Call for Papers - AIA SEMINAR

Breaking Barriers: Empowering Interactions in Language, Literature, and Culture. We invite contributions in the fields of (critical) discourse analysis, literary studies and cultural studies.

  • Data:

    14 MAGGIO
    -
    15 MAGGIO 2025
     
  • Luogo: Aldo Moro, Università di Bari

  • Tipo: Convegno

Breaking Barriers: Empowering Interactions in Language, Literature, and
Culture. 

The 2025 AIA Seminar “Breaking Barriers: Empowering Interactions in
Language, Literature, and Culture” will take place at the Aldo Moro
University of Bari on 14 and 15 May, 2025.
We invite contributions on a variety of discursive areas, from across
different and / or cross-disciplinary research fields, welcoming
diversity in theoretical and methodological approaches. Our elective
focus, Breaking Barriers, offers itself to multiple inflections,
showcasing the need for change and empowerment as a key quality that
underlies recent developments in contemporary discourses, in the fields
of – amongst others – (critical) discourse analysis, literary
studies, cultural studies, (critical) disability studies, environmental
studies, museum studies (‘New Museology’).

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Maria Grazia Guido, Professoressa Ordinaria di Lingua e Traduzione
Inglese, Università del Salento

Michaela Mahlberg, Alexander-von-Humboldt Professor of Digital
Humanities, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Alex Robinson, Honorary Fellow, University of Liverpool, Centre for the
Study of International Slavery (CSIS)

Elena Spandri, Professoressa Ordinaria di Letteratura Inglese,
Università di Siena

We invite submissions addressing the core topic from either theoretical
or applied and text-focussed perspectives, in literature, linguistics,
and cultural studies, including discussion of best practices in teaching
and other professional experiences. Contributions from established
scholars, early-career researchers, and PhD students are welcome.

Possible topics and research areas to be explored include, but are not
limited to:

• Academic, professional and corporate communication
• Accessibility and disability studies
• Digital Humanities and AI
• Environmental humanities
• Gender studies
• Multimodality, intermediality and AVT
• Medical humanities
• Migration, border discourse and cultural mediation
• News, mass media, social media
• Political discourse
• Specialized discourse and translation
• Travel, tourism and heritage

Abstract Submission and Timeline
Panel sessions: 20-minute presentations + 10 minutes Q&A
Abstracts: max 500 words, including references

The call is now open:
https://auth.oxfordabstracts.com/?redirect=/stages/77754/submissions/new

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
1 March, 2025
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
15 March, 2025
CONFERENCE
14-15 May, 2025

REGISTRATION FEES
Eur. 80,00 (standard)
Eur. 65,00 (PhD students only)

Details on the registration procedures will follow.