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ASANOR conference

In 2025, Norway will observe the bicentennial commemoration of the first planned direct emigration from Norway to the Americas. In the wake of this first party of emigrants, nearly one million emigrants left Norway for various destinations, 800,000-900,000 to the United States alone. As migration has increasingly also taken on the character of re-migration and work migration, with communities and identities assuming diasporic and transnational markers, processes and manifestations of the transcultural do their work in sending as well as host countries. The development moreover reminds us that Norwegians and other emigrants to the Americas were also once immigrants. In the lead-up to the bicentennial commemoration of Norwegian emigration in 2025 the theme of the 2024 American Studies Association of Norway (ASANOR) biannual conference will therefore focus on the multifaceted dimensions of migration and how migration currents and mentalities for centuries have affected both North America and sending countries in entangled fashions.

We welcome contributions from all disciplines that examine ties and networks created by emigration and expatriation in addition to immigrants’ lives. We further invite papers that explore how emigrants, expatriates, and travelers in America have reflected upon their lives and experiences in receiving societies in the Americas and how these expressions circulated among populations in the sending societies Specifically, entanglements between expatriate communities and their communities of origin, and how these shaped and were shaped by transatlantic public spheres that differed over time and according to context and power—will be of particular interest. Besides, the racialization of ethnic minorities in constructed hierarchies based on whiteness as well as immigrants’ exchanges with other ethnicities and indigenous peoples play into these experiences as they were expressed both in the USA and in the sending countries.

Themes to be addressed at the conference include but are not limited to:

– immigration/emigration epistemologies

– the creation of utopian communities

– travel writing

– life writing

– implications/effects of settler colonialism

– religious dimensions of emigration/immigration

– border studies

– immigrant regions/regionalisms

– translocal, transnational, and transcultural exchanges

– interethnic/-cultural exchanges

– gender studies

– aesthetic representations of the transcultural and transnational

The 2024 ASANOR Conference will be hosted by the Norwegian Emigrant Museum, Ottestad and Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar from October 3rd to October 5th, 2024. We invite contributions from a wide range of fields including but not limited to literature, history, political science, linguistics, religion, media, the arts, and cultural studies that explore the theme of migration, connections, and the creation of transcultural spheres.

To apply, please send a 300-word abstract and a 100-word biography to asanor2024@gmail.com by June 1, 2024.

More here: 2024 Conference – American Studies Association of Norway (asanor.org)

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Conference on the Declaration of Independence

Dear colleagues,

We are planning to mark the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026 with a special issue of the journal Skriftkultur. In preparation for that, we are organising a one-day conference in Volda on Wednesday 22 October this autumn on the theme of Constituting the State in Writing. Papers can either discuss the Declaration itself or documents from other times and places that have a similar status and/or role. We are hoping to attract contributions on a range of topics, but one common element must be that every paper should discuss the Declaration or its analogues as a written document in particular. If you think this might be of interest to you, please see the Call for Papers attached and write to me if you have any questions. Please also forward this message to anyone you think might be interested from other academic subjects.

Best,

Tim Saunders

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Meaning in language, music and visual cognition

We are pleased to announce our conference on the schematic basis of meaning in language, music, and visual cognition. The event aims to gather linguists, psychologists, philosophers, neuroscientists, music, visual cognition, and multimodality researchers interested in schematic structures underlying (conceptual) meaning construction from any theoretical perspective (formal, functional, or eclectic). The phenomena of interest include, but are not limited to, image schemas, conceptual primitives, scripts, cross-modal correspondences, conceptual metaphors, metonymies and blends, semantic frames, mental and simulation models, and multimodal aspects of schematic meaning generation. Confirmed keynotes: Ray Jackendoff (Tufts / MIT), Todd Oakley (CWRU), Beate Hampe (Erfurt).

Abstract submission to https://forms.gle/bFLkpxz6FEg14uno7, by 1 Aug 2024. We welcome proposals for talks of up to 20 minutes. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words. Information on abstract acceptance by 1 Sep 2024.

The conference is kindly supported by the Serbian Science Fund (SCHEMAS project , Grant No. 7715934).

More information on the conference website: https://schemas.rs/conference2024/

Feel free to write for further information. 

