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WHO ARE WE
We are a research institute composed of professors, associate professors and lecturers who share a common interest in cultural issues in language and communication or discourse. We see discourse as a site of cultural interaction and competition, at both lay and scientific levels, and therefore seek to identify, highlight and subvert discourses of cultural domination on the one hand and on the other hand to advocate discourses of cultural co-existence, cooperation and change. As object of enquiry we study both Chinese and international discourses and strive to achieve theoretical and methodological innovation by taking not only interdisciplinary but also multicultural perspectives. We welcome exchanges of international research students and scholars in the relevant fields.

 

We warmly welcome national and international exchanges of visiting scholars,postdocs, PhD and MA students!

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Dr Jan Nederveen Pieterse (University of California, Santa Barbara): Global Rebalancing: Crisis and the East–South Turn. Jun. 22th, 2011, 15:00-16:00, Eastern Block 5, Room 201, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University.

Prof Shi-xu's lecture at 17th International Workshop on Discourse Studies(Video), March 25, 2011, Madrid

Dr Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz (University of Wisconsin-Parkside): Holding Intercultural/International/Interdisciplinary Dialogues. Apr. 27th, 2011, 16:00-17:00, Eastern Block 6, Room 402, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University. Wine reception: 17:00-18:00

Dr Dominique Maingueneau (University of Paris-EstCréteil): About “French” DiscourseAnalysis. Apr. 8th, 2011, 16:00-17:00, Eastern Block 6, Room 402, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University.
Wine reception: 17:00-18:00

Dr ZHANG Xingkui (Sydney University/Zhejiang University): Gender and Discourse: Review of Current Academic Debates and Development of Women and Gender Studies as a Discipline in Mainland China. Apr. 1st, 2011, 15:30-16:15, Eastern Block 6, Room 402, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University.
Dr Monika Vij (Delhi University, India): Communication and Urban Development: Researching the changing City words in Urban Dynamics of India. Apr. 1st, 2011, 16:15-17:00, Eastern Block 6, Room 402, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University.

Shi-xu will deliver a lecture at 17th International Workshop on Discourse Studies, March 24-25, 2011, Madrid.

Mailihaba • Aolan (Xinjiang University): Xinjiang Overview. Oct. 21st, 2010, 14:00-15:00, Eastern Block 6, Room 402, Zijingang Campus

The Third International Conference on Multicultural Discourses
held in Hangzhou, Aug 27-29, 2010

Dr.Dimitri della Faille(Universite du Quebec): Contributions of Discourse Studies to Developmental Studies. Sep. 3rd, 2010, 14:00-15:00, Eastern Block 6, Room 401, Zijinggang Campus

Dr. Herbert W. Simons(Ph.D., Purdue University, 1961) : The Transitional Rhetoric of Chinese CommunistParty Leaders in the Period of Economic Reform: Dilemmas and Strategies
Jan. 12th, 2009, 15 :00 – 16 :45, Eastern Block 5, Room 101, Zijinggang Campus

Director of Centre of Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, Zhejiang U, and Qiushi Distinguished Professor, Shi-xu delivered a keynote speech at the 15th AILA conference in Essen, 24-29 Aug 2008. The title of his speech is: Reconstructing Eastern Paradigms of Discourse Studies; it showed the foundations, principles and strategies for reconstructing a set of new Asian, African and Latin American approaches to discourse research. The conference had a gathering of over 1,500 delegates from all over the world. Further info:  www.aila2008.org

Prof. Neyla Graciela Pardo Abril (Universidad Nacional): Latin American Perspective on Discourse Studies. June.17th, 2008, 15:00 – 16:00, Eastern Block 5, Room 101, Zijinggang Campus

Prof. Shi-xu (Zhejiang University): Reconstructing an Eastern Paradigm of Discourse Studies. June.17th, 2008, 16:00 – 17:00, Eastern Block 5, Room 101, Zijinggang Campus

Prof. Jaan Valsiner (Clark University, USA):Where cultural psychology meets communication theories: Beyond transmission to marking of the semiosphere. June.6th, 2008, 16:00, Eastern Block 5, Room 201, Zijinggang Campus

The First Conference on Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies was held successfully in Hangzhou between Dec. 27- 28, 2007.

A delegation from University of Turin (Italy) visited the institute on Sep. 20. The two sides had a friendly talk on the possibility of cooperation and exchange programs between the two universities.

A research seminar was held between 4:00pm – 6:00pm on Sep. 18 with the participation of master and PhD. Students, and teachers of the institute. Such seminar is scheduled every two weeks to encourage the involvement of more students and young teachers in their research field.

Prof. Monica Heller (University of Toronto) : Communities, identities, processes and practicesDecember 27 2006, 16：00 Eastern Block 5-401 Zijinggang Campus

Prof. Bonny Norton (British Columbia University): Identity, language learning, and imagined communities. Dec. 13, 2006, 9:00-11:00am. Easten Block 5, Room 201, Zijinggang Campus

Dr. Miguel Perez Milans : Sociolinguistic and Ethnographic Approaches to Discourse. Dec 05, 2006, 14:00 -15:00, Eastern Block 6, Room 401, Zijinggang Campus

Professor Qian Guanlian: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language. October 26, 2006, 16:00-17:30 Eastern Block 6, Room 401, Zijinggang Campus

Professor Wang Yin: Cognitive theory of language experience. October 24, 2006, 14:00-15:30 Eastern Block 6, Room 401, Zijinggang Campus

Professor Chin-Chuan Lee: Global Media Spectacle: News War over Hongkong. October 17, 2006, 16:00-17:30 Eastern Block 5, Room 201, Zijinggang Campus

PACA Convention at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, January 7-9, 2007,  http://www.paca4u.com

Dialogue: Public Sphere, Internet and Emerging Civil Society in China
YANG GUOBIN (Prof.) Dept. Of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Columbia University. Discourse, Religion and Cultural Studies in Germany. Professor from Germany. 2:00-4:00 p.m. Tuesday, 19 June 2006

Toshiko Hamaguchi (Ph.D. University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo): Co-construction of Family Identity in Intergenerational Family Conversation.10:00 a.m. Friday, 16 June 2006

Professor Gabriella Modan:The Fluidity of Race: Jewish Race Discourse in Washington DC. June 9, 2006, 14:00-15:00 Eastern Block 6, Room 401, Zijingjang Campus

Professor Gu Yueguo: Multi-eco-agent Modeling of Situated Discourse. May 31, 2006, 16:00-17:30 Eastern Block 5, Room 201, Zijinggang Campus(ppt)

Graduate Student Conference on Doing Critical Discourse Analysis in the Chinese Context: May 28,2006 Block East-6 4th Floor

Professor Gabriella Modan:The ethnography of communication and approaches to discourse studies in the United States May 17, 2006, 14:00-15:00 Eastern Block 6, Room 401, Zijingjang Campus

Professor Narcisa Paredes-Canilao:Social Sciences 2: Challenges to mainstream social science. May 16, 2006, 14:00-15:00 Eastern Block 6, Room 401, Zijingjang Campus

Professor Narcisa Paredes-Canilao:Social Sciences 1: Emergence and development of the social sciences. April 28, 2006, 14:00-15:00 Eastern Block 6, Room 401, Zijingjang Campus