Language, Migration and Diaspora
Modern Languages Symposium 2011
2 and 3 December, 2011
Aungier Street Campus, DIT
Call for Papers
Dear Colleagues,
Researchers, Postgraduates,
We are seeking contributions to the Modern Languages Symposium in 2011, Ireland's largest and most comprehensive conference and research showcase in the field of Modern Languages.
Individual papers, group presentations and panels under the following themes and headings are welcome. Contributions are limited to a duration of twenty minutes.
Literature
Integration and Exclusion:
The Literary Portrayal of
Migrant, Diaspora and
Centre-Periphery Dynamics
Representations of Diasporas in
Literature
Migrant and National Literature
Migrant and Diaspora
Culture versus Majority
Culture: Literature, Film and Art as Mediator and
Integrative Agent of Cross-
Fertilisation
Cultural Constructs of the
Outsider
Literature as Multicultural
Criticism
Language & Linguistics
Language, Migration and
Diaspora in Film, Theatre
and the Arts
Cross-Fertilisation between
Migrants, Diaspora and “Centre”
Impact of Migration and
Diaspora on “Majority Culture”
Issues of Migration and
Diaspora in the Reporting
Media
Global Village or Global
Provincialism / Post-
Multiculturalism and Integration
Policy
Cultural Studies & Interdisciplinary
Language, Migration and
Diaspora in Film, Theatre
and the Arts
Cross-Fertilisation between
Migrants, Diaspora and “Centre”
Impact of Migration and
Diaspora on “Majority Culture”
Issues of Migration and
Diaspora in the Reporting
Media
Global Village or Global
Provincialism / Post-
Multiculturalism and Integration
Policy