With best wishes,

Vladimir Ž. Jovanović

SASE President

Vladimir Ž. Jovanović

Filozofski fakultet /Faculty of Philosophy

Departman za anglistiku / English Department

Niš, Srbija / Niš, Serbia

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EAP Conference Summer ’24

From the organising committee email:

“We are pleased to announce the 17th annual Norwegian Forum for English for Academic Purposes summer conference, which will take place on Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th of June 2024 at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Oslo, Norway.

The theme for the 2024 conference is EAP and Hybridity.

The word hybridity has lately become associated with the idea of a hybrid classroom – one where some learners are physically present, and some are present online. But this is not the only way to think about hybridity in EAP – hybridity might also refer to hybrid genres, or hybrid modes, hybrid fields, hybrid knowledges, hybrid student and professional identities. Hybridity might mean the (unexpected?) combination of different teaching practices, wherever they take place. How do students respond to hybrid forms or hybrid teaching situations? What kinds of hybrid text do students and researchers produce – and how, and why?

And: what kind of hybridity – what hybrid writer and what hybrid text – might be the result of collaboration with Large Language Models such as ChatGPT? Are there aspects of writing with ChatGPT that are common to co-writing generally – so that a concept of hybridity might let us see co-writing, whether with a human or machine, more clearly?

NFEAP this year is a place to think about different kinds of hybridity – and their different affordances, challenges, ways of thinking, opportunities for creativity.

We invite proposals that explore hybridity in connection with EAP concepts; EAP training methods, principles, practices and research; needs analysis, syllabus and materials design, teaching strategies and methodological issues; group/interdisciplinary teaching; critical EAP; multimodal forms and approaches; digital literacies and pedagogies; academic identities; academic literacies; any other relevant topics.

Plenary speakers

Please submit your abstract of no more than 300 words (excluding references) by March 15th, 2024. The standard length for presentations is 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation, plus 10 minutes for discussion). You will be notified of the outcome of the review process by April 1st 2024.

Use this link to submit your proposal.

Important dates

  • Deadline for abstracts:  March 15th,  2024
  • Registration opens: March, 2024
  • Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2024
  • Conference programme available: mid-April 2024
  • Deadline for registration: 20 May 2024
  • NFEAP conference 2024: 13th-14th June 2024

Registration

The 2500 NOK conference registration fee includes refreshments and lunch for both days of the conference and the conference dinner on Thursday evening.

Please note that the NFEAP is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

We would like to thank you in advance for your contribution to the 17th NFEAP summer conference and look forward to having the opportunity to discuss and disseminate your work.

Ann Torday Gulden Scholarship

Ann Torday Gulden has been, for many years, a tireless and vital advocate for EAP in Norway, and this scholarship is named in her honour. This annual scholarship contributes up to 5000 NOK to the expenses of an EAP teacher or researcher to come to the conference and present their work. We seek to support work that is distinctive and original and that exemplifies innovative approaches to EAP theory and practice. It is open to all, but we particularly encourage graduate students and early career researchers to apply – please check the box in the submissions form if you would like to be considered for the scholarship.

We look forward to welcoming you to Oslo, and to the conference!

Very best wishes,

On behalf of the NFEAP organizing committee,

Tom Muir, Kristin Solli and Pavel Zemliansky

Dr Tom Muir

Associate Professor, English for Academic Purposes

University Library

OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University”

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Rehearsing Teaching

[English version below]

Øving på undervisning i lærarutdanninga, – digital forskingskonferanse

Vi spør: Korleis kan ein i lærarutdanninga utvikla og etablera eit praksisbasert rammeverk der lærarstudentane får utvikla undervisingsrepertoar og improvisatoriske ferdigheiter gjennom systematiske øvingar og refleksjon?


Tidspunkt:  onsdag 18.oktober kl 9-15
Keynotes:  Gert Biesta,  Anna Sfard og ReTPro-prosjektet
Andre sentrale bidragsytarar: Kari Smith, Elaine Munthe, Ruth Leitch og Joanne O`Flaherty.

