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Friday, November 4, 2016

 Education and Development Conference 2017
March 5th - 7th 2017, Bangkok, Thailand 

Welcome to 12th Annual Education and Development Conference

We are proud to invite you to join us at 12th Annual Education and Development Conference, that will take place from March 5th - 7th 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.

This education conference is organized by Tomorrow People Organization- internationally recognized non for profit organization with head quarters in Belgrade, Serbia.

The official language of the conference in English. Attendance of delegates from more than 40 countries is expected.

This highly exciting and challenging international Conference on education 2017  is intended to be a forum, discussion and networking place for academics, researchers, professionals, administrators, educational leaders, policy makers, industry representatives, advanced students, and others.

More specifically, it targets:

  • Government officials and policy makers: Learn about the best practices, educational development strategies and educational systems around the world; network with other policy makers and NGOs working in the field of supporting the educational development.
  • NGOs: Network with other international NGOs, possible donors and colleagues from around the world and share your achievements and strategies with others.
  • Graduate students: Meet your colleagues from around the world, make new friends, and improve your knowledge and communication skills.
  • Company representatives: Chance to improve your leadership skills, learn more about the importance of permanent education in achieving the high performances of your organization, meet your colleagues, exchange ideas and establish new connections and partnerships.
  • Scholars: Learn some new approaches, hear about others’ experiences and pass on your knowledge and experience on to the others.
  • Others: Interested in making some positive changes around them and gaining new knowledge, skills and friends and becoming more useful to their own communities.
Tomorrow People Organization is proud to invite you to 12th Annual Education and Development Conference, hosted by Tomorrow People Organization, taking place from 5-7 March 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. This highly exciting and challenging international Conference is intended to be a forum, discussion and networking place for academics, researchers, professionals, administrators, educational leaders, policy makers, industry representatives, advanced students, and others interested in Education.

Attendance of distinguished delegates from over 40 countries is expected from academic, governmental and NGO sectors.

Education and Development Conference 2017 will provide resources and opportunities to interact with prominent leaders in the field of education and greatly expand on your global network of scholars and professionals.

We welcome: ORAL, POSTER and VIRTUAL presentations. Early submissions are strongly encouraged due to limited space in the venue, as applications are reviewed and accepted on a rolling admission basis - as long as space is available.

The conference topics include, but are not limited to: Adult Education, Arts Education, Anthropology and Education, Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Educational Systems and Policy, Educational Psychology, Environmental Education, Gender and Education, Guidance and Counseling, Health Education, Higher Education, History of Education, IT and Education, Language Education and Literacy, Lifelong Learning, Mathematics Education, Mentoring and Coaching, Multicultural Issues in Education, Philosophy of Education, Physical Education, Primary Education, Quality in Education, Race, Ethnicity and Education, Research and Development, Rural Education, Science Education, Secondary Education, Sociology of Education, Special and Inclusive Education, Teacher Education, Values and Education, Vocational Education and Training, Other areas of Education.

Papers presented at the conference will be published in a dedicated ISBN publication of EDC 2017 Conference Proceedings.

Applications are accepted online at: http://www.ed-conference.org/apply.html

EDC 2017 is proud to partner with star alliance, as the official airline alliance of the conference, offering up to 20% discount on airfares to the EDC 2017 participants and accompanying persons.

The participating airlines for 12th Annual Education and Development Conference are: ANA, Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines, Avianca, Croatia Airlines, EVA Airways, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, TAP Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines, United.

Bookings can be made, clicking on the link bellow, or if booked through the travel agent, please make sure you provide the event booking code for tickets reservation TG03S17:

http://conventionsplusbookings.staralliance.com/trips/StarHome.aspx?meetingcode=TG03S17

You may also be interested in Tomorrow People Organization's:

8th Annual Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference, 1-3 March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
Website: www.wleconference.org

10th Annual Poverty and Social Protection Conference, 9-11 March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
Website: www.pspconference.org

We look forward to seeing you in Bangkok in March 2017!

Sincerely,

EDC 2017 Organizing Committee
Email: contact@tomorrowpeople.org
Website: www.ed-conference.org


Education and Development Conference 2017 will provide unlimited resources and opportunities to interact with prominent leaders in the field and greatly expand on your global network of scholars and professionals.

We look forward to seeing you in Bangkok in March 2017!


