ELF (English as lingua franca) researchers have had a successful series of thirteen international ELF conferences so far. This year, the conference named “ELF14: From Global Englishes to bot-English. Language change in the era of AI” will take place at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University on 11–14 September 2024. The title of the conference suggests […]
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CFP: Multimedia Encounters: Experimental Approaches to Ethnographic Research
The UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab is inviting submissions for our upcoming conference, Multimedia Encounters: Experimental Approaches to Ethnographic Research. The conference will take place online in January 2021 and will be accompanied by an exhibition. The deadline for submissions of abstracts is the 2nd of December 2020.
III. Ukrainian Studies in Prague Conference
Anthony Smith famously claimed that historical traumas and memories of collective suffering constitute a nation out of a heterogeneous population. This recipe of nation-building was propped up in the late 20th century by “the rise of the victimhood culture” (Campbell & Manning 2018). Inspired by the anti-colonial discourses and the symbolic capital gained by all sorts of […]
Political Discourse in Poland and the Czech Republic after 1989: Genres, Communication Strategy, Media Portrayals
International conference “Political Discourse in Poland and the Czech Republic after 1989: Genres, Communication Strategy, Media Portrayals” pursues the discussion of a topic related to the political communication in Poland and the Czech Republic, to define differences and analogies in the pre-election practices of political and media circles of both countries as well as to draw […]
Jemina Napier: Examining the Multimodal Research Trend in Dialogue Interpreting Research
The Institute of Translation Studies cordially invites you to an online lecture by Prof Jemina Napier (Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh) as a part of the course Theory of Interpreting on a Particularly Topical Subject (see the abstract and additional information on the research activities of this eminent academic who should have lectured in Prague as a visiting professor […]
Reproductive Rights in Poland – Historical Aspects and Current Struggles
On October 22, 2020, the Constitutional Tribunal, Poland’s Supreme Court, has ruled that abortions in cases of foetal defects are unconstitutional. This decision has resulted in wide protests that are currently taking place throughout the country. We would like to react to the current situation by inviting you to the lecture Reproductive Rights in Poland […]
Mainstream! Popular Culture in Central and Eastern Europe
A Conference by the Centre for Study of Popular Culture co-organized by the Institue of World History and the Institute of Economic and Social History at CU FA. Mainstream_programme_CSPK_2020
European Day of Languages by the Department of South Slavonic and Balkan Studies at CU FA
The Department of South Slavonic and Balkan Studies at CU FA celebrates the European Day of Languages. Join our foreign lecturers, learn interesting things and become fluent! Follow the web page of the the department for possible changes of the schedule.
3rd International Conference on Sociolinguistics (ICS.3)
Meeting Description: This conference is conceived of as an accessible new forum for cutting-edge sociolinguistic research. It is open to a broad range of sociolinguistics researchers, including those working outside the Anglo-Western sociolinguistic tradition, who address the varying and rapidly changing modes of linguistic interactions in the highly diverse world of today. Following two realizations in […]
Rescheduled (23-27 June 2021): 3rd World Congress of Scottish Literatures
In relation to the closing of schools and the prohibition of personal attendance of students and attendees at lectures and courses of all types, this event is rescheduled to 23-27 June 2021. You may find the details on the current situation on Continually Updated Information on the Current Situation of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Thank you for […]
IX Colóquio da Sociedade Tcheca de Língua Portuguesa (Exodus: reflexos da migração na língua, literatura e culturas lusófonas)
Exodus: reflexos da migração na língua, literatura e culturas lusófonas A migração é um dos fenômenos atuais mais pungentes: segundo o Banco Mundial, há mais de 258 milhões de migrantes no mundo de hoje. No entanto, movimentos populacionais fazem parte da vida do homem desde seu surgimento na África. Todas as grandes civilizações foram construídas com […]
