for comments, questions, answers. Conference languages: French, English, Romanian. Languages for publication in the conference proceedings: French, English.
2. Two workshops (one in English, the other in French) conducted by guest speakers. Participants in the workshops will be delivered a certificate to be used, if needed, for credits acknowledgement.
3. Poster sessions may take place during the conference.
Calendar for Submissions:
January 20th – February 8th: Abstract Submission
February 10th – 28th: Decisions of the scientific committee – Notification to authors
March 5th: Second Circular
March 8th – May 12th: Registration
April 12th: Indicative Programme
May 13th – 16th: Conference and Workshops
June 1st: Submission of first article version
August 2nd: Scientific Committee Decision and Suggestions to authors
September 17th: Revised versions
November 12th : Final revision
December 10th: Volume Publication
Conference Website: http://www.lit.ugal.ro/caps4.htm
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