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Invitation to Seminar and Call for papers:
Intercultural Communication in International Contexts – training and development, practice and research
Thursday, May 17th and Friday, May 18th, 2012
Location: Michael Young Building, Faculty of Business and Law, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
This two day event is the third seminar of the SIG in Intercultural Communication (IC). It will be a purposefully small and focused event bringing educators, trainers and researchers together to explore key questions in IC theory and practice.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers include:
- Professor Adrian Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University
- Matthew Hill, Chair of SIETAR UK
- Professor Min-
Sun Kim, University of Hawaii
The principal aim of the event is
- to facilitate dialogue between researchers and practitioners who have experience and interest in delivering training and teaching in Intercultural Communication and who research in this area.
- to share insights from research, practice, and experience, identifying shared and contrasting approaches and perspectives, successes and challenges.
- to consolidate shared awareness of key issues arising from IC research and training.
- to identify key areas for further investigation, and explore the potential for future collaboration.
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are now inviting contributions to the seminar from people with interest and experience
in researching and working with intercultural communication (IC) in diverse ways.
We are asking all contributors if they can make data-
- Is ‘intercultural’ still a useful term?
- What does it mean to be interculturally competent?
- Can one teach Intercultural Communication as a skill or a competence?
- What are the implications of non-
western perspectives on human communication for theory and practice of Intercultural Communication? - What is the relationship between social justice and intercultural communication in a global context?
- What are the ethical issues of intercultural training?
Papers will be allocated 40 minutes (25 minutes plus 15 minutes for questions and
discussion). Presenters will talk to and discuss the papers but not read out the
papers in their entirety. The language of the seminar is English. Abstracts of no
more than 200 words (excluding references) should be sent by email as a Word attachment
to baal-
evidence, experience and practice; a balance in representation of a range of pedagogic contexts.
Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated via email by the beginning
of April 2012. Participants, whether presenting or not, are encouraged, but not required,
to have BAAL membership. Send abstracts and requests for further information to baal-
PARTICIPATION IN SEMINAR
Cost: BAAL membership £85.00
Cost: Non BAAL Membership £95.00
Cost: Reduced fee for students/unwaged speaker -
There is no daily rate.
REGISTRATION and FEES/INVOICE
Information about how to register and pay for the seminar will be published later.
For updated information, please visit the BAAL SIG IC website: http://baalicsig.wordpress.com/
SIG EVENT CO-
- Tony Young, Newcastle University, Convener
- Donna Humphrey, Nottingham Trent University, Meetings Officer
- Wang Liang, The Open University, Communications Officer
- Jane Woodin, Sheffield University, Treasurer
- Uwe Baumann, Department of Languages, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University
Previous events
9-
Birkbeck College, University of London
Language, Identity, and Intercultural Communication
(A joint conference of BAAL Intercultural Communication Special Interest Group and The Annual Bloomsbury Round Table)
27-
Bass Management Centre, Nottingham Trent University
Key Issues in Intercultural Communication Research and Pedagogy
Sept 2010
BAAL Annual Meeting, Aberdeen University
Applied Linguistics in Intercultural Communication: current perspectives and approaches
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Intercultural Communication SIG
