Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
University of Mascara
Faculty of Letters, Languages, and Social Sciences and Humanities
Department of the English Language and Literature
Call for Papers
First International Conference “The English-Speaking World and the Others”
16-17 April, 2012
The Department of English of the University of Mascara, Algeria, is pleased to announce its first International Conference on “The English-Speaking World and the Others,” to take place on April, 16th and 17th, 2012. The objective of this multi-disciplinary scientific event is to bring together national and foreign researchers to diffuse, exchange, as well as discuss research done in the different fields of Anglophone Studies (history, literature, linguistics, TEFL, TESL, cultural studies, translation, politics, economy, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, film studies and arts, …etc.)
Papers might address, but are not limited to:
-The Making of the English-speaking world and its place in the world.
-The English-speaking world, globalization, the Arab/western world
-The English-speaking world and terrorism.
-The English-speaking world and the Arab Spring.
-The ideas, theories and ideologies influencing the English-speaking world.
-The culture of the English-speaking world and its impact on the others.
-Identity Issues in the English-speaking world.
-The others’ perception of the English-speaking world.
All proposals should:
•include an abstract of no more than 500 words length written in third-person
•include a short biography of a maximum of 50 words written in third-person
•include up-to-date information
•be sent to Mr. Abdelkarim CHAMI at anglais_colloque_2012@yahoo.fr
Abstracts will be subjected to a blind peer review process to determine acceptance/rejection. Presenters will not be sent the reviews but will be informed of the outcome of the review process.
Presentations are limited to 20 minutes for Plenary Sessions and 15 minutes for Working Groups. The amphitheatre and rooms where the conference will be held include audiovisual and computer equipment.
An acknowledgement receipt of proposals will be sent to submitters.
An email informing the submitters of the status of their proposals (accepted or otherwise) will be sent by February 15th, 2012.
The deadline for submitting proposals is: January 20, 2012