(Name-mce) ListServ Harmony, Diversity and Intercultural Communication June 22-24 Harbin, China

[Anselmo Villanueva]

Harmony, Diversity and Intercultural Communication

June 22-24, 2007    Harbin, China

Information: http://www.trinity.edu/org/ics/Harbin-conference-07.html

- China Association for Intercultural Communication
- International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies
- Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

>From the 'age of discovery' to this millennium, globalization have
been underway and it has dramatically altered the relations and
connections between peoples from different cultural background. The
intensification of technological change across telecommunication and
human interactions presents new political, cultural, and moral
dilemmas and opportunities. Social change, cultural differences,
identity, uncertainty, diversity and world order in the process of
global communication demands fresh perspectives and new systems of
explanation. In such rapidly changing world, communication plays a
much more important role today than ever before: People from different
cultural backgrounds are actively using the appropriation of
communication resources to construct their cultural and social right,
style, and identity. Communicative resources thus become an integral
part of an individual's symbolic and social capital, which can be
every bit as essential as real property resources were once considered
to be. Therefore, to understand and develop intercultural knowledge
and skills become most critical for a productive and successful life
in the 21st century.

China Association and the International Association for Intercultural
Communication Studies (CAFIC and IAICS) are now soliciting submissions
for the International Conference on Intercultural Communication to be
held on June 22-24, 2007 in Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin,
China. Papers reflecting diverse theoretical perspectives in both
quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches are encouraged.
Suggested conference topics include:

Conference Co-Directors

Professor Yuxin Jia
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, PR China
Email: j.yuxin at gmail.com

Professor Robert N. St. Clair
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky USA
Email: rnstcl01 at louisville.edu

Professor Hu Wenzhong, President
China Association for Intercultural Communication
Beijing Foreign Studies University

Suggested Topics
Advertising
Approaches to intercultural Communication study
Business communication across cultures
Communication accommodation
Communication and globalization
Communication education
Computer mediated communication
Conflict and negotiation
Crisis management
Cross-cultural adaptation
Cultural and linguistic diversity
Cultural identity and globalisation
Digital communication
Ethnicity and communication
Group/organizational communication across cultures
Harmony and Diversity
Health communication across cultures
Information technology and culture
Interpersonal/intercultural communication
Intercultural/global communication competence
Language and cultural Education
Language and media
Language and society
Language attitude
Language change and language stability
Language policy
Media and culture
Media literacy
Rhetoric studies
Risk communication across cultures
Theory of intercultural communication from different perspectives
Research methodology in intercultural communication studies
" Translation theory
Verbal/nonverbal communication across cultures

Guideline for Submissions
Categories: Abstract, panel proposal, and workshop proposal may be accepted:

Abstract: 150-200 words in English. Please check below for the format
of the abstract.
Panel proposal: Panel proposals reflecting the conference theme may be
submitted. All panel proposals should provide a 300-word rationale and
150-250 word abstract of each panelist's paper.
Workshop: Workshop proposals relevant to the conference theme may be
submitted. Proposal is expected to be 3-5 pages in length,
single-spaced.

Deadline: Please submit the abstract, the complete panel proposal, and
the complete workshop proposal online as MS Word attachment by Feb.20,
2007. All submissions will be carefully reviewed. Full papers have to
be submitted by May 20, 2007. IAICS will devote two issues of its
journal, Intercultural Communication Studies, to including qualified
papers from the conference.

Conference language: English and Chinese

Organizational website:  http://www.trinity.edu/org/ics/'


Call for Papers (International)

http://www.trinity.edu/org/ics/Harbin-conference-07.html

Call for Papers (China)

http://www.2007iaics.com

International scholars please email your English submission to:

Professor Robert N. St. Clair
University of Louisville, USA
Email: rnstcl01 at louisville.edu

Chinese scholars please email your Chinese submission to:

Professor Yuxin Jia
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, PR China
Email: j.yuxin at gmail.com