Calls for Papers
Faculty of Communication Sciences “Università della Svizzera italiana” - Switzerland - James Madison Program Princeton University -USA
On Communicating State of Emergency: Constitution, Individual Liberty and Political Communication
Workshop conference
Lugano, Switzerland
March 7-9 2013
Scholars from Europe and the United States will gather to explore the political, legal and communication issues associated with various types of emergencies.
The objective is to explore issues involved with information dissemination and withholding during various types of emergencies to explore the modern challenges governments face in achieving public cooperation in protecting public health, safety and security from threats both natural and man-made. We expect that examination of strategic responses will raise questions concerning government transparency, veracity, and capacity to effectively disseminate information in an age of multiple information sources with competing messages. While each type of emergency poses unique challenges, we expect that there are common themes among most types. At the same time, we expect that different nations, influenced by their internal political and social cultures, may respond or prepare to respond the emergency challenges differently. These differences can be instructive but may also pose complications when an emergency cannot be contained within a nation’s geographic boundaries.
Consequently, we expect participants to offer comparative perspectives that will provide the foundation for discussion that may in turn identify new theoretical frames for grappling with these issues as well as new strategic considerations.
Papers will focus on these tentative topics:
• War and Terrorism; Keynote speaker: Prof. Robert A. Pape, University of Chicago
• Threats to health; Keynote speaker: Prof. Leslie E. Gerwin, Princeton University
• Natural disasters; Keynote speaker: Prof. Marc Landy, Boston College University
• Financial crisis; Keynote speaker: Professor Timothy L. Sellnow, University of Kentucky
• Crisis communication and Public control; Keynote speaker: Professor Benjamin A. Kleinerman, Michigan State University
The host location might invite a limited number of others colleagues and graduate students. In consideration of the relevance of the themes of the Workshop, we will invite also public administrators and journalists.
Abstracts (maximum 250 words), along with full contact information (title, name, affiliation, email) and a short biography (of between 50 and 100 words), should be submitted to emergencies.com@usi.ch by January 7, 2013.
Accepted papers will be announced in the first week of February 2013.
For further information:
Prof. Maurizio Viroli
and/or
Andrea Ponzetta
LSM - Laboratory for Mediterranean Studies
emergencies.com@usi.ch
University of Lugano
v. Giuseppe Buffi 13
6904 Lugano, Switzerland
tel. +41 (0)58 666 45 48
fax +41 (0)58 666 46 47
VIII Biennial International Conference on Intercultural Research
Where: University of Nevada--Reno, Nevada
When: June 23-27, 2013
The International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR) invites you to join us at the 8th Biennial International Conference on Intercultural Research. The conference will be hosted by the University of Nevada, located in the beautiful city of Reno, Nevada—“The Biggest Little City in the World.”
The IAIR is an explicitly interdisciplinary forum which promotes and facilitates intercultural research in the areas of Psychology, Sociology, Communication, Education, Anthropology, Management, Political Science, and other areas of specialization in the social sciences and practice. The 2013 conference theme is “Pushing the Frontiers of Intercultural Research: Asking Critical Questions.” The immediate objective of the conference is to provide an international forum for participants to consider and question information through meaningful dialogues. Whether we are conducting research or applying it, we need to consider whether we are asking the types of critical questions that are necessary. Are we pushing the boundaries of our fields, or staying bounded by existing frameworks of knowledge, methodology, or applications?
All theoretical and empirical works regardless of method or discipline are solicited. Members and non-members at all levels of training and practice are encouraged to submit proposals. There are three submission deadlines: November 1st, January 15th, and February 15th. Proposals received by the first deadline will be given first consideration and so forth.
More information about the conference and the call for proposals is available at the following website: http://www.intercultural-academy.net/iair-2013-home.html
CIM Call for Abstracts
Communication in the Millennium- International Symposium
May 20-24, 2013 St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
The Association of Turkish and American Communication Scholars (ATACS) seeks abstracts for the International Symposium Communication in the Millennium. The association welcomes original papers on a variety of topics, including Communication Theory and Communication Studies, Public Relations and Advertising, Journalism, New Technologies, Cinema-TV and Broadcast, Ethics, Communication Education. Other topics will be considered if space is available in the program.
Early Abstract Submission Deadline: November 31, 2012.
Notification of the scholar/s about the accepted papers: December 31, 2013.
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 31, 2012.
Notification of the scholar/s about the accepted papers: January 31, 2013.
For more information please see: http:cim.anadolu.edu.tr/main.html