Identity

The Doctoral School of the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest, would like to invite PhD candidates in history, political science, international relations, economics or any other related fields, from all over the world, to an international conference about borders, barriers and frontiers as they have evolved and shaped human society throughout centuries. Transnational, regional and global perspectives are especially welcome.

We are a group of students of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) who organizes the first annual international students’ conference that will be held at JGU. The conference is open to all university students worldwide. We searched for a topic which resonates with all students, facilitates interdisciplinary discussions, and encompasses existential concerns, as well as current and future challenges. That’s why we decided on “Bounds of Humanity”. Are there bounds for humankind and humanity? What are the limits of responsibility? Can we overcome mental, political, and social boundaries?

The theme is ‘Citizenship & Identity in a ‘post-truth’ world’ and will focus on the discourse, research and praxis related to this theme. The ‘post truth’ world challenges dominant conceptions of citizenship. It has transformed political culture via emotionally-charged rhetoric that is disconnected from the realities of contemporary citizenship and governance. Factual/expert interventions into public debate are often marginalised in favour of the repetition of unsubstantiated or fabricated assertions, allowing previously ‘extreme’ beliefs and positions to enter the political mainstream. Seemingly, appearance becomes more important than reality and the construction of division persistently erodes solidarity. What can/do we do?

The title of the conference is Alternative Facts and Actual Fiction: Constructing the Social Narrative. The invited speakers are experts from a number of different strands of History, Archaeology and Literature with an emphasis on the medieval and early modern periods, covering a range of geographical areas, such as Scandinavia, Anglo-Saxon England and Scotland.

The main theme of this one-day conference is intercultural communication: it’s scope, challenges and prospects and in particular the intercultural differences and similarities which occur in the global context. The aim of the conference is to inform, discuss, alert and draw conclusions as to how intercultural communication can impact the way that people: think, work, negotiate and form professional, interpersonal and personal relationships. ​

Language in the Online and Offline World (LOOW) is a signature biennial conference conducted by the English Department of Petra Christian University. This coming LOOW 6 conference selects the theme: The Fortitude. The objective of the conference is challenging people to have mental and emotional strength in confronting the hazards and struggles of the online and offline languages (verbal and/or visual) used in education, business communication, media, and cultural studies. Please visit our website for further information: http://inggris.petra.ac.id/loow/loow_conference/