10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION: THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE
30-31 March 2017
Timişoara
Call for Papers
POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY OF
TIMISOARA
DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNICATION AND
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Str. Petre Râmneanţu, 2
Timisoara, 300596
Romania
Tel: +4.0256.40.40.14
Fax: +4.0256.40.40.17
Web: http://sc.upt.ro/ro/dcls


Given the success of PCTS9 in 2015, the 10th anniversary edition of the conference aims to continue the exchange of ideas on the impact of new technologies on communication, to highlight the evolution of humanities and social sciences in conjunction with technological innovation, and to identify (new) trends in the language industry in the post web 2.0 era. Conference sections:  Communication and public relations  Linguistics  Translation studies  Foreign language teaching Conference format  Types of presentation: talk (20 minutes), workshop (60 minutes), panel discussion (2 hrs.)  Working languages: Romanian, English, French, or German Publication Selected papers will be published in the volume Professional Communication and Translation Studies (peer-reviewed, indexed by EBSCO, Index Copernicus, CEEOL, and Fabula) or in the Scientific Bulletin of Politehnica University of Timisoara, Transactions on Modern Languages (peer-reviewed, indexed by EBSCO, CEEOL, and Fabula). Languages of publication: English, French or German. Important dates Abstract submission deadline: March 01, 2017 Notification of acceptance and first draft of the conference programme: March 10, 2017 Final draft of the conference programme: March 15, 2017 Paper submission deadline: May 1, 2017 Registration deadlines* & conference fees** Participants:  Special early-bird (October 20, 2016 to December 31, 2016): 225 lei / 50 EUR  Early bird (January 01, 2017 to January 31, 2017): 265 lei / 60 EUR  Regular (February 01, 2017 to March 01, 2017): 300 lei / 70 EUR Guests (participants other than speakers): 225 lei / 50 EUR B.A. or M.A. students: 100 lei / 25 EUR Additional papers: 100 lei / 25 EUR *Full registration implies payment of the conference fee and submission of the registration form **The fee covers the conference folder, the certificate of attendance, the refreshments during coffee breaks, the lunch and the cocktail dinner on March 30, for one conference participant. If co-authors attend, each of them has to register. Participants are kindly asked to cover all bank transfer costs. Each participant may present no more than two papers at the conference. All authors who will have their papers published will receive one free copy of the Proceedings. 


Additional copies will also be available for sale. The fee shall be paid into the following bank account: ASOCIATIA "ORIZONTURI UNIVERSITARE" Str. Mihai Viteazu nr. 1, 300222 Timisoara, Romania VAT code (CUI): 8323902 RON account IBAN: RO68BRDE360SV05456573600 EURO account IBAN: RO64BRDE360SV05456653600 BRD – GSG, Sucursala Timisoara Str. Socrate nr. 1, 300551 Timisoara, Romania SWIFT code: BRDEROBU 

Please mention: PCTS10 and the name of the participant The payment confirmation shall be sent to pcts@upt.ro Registration form


 To register, please use the registration form available on the conference page, at http://sc.upt.ro/ro/pcts10 


Like us on our Facebook page and be constantly updated with the latest conference news https://www.facebook.com/ProfessionalCommunicationAndTranslationStudies 
Venue Politehnica University of Timisoara, Department of Communication and Foreign Languages

Thursday, November 3, 2016

CFP : PSYCHOANALYSIS AND POLITICS
by
ANXIOUS ENCOUNTERS AND FORCES OF FEAR – SPRING SYMPOSIUM IN THE ROOMS OF THE PARIS PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY (SPP),
21 Rue Daviel, 75013, Paris,
March 31st-April 2nd 2017

Speakers include:
PINA ANTINUCCI (Psychoanalyst, British Psychoanalytical Society) – Encountering the Uncanny
JIM GRABOWSKI (Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Institute for Clinical Social Work) – Department of Abuse and Neglect: A Confusion of the Tongues in Chicago Child Welfare
SCOTT GRAYBOW (Psychotherapist, adjunct professor, Metropolitan College of New York) – Fearing the News: On the Role of Fear in the Social Character of American, White, Working Class Males

