*CFP* "CRITICAL APPROACHES TO CULTURAL IDENTITIES IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: FROM IVORY TOWER TO SOCIAL ARENA", CONFERENCE

“Critical Approaches to Cultural Identities in the Public Sphere: From Ivory Tower to Social Arena”

Dijon, France

May 14th & 15th 2020

This international conference aims to address and bridge the gap between critical approaches to cultural identities common in academia and essentialising discourses increasingly widespread in the public sphere. We would like to bring together researchers from intercultural communication, cultural and postcolonial studies, media studies and other disciplines, who are keen to challenge and deconstruct reductionist discursive stances on culture and identity.

The conference will be held in Dijon, France, on May 14th & 15th 2020. Conference languages will be English and French with mediation provided between the two languages. The conference is organized by the University of Burgundy (“Text-Image-Language” research group) and supported by the ECREA International and Intercultural Communication division and SAES.

Organisers: David Bousquet (University of Burgundy), Alex Frame (University of Burgundy), Mélodine Sommier (Erasmus University of Rotterdam)

Call for Papers: English    French

Submit Proposal / Register

Contact: aci2020ub@gmail.com

Abstracts of around 800 words, including a short bibliography, in English or French, should be submitted via the conference website by 1st October 2019 for double-blind peer review.