Apologies for cross-posting, but given the fact that discourse occurs in online environments the following will be of interest to some AOIR members. Philippa K. Smith, PhD Research Manager Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication AUT University Auckland New Zealand Call for papers The 4th New Zealand Discourse Conference 2 - 4 December 2013 AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand Keynote speakers Professor Cindy Gallois The University of Queensland Professor Adam Jaworski The University of Hong Kong Professor Theo van Leeuwen University of Technology Sydney Deadline 26 July, 2013 Submissions are invited for the 4th New Zealand Discourse Conference from academics and others interested in discourse analysis that addresses theoretical, methodological or empirical research in a variety of applications. Given the increasing use of discourse analysis in many disciplines submissions are not limited to any one particular theme. However some of the areas that have been included in our three previous conferences include: Culture and identity Public policy and the state Gender and diversity Ideology, power and knowledge Marketing and consumption Globalization and development Media Finance Community and health Education and learning Place, space and time Practice and praxis Professions and institutions Language and communication Work, management and organization Science and technology Computer-mediated communication Biblical and ancient texts Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length and include a maximum of four key words. Individuals may submit up to two abstracts. At least one of those must be co-authored, one may be sole authored. Each presentation will be allocated a 30 minute time slot, 20 minutes for presentation followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Your submission should be a separate Word document and include in the body of the email, the title of the paper and the details of a contact author, phone and email address. Please submit abstracts by email before 26th July 2013 to nzdc@aut.ac.nz<mailto:nzdc@aut.ac.nz> You will receive an acknowledgement upon receipt of your submission, if you do not receive this please contact the organiser. The 4th New Zealand Discourse Conference 2 - 4 December 2013 AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand Keynote speakers Professor Cindy Gallois The University of Queensland Professor Adam Jaworski The University of Hong Kong Professor Theo van Leeuwen University of Technology Sydney Deadline 26 July, 2013 Submissions are invited for the 4th New Zealand Discourse Conference from academics and others interested in discourse analysis that addresses theoretical, methodological or empirical research in a variety of applications. Given the increasing use of discourse analysis in many disciplines submissions are not limited to any one particular theme. However some of the areas that have been included in our three previous conferences include: Culture and identity Public policy and the state Gender and diversity Ideology, power and knowledge Marketing and consumption Globalization and development Media Finance Community and health Education and learning Place, space and time Practice and praxis Professions and institutions Language and communication Work, management and organization Science and technology Computer-mediated communication Biblical and ancient texts Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length and include a maximum of four key words. Individuals may submit up to two abstracts. At least one of those must be co-authored, one may be sole authored. Each presentation will be allocated a 30 minute time slot, 20 minutes for presentation followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Your submission should be a separate Word document and include in the body of the email, the title of the paper and the details of a contact author, phone and email address. Please submit abstracts by email before 26th July 2013 to nzdc@aut.ac.nz<mailto:nzdc@aut.ac.nz> You will receive an acknowledgement upon receipt of your submission, if you do not receive this please contact the organiser.