Würzburg International Symposium on Dialogue in Politics

Political Dialogue Analysis

Würzburg International Symposium on Dialogue in Politics

13-15 September 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

Human beings are articulate mammals and political agents. How are the two connected: is

there a direct connection between them? Is politics necessarily mediatised, or is it articulated

directly? What is political dialogue, and what are the realisations of dialogue about politics

and political dialogue?

The goal of the symposium on Dialogue in Politics is to bring together different analytic

approaches and methodologies used in political discourse analysis and political dialogue

analysis, examining politics as text-and-talk, politics as media events, the construction of

micro politics and macro politics in and through dialogue, to name but the most prominent

ones. In this sense, the symposium is open to the various approaches in Dialogue Analysis and

Political Discourse Analysis but will have a specific focus on approaches that aim at

addressing the mixed game of effective dialogic interaction. Issues related to cultural norms

and cultural variation, mediatisation and institutionalization of political dialogue are included.

Possible session topics:

• Parliamentary discourse

• Political interview

• Political speech

• Political identities

• Politics and power

• Politics and gender

• Politics as text and talk

• Positioning in political dialogue

Abstracts and registration

• Deadline for abstracts 15 March 2010.

• Registration early bird by 1 May 2010.

Contact: iada2010@uni-wuerzburg.de

Website: http: //www.anglistik.uni-wuerzburg.de/iada2010