Full Title: 8th International Conference on Multicultural Discourses
Short Title: Multicultural Discourse 8

Date: 26-Oct-2023 - 28-Oct-2023
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Contact Person: Prof Mantoa Motinyane
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://www.uwc.ac.za/news-and-announcements/announcements/updated-the-8th-international-conference-on-multicultural-discourses

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Semantics

Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2023

Meeting Description:

The 8th International Conference on Multicultural Discourses, under the auspices of the International Association of Multicultural Discourses, will be co-organised by the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa, and the School of Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, Hangzhou Normal University, China.

The theme of this year's conference is "The Choice/Voice of Cooperation in the Post-pandemic World".
The event will be hosted by the University of the Western Cape at the Life Sciences Auditorium, University of the Western Cape (UWC), Robert Sobukwe Rd, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa, between October26 - 28, 2023.

The successes of the past seven rounds of the International Conference on Multicultural Discourses held in China, Brazil, the Netherlands, and Romania, respectively, have consolidated the position of Cultural Discourse Studies in the social sciences.

Mankind is witnessing yet again the centennial moment of global transformation and the world is ridden with grave challenges and great opportunities.
To answer to these uncertain winds of change, scholars from diverse fields such as communication, media, language, literature, culture, history, international relations, etc. are invited to offer their insights into topics of, but not restricted to:

Discourses of globalization, cultural equality, interconnection;
Discourses of security, conflict, war, peace;
Discourses of protectionism, (in)tangible borders, immigration, racism;
Discourses of development, cooperation, common prosperity;
Discourses of digital, multimodal, cinematic representations;
Discourses of nuclear armament, climate change, poverty.

PLENARY SPEAKERS
- Mantoa Motinyane - University of the Western Cape, South Africa
- Rosaleen Oabona Brankie Nhlekisana - Indiana University Bloomington, USA
- Elena Vartanova - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
- Ringo Ossewaarde - University of Twente, The Netherlands
- Shi-xu - Hangzhou Normal University, China

Call for Papers:

SUBMISSION
Abstracts of about 250 words, panel proposals of about 500 words (of min 4 speakers with 250 words abstracts) should be sent to the organizers at the following email address:

[email protected]
cc: [email protected]

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Anna Gladkova - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Donal Carbaugh - University of Massachusetts, USA
Jasmina Lukic - Central European University, Austria
Khanyiso Mwanda-Jonas - University of the Western Cape
Lorato Mokwena - University of the Western Cape
Mantoa Motinyane - University of the Western Cape
Nondwe Mpuma - University of the Western Cape
Rivalani Maluleke - University of the Western Cape
Shi-xu - Hangzhou Normal University, China
Walkyria Maria Monte Mór - University of Sao Paolo, Brazil

For more information visit our website:
https://www.uwc.ac.za/news-and-announcements/announcements/updated-the-8th-international-conference-on-multicultural-discourses