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SUMMARY:SAUTE Conference 2021: Migrations and Contacts
DESCRIPTION:University of Zurich, 14 and 15 May 2021\n\nDownload the Update
 d CFP\n\nDownload the Conference Poster\n\nThe European refugee crisis, the
  Brexit vote, Trump’s “build the wall” campaign: Over the last decade, publ
 ic discourse on migration has been increasingly marked by a rhetoric of eme
 rgency and threat, as well as calls for a stricter policing of borders and 
 the limitation of mobility. Against this current background, the 2021 SAUTE
  Conference will allow us to approach the issue of Migrations and Contacts 
 from a historically and culturally comparative perspective. Both the Englis
 h language and Anglophone literatures provide ample and timely reminders of
  the crucial role cross‐cultural encounters and exchanges have played throu
 ghout history – from the invasions of the British Isles through the expansi
 on of the English (later, British) Empire to contemporary multiculturalism 
 in all parts of the Anglophone world, where the English language and Englis
 h‐language literature continue to diversify.\n\nThis conference aims to bri
 ng together contributions from the fields of linguistics and literary and c
 ultural studies. In a workshop‐like atmosphere, we hope to enable a fruitfu
 l exchange between scholars from all career stages who are currently workin
 g on thematically related projects. More specifically, we envisage bringing
  together presentations covering the following areas:\n\nSadly, the emergen
 ce of Covid‐19 has given a new twist to the conference topic. Instead of al
 lowing the pandemic to disrupt our scholarly exchange, however, we will nev
 ertheless hold the meeting in virtual form, in as interactive a fashion as 
 possible – and with sufficient breaks to avoid screen fatigue. The conferen
 ce will be conducted in an interdisciplinary spirit: instead of parallel pa
 nels, there will be short thematic sessions attended by all conference part
 icipants.\n\nMigrations and Contacts will feature two internationally renow
 ned keynote speakers: geographer and poet Tim Cresswell from the University
  of Edinburgh and sociolinguist Devyani Sharma from Queen Mary University o
 f London.\n\nDeadlines for Abstracts and Registration\n\nThe extended deadl
 ine for the submission of abstracts (of around 300 words) is Friday, 12 Mar
 ch. Please send your abstracts to: michael.frank@es.uzh.ch and schreier@es.
 uzh.ch.\n\nTo register for the conference, please send an email to SAUTE202
 1@es.uzh.ch by Friday, 30 April; you will then receive the link and passwor
 d to our Zoom meeting room. Needless to say, participation is free.\n\n\n\n
LOCATION:English Department, University of Zurich
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