Asserting that the first situational phobias of children are those of darkness and solitude, Freud wrote; “While I was in the next room, I heard a child who was afraid of the dark call out: ‘Do speak to me, Auntie! I’m frightened!’ ‘Why, what good would that do? You can’t see me.’ To this the child replied: ‘If someone speaks, it gets lighter.’ Thus a longing felt in the dark is transformed into a fear of the dark” (1916-1917 [1915-1917], 407). The reason why a child is frightened of a strange face, he reflected, is his adjustment to the sight of a familiar and beloved figure – that of his mother. “It is his disappointment and longing that are transformed into anxiety” – having become unemployable, his libido is discharged as anxiety (407). In 1920, Freud declared that fright, fear and anxiety can be clearly distinguished in their relation to danger. While fear requires a definite object, anxiety is a state of expecting or preparing for danger, though the danger may be unknown, and fright emphasizes the factor of surprise, occurring when someone has run into danger without being prepared for it (1920g). He later abandoned this distinction in favour of describing automatic anxiety and anxiety as a signal, with a felt situation of helplessness at its core, whether the danger is internal or external; “the essence and meaning of a danger-situation […] consists in the subject’s estimation of his own strength compared to the magnitude of the danger and in his admission of helplessness in the face of it – physical helplessness if the danger is real and psychical helplessness if the danger is instinctual” (1926d [1925], 137). Anxiety consists both in the expectation of a trauma and a repetition of it in a mitigated form. “A danger-situation is a recognized, remembered, expected situation of helplessness. Anxiety is the original reaction to helplessness in the trauma and is reproduced later on in the danger-situation as a signal for help. The ego, which experienced the trauma passively, now repeats it actively in a weakened version, in the hope of being able itself to direct its course. It is certain that children behave in this fashion towards every distressing impression they receive, by reproducing it in their play” (166-167). The latter observation may lead to questions of how fear is handled culturally, depicted, denied, displaced, nourished, detested or enjoyed.

The political theorist who most famously draws on fear as a reason and foundation for submitting to political organization is Thomas Hobbes (1651), who referred to our fear of being killed by each other and declared that the sovereign’s role is to safeguard the subjects’ right to life. As Corey Robin points out (2004, 53), Montesquieu too, though less explicitly, turned to fear as a foundation for politics, the fear of despotism authorizing his liberal state where mediating institutions keep each other in check so as to avoid a too large concentration of power. Interestingly, the idea of a negative ground for human association recurs in Menzies Lyth (1960) and in Elliot Jaques, “one of the primary cohesive elements […] is that of defence against psychotic anxiety” (1955, 497).

“Upon this a question arises”, wrote Machiavelli (1515), “whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved”, since “men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails”. Descriptively and normatively, views differ as to whether fear is needed as a civilizing factor. Perhaps most strongly against its employment was Winnicott, stating that “moral education follows naturally on the arrival of morality in the child by the natural developmental processes that good care facilitates” (1965, 100). In present day politics fear is most notably evoked in connection with the figures of foreigners, Muslims and terrorists, sometimes combined into one. Terror might be thought of as recreation of terror, as a staging of revenge, or as merging with a higher purpose (Nosek, Erlich 2003). Fear, in Ahmed’s words, “is named in the very naming of terrorism; terrorists are immediately identified as agents of extreme fear, that is, those who seek to make others afraid (2014, 72) Thus “We can recall the repetition of stereotypes about the black man in the encounter described by Frantz Fanon: this repetition works by generating the other as the object of fear, a fear which is then taken on by the other, as its own (75-76). This is to evoke the theme of who fears who, who is posited as fear-invoking, and of how, in defending against fear we may create more fear, solidifying a shared fantasy into a social reality.

