Co-organised by:

• International Association of Multicultural Discourse Studies;

• The Center for Advanced Studies of African Societies -University of the Western Cape, South Africa;

• School for Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, Hangzhou Normal University, China

INTRODUCTION

The successes of the past seven rounds of the International Conference on Multicultural Discourses held in China, Brazil, the Netherlands, and Romania, respectively, have consolidated the position of Cultural Discourse Studies in the social sciences.

The 8th International Conference on Multicultural Discourses, under the auspices of the International Association of Multicultural Discourses, will be co-organized by the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and the School of Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, Hangzhou Normal University, China.

The event will be hosted by the University of the Western Cape in Rondebosch, South Africa, between December 12-14, 2022.

Mankind is witnessing yet again the centennial moment of global transformation and the world is ridden with grave challenges and great opportunities.

To answer to these uncertain winds of change, scholars from diverse fields such as communication, media, language, literature, culture, history, international relations, etc. are invited to offer their insights into topics of, but not restricted to:

· Discourses of globalization, cultural equality, interconnection;

· Discourses of security, conflict, war, peace;

· Discourses of protectionism, (in)tangible borders, immigration, racism;

· Discourses of development, cooperation, common prosperity;

· Discourses of digital, multi-modal, cinematic representations;

· Discourses of nuclear armament, climate change, poverty;

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

· Mantoa Motinyane, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

· Rosaleen Oabona Brankie Nhlekisana, University of Botswana, Botswana

· James E. Katz, Boston University, USA

· Elena Vartanova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

· Ringo Ossewaarde, University of Twente, The Netherlands

· Shi-xu, Hangzhou Normal University, China

SUBMISSION

Abstracts of about 250 words, panel proposals of about 500 words (of min 4 speakers with 250 words abstracts) should be sent to the organizers at the following email address:

Multiculturaldiscourses8@gmail.com

cc: discourses@zju.edu.cn

DEADLINES

Deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals: Nov 15, 2022.

Notification of acceptance will be sent out not later than Nov 20, 2022.