November 13-15, 2019 at Örebro University
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The focus of this symposium will be “Language and Prejudice”. Prejudice is typically based on socially constructed ideas of identity, such as ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, etc. Language bias and stereotyping (negative or positive) is a key component in this practice.
November 15th will be devoted to networking and workshops for potential writers who would like to contribute to an edited volume. |
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PROGRAM Wednesday 13 November 10:00-11:00: Registration (Location: Lobby, Forumhuset) 11:00-11:15: Welcome and information (Location: Lecture hall BIO, Forumhuset) 11:15-12:00: Keynote 1 Tamara Rakić: Say it with an Accent – The Role of Language and Accents in Social Perception (Location: Lecture hall BIO, Forumhuset) 12:00-13:15: Lunch (Location: Restaurant Forum, Forumhuset) 13:15- 14:00: Keynote 2 Cheryl Glenn: The Language of Feminism, Anchored in Hope (Location: Lecture hall BIO, Forumhuset) 14:00- 15:00: Parallell sessions (abstracts) 15:00- 15:30: Coffee 15:30-17:00: Parallell sessions (abstracts) 19:00-late: Conference Dinner: Restaurant Rosengrens Skafferi Address: Klostergatan 2, 70361 Örebro Thurday 14 November 9:30-10:15: Keynote 3 Jane Sunderland: Language, Gender and Prejudice (Location: Lecture hall BIO, Forumhuset) 10:15-10:45: Coffee 10:45-12:15: Parallell sessions (abstracts) 12:15-13:15: Lunch (Location: Restaurant Forum, Forumhuset) 13:15-14:45: Parallell sessions (abstracts) 14:45-15:15 Coffee 15:15-16:45: Parallell sessions (abstracts) 18:00 (ish): Informal dinner (We have booked space at Bishop's Arms, which offers pub meals in a typical English pub atmosphere. Please let us know if you want to join on Wednesday) Friday 15 November 09:30-11:15: Panel Debate and Discussion Book publication, future events, network etc (Lecture hall F139, Forumhuset) 11:15-12:00: Coffee and Symposium Closing |
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Dr. Tamara Rakić is a lecturer of Lancaster University. Her research interests includes: Influence of accents on person perception and social categorization, language and culture in social psychology, and relations between language and social identity
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Dr. Jane Sunderland was the Director of Studies of the PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework programme 2000-2012. Her main research interest is discourse, language and gender. From 1988 until 1991 Jane was a tutor in the Institute for English Language Education, Lancaster University.
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Dr. Cheryl Glenn is Distinguished Professor of English and Women's Studies, Director of the Program in Writng and Rhetoric, and co-founder of Penn State's Center for Democratic Deliberation. She has earned numerous research, scholarship, teaching, and mentoring awards and has delivered lectures and workshops across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2015, she received an honorary doctorate from Orebro University in Sweden for her rhetorical scholarship and influence. In 2019, she received the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Exemplar Award.
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