The topic of transformations of affects, how fear or anxiety may arise as a result of sexual desire or aggression, or in turn be changed into other affects such as guilt or hate, may lead to questions of how fear relate to sexuality in sexism and homophobia. To Winnicott, fear of WOMAN (in both men and women) is rooted in early dependence upon one’s mother, not remembered or acknowledged, “responsible for the immense amount of cruelty to women”, and he hypothesised that “One of the roots of the need to be a dictator can be a compulsion to deal with this fear of woman by encompassing her and acting for her” (1965, 252, 253). To Chodorow, “Masculinity defines itself as not-femininity and not-mother, in a way that femininity is not cast primarily as not-masculinity or not-father” (2003, 103). Furthermore: “Masculinity is not being a boy-child in relation to adult father” and “The worst male violence may occur when fantasies of humiliation by men (The man-boy dichotomy) become linked with fears of feminization and loss of selfhood (the male-female dichotomy)” (99) – and split-off qualities are attacked in the other who is seen as their representative. We might also refer to Kristeva’s thoughts on how “I expel myself, I spit myself out, I abject myself within the same motion through which “I” claim to establish myself (1982, 3). In reflecting on internalized homophobia as potentially applicable to anyone, Moss describes the original source of anxiety as the idea that a particular homoerotic impulse is dangerous. When it becomes externalized the idea is projected and reconfigured into a perception: “One thinks danger alone, but one sees it in company. The plural voice sees danger and hates its carrier. The idiosyncratic singular voice thinks danger and aims, alone, to avert it. The difference between the plural and singular voices is the difference between what seems like knowledge and what seems like feeling” (2003, 204).

We invite proposals for papers that explore conscious and unconscious fear and its social and political vicissitudes.

This is an interdisciplinary conference – we invite theoretical contributions and historical, literary or clinical case studies on these and related themes from philosophers, sociologists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, group analysts, literary theorists, historians, anthropologists, and others. Perspectives from different psychoanalytic schools will be most welcome. We promote discussion among the presenters and participants, for the symposium series creates a space where representatives of different perspectives come together, engage with one another’s contributions and participate in a community of thought. Therefore, attendance to the whole symposium is obligatory. Due to the nature of the forum audio recording is not permitted.

Presentations are expected to take half an hour. Another 20 minutes is set aside for discussion. There is a 10 min break in between each paper. Please send an abstract of 200 to 300 words, attached in a word-document, to moc.liamg@scitilop.sisylanaohcysp by October 5th 2016. We will respond by, and present a preliminary programme on October 15th 2016. If you would like to sign up to participate without presenting a paper, please contact us after this date.

This is a relatively small symposium where active participation is encouraged and an enjoyable social atmosphere is sought. A participation fee, which includes a shared dinner with wine, of € 299 before November 15th 2016 – € 377 between November 15th 2016 and January 15th 2017 – € 455 after January 15th, is to be paid before the symposium. Fees must be paid via Picatic (Picatic fees are not included in the price). Your place is only confirmed once we have received your registration including payment is completed. Additional information will be given after your abstract has been accepted or after the programme has been finalized.

We would like to thank the Paris Psychoanalytical Society (SPP).

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer travel grants or other forms of financial assistance for this event, though we will be able to assist you in finding affordable accommodation after November 15th 2016. Please contact us if you wish to make a donation towards the conference. We thank all donors in advance!

NB: Please make sure you read the Guide for abstracts thoroughly: http://www.psa-pol.org/?page_id=363

The conference lasts for three full days, from about 9 am until about 6 pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The time frame for each paper is 30 min for the presentation itself + 20 min for discussion, 50 min in total, and with a 10 min break in between each paper. This is an interdisciplinary conference. Perspectives from different psychoanalytic schools will be most welcome. We promote discussion among the presenters and participants; the symposium series creates a space where representatives of different perspectives come together, engage with one another’s contributions and participate in a community of thought. Therefore, attendance of the whole symposium is obligatory. Due to the nature of the forum audio recording is not permitted. This is a relatively small symposium where active participation is encouraged and an enjoyable social atmosphere is sought. A participation fee, which includes a shared dinner with wine, of € 299 before November 15th 2016 – € 377 between November 15th 2016 and January 15th 2017 – € 455 after January 15th, is to be paid before the symposium. Fees must be paid via Picatic (Picatic fees are not included in the price). Your place is only confirmed once your registration including payment is completed.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer travel grants or other forms of financial assistance for this event, though we will be able to assist you in finding affordable accommodation after January 15th. Please contact us if you wish to make a donation towards the conference. We thank all donors in advance! We would like to thank the Paris Psychoanalytic Society.



For More Information :

Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2017
1-3 March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand



Welcome to 8th Annual Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference
We are proud to invite you to join us at 8th Annual Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference, that will take place from March 1st - 3rd 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Conference is organized by Tomorrow People Organization - internationally recognized non for profit organization with head quarters in Belgrade, Serbia.

The official language of the conference in English. Attendance of delegates from more than 40 countries is expected.

Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2017 is a three-day program, which consists of three components: study session “women’s leadership and empowerment of disadvantaged groups”, presentations of submitted papers and open discussions. It is open to those interested in gaining leadership skills and new knowledge as well as those who want to share their own achievements

This highly exciting and challenging international Conference is intended to be a forum, discussion and networking place for academics, researchers, professionals, administrators, educational leaders, policy makers, industry representatives, advanced students, and others.

More specifically, it targets:
Government officials and policy makers: Learn about the best practices, learn more about the new approaches related women's issues and social equality, network with other policy makers and NGOs working in the related fields.

NGOs: Network with other international NGOs, possible donors and colleagues from around the world and share your achievements and strategies with others.
Graduate students: Meet your colleagues from around the world, make new friends, and improve your knowledge and communication skills.
Company representatives: Chance to improve your leadership skills, learn more about the new approaches related to the topics, meet your colleagues, exchange ideas and establish new connections and partnerships.
Scholars: Learn some new approaches, hear about others’ experiences and pass on your knowledge and experience on to the others.
Others: Interested in making some positive changes around them and gaining new knowledge, skills and friends and becoming more useful to their own communities.

Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2017 will provide unlimited resources and opportunities to interact with prominent leaders in the field and greatly expand on your global network of scholars and professionals.

We look forward to seeing you in Bangkok in March 2017!
For More Information Visit..http://www.wleconference.org/

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

8th International Conference of the Iberian Association of Translation and Interpreting Studies (AIETI8)



The University of Alcalá (UAH) (Madrid, Spain) and the FITISPos (Training and Research in Public Service Interpreting and Translation) Research Group, together with AIETI (the Iberian Association of Translation Studies and Interpreting) are pleased to announce the 8th International Conference of the Iberian Association of Translation and Interpreting Studies (AIETI8) which will be held from 6th to 10th March 2017 at the University of Alcalá (Madrid).

The main objective of this international conference is to continue the work of dialogue and exchange of experiences and projects carried out in previous conferences between professionals and the academic community, educational authorities and public and private institutions, as well as students and general public interested in intercultural communication in general and in translation and interpreting in particular.
The theme aims to reflect on expanding the limits of public service translation and interpreting.
We live in a globalized world dominated by English, but also in constant contact with less widely used languages. We are witnessing a relentless advance in technology applied to translation and interpreting, but also need linguistic and cultural intermediaries in common areas of conflict and migration. We demand the recognition of the professions of the translator and interpreter while their performance is, in fact, very frequently fused. The training of the translator/interpreter is proposed by universities, but its collaboration with other industry language professionals is required. There is an increase in the number of institutional relationships in education, but greater collaboration with companies is required. We are aware of the increase of multilingualism and cultural diversity; however, we need to redefine the concept of translation competence. We are, therefore, in times of change and aware that we need to overcome limits and assimilate fast advances; we, thus, need to sum up and not subtract.
AIETI 8 is intended to become a forum for discussion, aimed at reflecting on the most current and updated research in both academic and professional contexts. AIETI8 wants to get closer to the real needs of professionals in intralinguistic communication; the latest innovations applied to practice; the most comprehensive studies on translation and interpreting in different areas of expertise. In short, the main objective is to promote and disseminate the constant changes and advances in the field of translation and interpreting and their relationships with the environment.
The conference will be structured in two parts:
  • Seminars (6<7 March 2017) dedicated to practical aspects applied to Public Services Interpreting and Translation.
  • The actual conference (8<10 March 2017). The conference will include plenary lectures, communications, posters and round tables. Communications will have a maximum duration of 30 minutes (including the time allotted for discussion / questions). We look forward to receiving contributions on the following areas, but not exclusively:
  • Innovation and technological advances in Interpreting & Translation in general.
  • New approaches in the theory of translation / interpreting.
  • Analysis of progress on collaboration between I&T professionals in general and the work market.
  • Teaching and learning of I&T in different areas (education, health, administrative and legal settings).
  • Localization, post[editing and automatic translation.
  • Literary translation
  • Audiovisual Translation
  • Technical translations (legal, scientific, etc.)
  • Interpreting
  • The official conference languages will be Spanish, English, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque and Galician.
  • We are delighted to announce that we have confirmed our plenary speakers (Henry Liu, Dilek Dizdar, Alexandra Krause, Maya García de Vinuesa, Agnés Agboton, Gloria Corpas and Hannelore Lee


