Keynote Speaker: Jeff Chang, journalist and music critic on hip hop music and culture
Submission Deadline: May 30
Conference Dates: October 27-28, 2018
Conference Location: 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, Canada
Please submit via our website: http://www.humber.ca/liberalarts-ifoa/call-proposals
This conference explores the relationship between language and culture and taps into the rich fields of language studies, literature, history, sociology, politics, media studies, cultural studies and sociolinguistics, with a special focus on the interrelated nature of language and culture as it changes, evolves, adapts, or indeed is endangered or lost. Our conference takes an interdisciplinary approach to this topic. We are accepting proposals from areas that will include, but are not limited to, the following:
| Lost Languages Language attrition Language acquisition Reclaiming language Sociolinguistic analysis Affect Theory and Critical Animal Studies Forensic linguistics Multilingualism |
Metrolingualism Multimodality Transitivity Cultural appropriation Language, culture, and identity The language and culture of traditional and new media The Political Language of dissent, oppression, activism or diplomacy Language and gender Racialized Language |
Language & the Arts Body language and culture The culture of Learning and the technology of language The culture of economics History of Language Philosophy of Language Psychology of Language and Culture The Culture of Advertising |
We welcome proposals from researchers within all relevant academic disciplines.
If accepted, the presenter(s) should prepare a 20-minute presentation each, the oral equivalent of approximately 8 to 10 pages, double spaced, in Times New Roman 12pt font.