Language, Culture, and Identity
International Conference
Organized by
The Moroccan Inter-university Network of English (MINE)
At the Faculty of Letters and Humanities Ben Msik
Casablanca, Morocco
28-30 April, 2011
Call for Papers
The Moroccan Inter-university Network of English (MINE) is pleased to announce the organization of its annual conference. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers from a wide variety of disciplines and specializations to explore the complex affiliations between language, culture, and identity. Over the last few decades, the globalization of media and mass communication, the fast growth of international economic markets, and the emergence of radical political discourses worldwide have exerted a profound and unprecedented impact on national cultures and languages as well as on the imagined sense of universal and communal identities. Academic responses to these transformations have been as rich and stimulating as divergent. This conference provides a platform for rich and animated discussions on the dialectics of language, culture, and identity in their local and global contexts.
Papers are invited to deal with the following themes:
- Cultures and Identities in Second Language Education
- Cultural and linguistic diversity
- Identity and linguistic variation
- Identity and the colonial experience
- Languages and cultures in contact
- Multilingualism, multiculturalism and globalization
- Cultural translation
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Minority Studies
- Gender Studies
- Literary Studies
The official language of the conference is English.
The conference features:
20 minute papers
60 minute workshops
Poster sessions
Book exhibition
A selection of papers will be published after the conference.
Abstract submission guidelines:
An abstract of up to 300 words should contain the following information:
Title of the paper
Name of the author(s)
Affiliation of the author(s)
E-mail address
Contact phone number
Submissions should be sent by e-mail (as Word attachments) to:
munivnet@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or fill out the online form. To get to the online form, please go to the following link
http://www.mine.ac.ma/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=12
Important Dates
Submission of abstracts: January 25th, 2011
Notification of acceptance: February 15th, 2011
Conference fee
The conference fee is 40 Euros. The fee includes:
conference pack, including a conference CD
coffee break refreshments
welcome party
Accommodation
Hotel reservations will be made by the organizers upon request. Prices range from 40 to 70 Euros per night (single or double room, breakfast included). If you are interested in booking or paying before, please let us know to send you our Bank swift and account.
Airport
Mohamed V Airport (30 mns drive/taxi ride to the Hotel at the City Centre).