LINGUIST List 23.268 Sun Jan 15 2012 Calls: Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics/Romania Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Diana Popa , 2nd International Conference on Humour in Conventional and Unconventional Politics Message 1: 2nd International Conference on Humour in Conventional and Unconventional Politics Date: 14-Jan-2012 From: Diana Popa <ichcupgmail.com> Subject: 2nd International Conference on Humour in Conventional and Unconventional Politics E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 2nd International Conference on Humour in Conventional and Unconventional Politics Short Title: 2nd ICHCUP Date: 06-Nov-2012 - 08-Nov-2012 Location: Galati, Romania Contact Person: Diana Popa Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.ichcup.com/ Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2012 Meeting Description: The aim of the present conference is to bring together researchers with a range of views on humour and politics. The relation of humour and politics is definitely not a straightforward one. The central question that could be raised here is whether humour influences politics and shapes both political figures and political acts. Furthermore, we would like to draw the attention on what actually happens whenever humour occurs in political settings or is used to refer to political affairs. Call for Papers: We welcome contributions on: Humour in political speeches Humour in political campaigning and political conferences Humour in parliamentary debates Humour and democracy Humour and leadership Military humour Humour in totalitarian societies Humour in wartime Political humour in the media Translation and political humour In order to meet these objectives, the organizers invite contributions from both linguistic and related non-linguistic disciplines such as: Political studies Sociology Philosophy Media studies Cultural studies Psychology The elaboration of joint methodological frameworks is strongly encouraged. Contributions from empirical studies are most welcome. Submission of Abstracts: Deadline for submitting abstracts is September 30, 2012. Abstracts of 350 words should be sent to ichcupgmail.com together with the registration form available on our website. Acceptances will be sent out on a rolling basis one week after submission. If you have any queries concerning submissions, please contact the organizers at the email address indicated above. Papers will be published with a well-known international publishing house. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 15-Jan-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.