Arrangør:  Høgskulen på Vestlandet og forskingsprosjekta Rehearsing Teaching Professionally (ReTPro/ReTProTE)

Gratis deltaking. Sjå nettside med program, påmeldingsskjema og «call for papers»:

Øving på improvisert undervisning i lærarutdanninga – Digital forskingskonferanse – Høgskulen på Vestlandet (hvl.no)

Det vert også høve til å delta med eigne bidrag på konferansen som kan sendast inn anten via påmeldingssystemet (sjå nettsida), eller på epost til:  retproconference@hvl.no):

  • Ein kort presentasjon/abstrakt (maks 500 ord) som skisserer anten
    • døme frå eigen LU-praksis der modellering/øving inngår
    • ein idé til korleis modellering/øving kan integrerast i lærarutdanninga
    • eit interessant teorigrunnlag for modellering/øving som kan bidra til operasjonalisering av fenomenet
    • eit sett av mål de ynskjer å oppnå når de arbeider med modellering/øving i LU
  • I fagleg orienterte arbeidsgrupper (workshops) vil det vere høve å gje korte presentasjonar av bidraga (10 min). 

Med utgangspunkt i keynote-presentasjonane på konferansen og dykkar bidrag ser me konferansen som eit høve til å tematisera eit grunnlag for ein felles antologi, med bidrag også frå deltakarane.

Presentasjonane og abstrakta kan anten vera på norsk eller på engelsk

Bidraga kan enten leggast inn gjennom påmeldingssystemet (sjå nettsida) eller sendast på epost til:  retproconference@hvl.no

Frist for påmelding og eventuell innsending av presentasjon/abstrakt: 15.09.23

De får tilbakemelding på abstraktet innan 14 dg.


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Michel Cabot (på vegne av ReTPro-prosjektet)

English version:

Digital Research Conference: Rehearsing Teaching in Teacher Education

We ask: How can we develop and establish a practice-based framework in teacher education (TE) where student teachers can evolve teaching repertoires and improvisational skills through systematic rehearsals and reflection?

Time: Wednesday, October 18, from 9am to 3pm

Keynotes: Gert Biesta, Anna Sfard and the ReTPro project

Other key contributors: Kari Smith, Elaine Munthe, Ruth Leitch, Joanne O’Flaherty and the ReTPro project-group.

Organiser: Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) and the research projects Rehearsing Teaching Professionally (ReTPro/ReTProTE)

Free participation. 

See website with programme, registration form and “call for papers”: https://www.hvl.no/forsking/konferanse/retpro/

There is also the opportunity to participate in the conference with your own contributions, which can be submitted either via the registration system (see the website), or by email to: retproconference@hvl.no):

  1. A short presentation/abstract (max. 500 words) outlining the topic, e.g.:
    1. example from own TE practice where modelling/rehearsing is included
    2. an idea for how modelling/rehearsing can be integrated into TE
    3. an interesting theoretical basis for modelling/rehearsing which can contribute to the operationalization of the phenomenon
    4. a set of goals you wish to achieve when working with modelling/rehearsing in TE
  2. In subject-oriented working groups (workshops), there will be opportunities to give short presentations of the contribution (10 min).

Based on the keynote presentations at the conference and your contributions, we see the conference as an opportunity to thematize a basis for an anthology, with contributions also from the participants.

The presentations and abstracts can either be in Norwegian or in English

Contributions can either be entered through the registration system (see website) or sent by e-mail to: retproconference@hvl.no

Deadline for registration and possible submission of presentation/abstract: 15.09.23

The contributors will receive feedback on the abstract within 14 days.

Feel free to forward the email to other interested parties!

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2024 TEFL Conference

Dear colleagues,

The French Association for Research in English Learning and Teaching (ARDAA, ardaa.hypotheses.org/) is organizing an international conference on June 26, 27 and 28, 2024 at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University on the following topic:

Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language in educational settings: Issues and specificities

CFP in English can be found here.

The deadline for abstract proposals has been extended to September 10, 2023.

Further information on the conference and abstract submission can be found at: https://ardaa2024.sciencesconf.org/

I hope to see you very soon in Paris ! 
Best,
Justine Paris.

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EATAW conference

Tom Muir says:

Registration is still open for this year’s EATAW (European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing) conference. The conference this year has a special emphasis on writing technologies, so if you’ve been caught up in the discussion about ChatGPT and related issues, this conference may be of interest to you!

The conference is June 5-7 2023, at Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur, Switzerland. More information and registration details are here: https://eataw23.zhaw.ch/