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND DATES TO REMEMBER:


  • Length: between 400 and 500 words (excluding bibliography)
  • Deadline for receipt of abstracts: October 15, 2016 extended to 31 October 2016.
  • Proposals must be sent following instructions on our web: www.aieti8.com
  • Accepted papers for oral presentation will have 20 minutes for their presentation, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.
  • Papers accepted for presentation as a poster will have an exhibition space and two sessions for authors to discuss their work with the audience.
  • Roundtables will have one hour and will be structured around a common theme and should be structured as a forum for discussion and presentation of 2 or 3 communications.
  • After the conference, authors who wish to publish their work may submit their manuscripts for which, upon acceptance by the scientific committee, will be published in an edited volume in electronic format. Delivery of manuscripts will be done following the style sheet available on the web in accordance with the instructions given in due time.


REGISTRATION




Before 1 February 2017
After 1 February 2017
AIETI members
100 €
130 €
Non members
130 €
150 €
Participants
50 €
50 €
Postgraduate students (must show proof)
45 €
50 €
Undergraduate students (must show proof)
30 €
30 €


II. The Programme will consist of an academic programme and workshops which shall take place during the previous days 6 and 7 March 2017organized by the FITISPos Research Group and specially dedicated to Public Service Interpreting and Translation in order to commemorate the VI International Conference on Public Service Interpeting and Translation.


WORKSHOP REGISTRATION




Before 1 February 2017
After 1 February 2017
Workshop 1
AIETI & AFIPTISP members and UAH students: 30 € / Non members: 40 €
AIETI members and UAH students: 40 € / Non members: 50
Workshop 2
AIETI members and UAH students: 50 € / Non members: 60 €
AIETI members and UAH students: 60 € / Non members: 70 €


The AIETI members General Assembly will take place on Thursday 9th March 2017. The Conference dinner will take place 10th March after the Closing Ceremony. AIETI8 will include a social programme which will be posted on our web page.


Further information at: http://www.aieti8.com


We look forward to seeing you in Alcalá !

1st Call for papers (download pdf)

The University of Alcalá (UAH) (Madrid, Spain) together with the AIETI Association are pleased to announce the 8th International Conference of the Iberian Association of Translation and Interpreting Studies (AIETI8) which will be held from the 8th to the 10th of March 2017 at the University of Alcalá (Madrid) Spain. The Beyond Limits theme aims to reflect on expanding the limits of public service translation and interpreting. We live in a globalized world dominated by English, though also in constant contact with less widely used languages. We are witnessing a relentless advance in technology applied to translation and interpreting, but also need linguistic and cultural intermediaries in common areas of conflict and migration. We demand the recognition of the professions of the translator and interpreter while their performance is, in fact, very frequently fused. The training of the translator/interpreter is proposed by universities, but its collaboration with other industry language professionals is required. There is an increase in the number of institutional relationships in education, but greater collaboration with companies is required. We are aware of the increase of multilingualism and cultural diversity, and we need to redefine the concept of translation competence. We are, therefore, in times of change and aware that we need to overcome limits and assimilate fast advances; we, thus, need to sum up and not subtract. The conference will be structured in two parts:
  • The AIETI8 Conference (8-10 March 2017). The conference will include plenary lectures, communications, posters and round tables. Communications will have a maximum duration of 30 minutes (including the time allotted for discussion / questions). We look forward to receiving contributions on the following areas, but not exclusively:
    • Innovation and technological advances in Interpreting & Translation in general.
    • New approaches in the theory of translation / interpreting.
    • Analysis of progress on collaboration between I&T professionals in general and the work market.
    • Teaching and learning of I&T in different areas (education, health, administrative and legal settings).
    • Localization, post-editing and automatic translation.
    • Literary translation
    • Audiovisual Translation
    • Technical translations (legal, scientific, etc.)
    • Interpreting
The official conference languages will be Spanish, English, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque and Galician.
  • Seminars /Workshops (6 -8 March 2017) dedicated to practical aspects applied to Public Services Interpreting and Translation (PSIT).
Important dates to remember:
  • Receipt of abstracts (400-500 words, not including references): by October 15th
  • Acceptance/rejections of contributions: by December 15th

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Spaces & Flows: Eighth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies
University of Hull, Hull, UK



CALL FOR PAPERS


Spaces & Flows: Eighth International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies will be held at the University of Hull, Hull, UK, 12-13 October 2017, in conjunction with the 2017 Hull UK City of Culture year. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes:


Theme 1: Urban and ExtraUrban Space
Theme 2: Human Environments and Ecosystemic Effects
Theme 3: Material and Immaterial Flows


2017 Special Focus: Enculturing the City

CONFERENCE SUBMISSION DEADLINES


The next proposal deadline is 12 December 2016. We welcome the submission of presentation proposals at any time of the year up until 30 days before the start of the conference. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission.




