CfP:Second University of Malaya Conference on Discourse and Society (UMDS 2010)

Second University of Malaya Conference on Discourse and Society (UMDS 2010)
16.06.10-18.06.10
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

The Faculty of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Malaya is pleased to
announce the second University of Malaya Conference on Discourse and Society (UMDS 2010).

UMDS 2010: 'Interdiscplinary Approaches to Discourse' aims to bring together scholars
from various disciplines to exchange  ideas as well as offer new and critical
perspectives and directions in research  on discourse and society.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Prof Ruth Wodak (University  of Lancaster)
Prof Theo Van Leuwen (University of Technology Sydney).

CONFERENCE THEMES:

While we welcome papers (in English or Bahasa Malaysia) from any topic in the field of
discourse, we wish to encourage debate from interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
perspectives. Areas of interest include:

Discourse and Education
Discourse and Gender
Discourse and Religion
Discourse and Multimodality
Discourse and the Workplace
Discourse and Politics
Discourse and Globalization
Discourse and the Environment
Discourse and Technology
Intercultural Discourses
Postcolonial Discourses
Minority Discourses
Discourse and the Media
Other related areas of research in discourse and society

Abstracts (a maximum of 300 words in either English or Bahasa Malaysia) must be sent to
umdsabstracts AT gmail.com by 14 February 2010

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