The Department of Humanities, Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Miercurea Ciuc, the Intercultural Confluences Research Center, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania, organizes the International Conference Discourse, Culture and Representation III in the Miercurea Ciuc campus of the university on 21-22 April, 2023. The working languages of the Conference are: Hungarian, Romanian and English.
At the dawn of modernity, Giambattista Vico and Herder formulated the idea, also applied today by contemporary theoreticians starting from George Steiner to Davin Damrosch and Jacques Derrida, according to which self-knowledge can only be reached through observing others and that different languages and cultures influence each other in a positive way.
The aim of our conference is to bring together researchers from different fields of the Humanities (Literature, Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Linguistics, Discourse and Conversation Analysis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics) to exchange their findings and to foster further collaboration and exchange of ideas related to the concepts of discourse, culture and representation.
The terms “discourse”, “culture” and “representation” can be interrelated in a variety of ways; the conference aims to invite papers that address cultural phenomena (culture and identity, interculturality, cultures in transition, translation and cultural transfer, exchange of ideas, border-crossing, intercultural exchange, bilingualism, multilingualism) and discuss the ways in which they are rendered in terms of their discursive aspects. Papers that disseminate research findings on literary connections and intercultural transfers, on the literary and cultural values of Eastern and Central Europe, also considering linguistic aspects, are especially welcome. Each paper will be allotted 20 minutes for the presentation, followed by discussions. The programme will also include a virtual panel. We are going to stream the planery sessions and online presentations on the virtual platform.
Plenary speakers
Submission Guidelines
In order to participate, please fill in the online registration form.
Please submit an abstract of maximum 250 words, written in English or Hungarian. The abstract submission deadline is January 30, 2023. Notification of acceptance will be sent by February 10, 2023.
We are expecting original and unpublished articles discussing aspects of discourse, culture and representation. A selection of papers based on favourable peer-review will be published in the 2023 edition of Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica, the International Scientific Journal of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, indexed in many scientific databases, and also the Collection of Scientific Papers edited by the Scientia Publishing House, a recognized academic publisher.
The participation fee covers the conference folder, the coffee breaks and the reception.
Further information: humanconferenceuni.sapientia.ro
Fee Payment Deadline: 14 April, 2023
MA and PhD students: 250 RON PAYMENT LINK
Virtual panel: 250 RON PAYMENT LINK
We look forward to welcoming you in Miercurea Ciuc!
SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA
The Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania is the independent university of the Hungarian community in Romania, which aims at providing education to the members of our community and performing scientific research on a high professional level.
Sapientia University, Faculty of Economics and Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering
Miercurea Ciuc, judeţul Harghita, Piaţa Libertăţii nr. 1., 530104
Tel.: +40-266-314-657, Fax: +40-266-372-099
E-mail: miercureaciuc
uni.sapientia.ro