PLENARY SPEAKER
- Andy C. Pratt, City University London, London, UK

Andy is an internationally acclaimed expert on the topic of the cultural industries. He has held academic appointments at University College London (Bartlett School of Planning) and LSE (Geography, and Urban Research Centre), King’s College, London (Culture, Media and Creative Industries). He joined City University London in 2013. Andy established and was Director of the Urban Research Centre at LSE, founding chair of the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at KCL, and is currently Director of the Centre for Culture and the Creative Industries at City University London.

A COLLECTION OF JOURNALS

Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies encourages the widest range of submissions and aims to foster the highest standards of intellectual excellence. Articles may be submitted by in-person and virtual participants as well as Research Network Members.


The Journal is indexed by:
- SocINDEX (EBSCO)
- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
- Sociology Source International (EBSCO)
- The Australian Research Council (ERA)


For more information and to submit a proposal visit:
http://spacesandflows.com/hullconference-2017

Please forward this announcement to your colleagues and students who may be interested.

Enquiries: support@spacesandflows.com
Web address: http://spacesandflows.com/hullconference-2017
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpacesAndFlows
Sponsored by: Spaces & Flows Research Network / Common Ground Research Networks

Friday, October 14, 2016

International Research Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies (RCSSHIS-2016)

New Full Paper/Poster/Abstract Submissions Deadline: Oct. 22, 2016
The idea of International Research Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies (RCSSHIS-2016) scheduled on Dec. 16-17, 2016 at Pattaya (Thailand) is for the researchers, scientists, scholars, engineers and parctitioners from all around the world to present and share ongoing research activities. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.
RCSSHIS-2016 is sponsored by Dignified Researchers Publication (DiRPUB).

All full paper submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. One Best Presentation Award from each session will also be distributed at the time of the conference
All accepted papers of RCSSHIS-2016 will be published in the printed conference proceedings with valid International ISBN number. Each Paper will be assigned unique Digital Object Identifier(DOI) from CROSSREF and the Proceedings of the Conference will be archived in DiRPUB's Digital Library. The Proceeding will be also submitted to SCOPUS/ISI Thomson for review. In addition the proceedings will be indexed at all major search engines.
English is the official language of the conference. We welcome paper submissions. Prospective authors are invited to submit full (and original research) papers (which is NOT submitted or published or under consideration anywhere in other conferences/journal) in electronic (DOC or PDF) format alongwith the contact information.
If anybody like to avail the FULL DAY Coral Island Tour on on Dec. 17, 2016 starting at 8:30 am Morning then please add USD 30 with the fee and mention that in the registration form/email at: editor@drhss.org
SUBMISSION METHODS
1. Email:editor@drhss.org
OR
2. Electronic Submission System ( .doc/.docx/.pdf formats)
Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full text papers including results, tables, figures and references. Full text papers (.docx, .doc, .pdf) will be accepted  by Electronic Submission System. Any question,  please contact: editor@drhss.org
DOWNLOADS
The following are the links to the DiRPUB copyright form as well as the DiRPUB conference's/Journal's template for the Camera ready Paper/Final paper:
There are NO specific instructions for poster preparation. Just prepare and print the poster in Portrait style of size A1 or below and make sure to put more Pictures/Diagrams/Graphs to depict the results so that poster should look vivid and gets everybody’s attention.
Just prepare the one-page electronic format just as that of the conference template attached and print that on the any size in A1
Contact Email:
For any inquiry about the submission and conference, please feel free to contact us at: editor@drhss.org
All submitted articles should report original, previously unpublished research results, experimental or theoretical. Articles submitted to the Conference should meet these criteria and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should follow the style of the Conference and are subject to both review and editing