1st Call for Papers: Specialised Seminar of the International Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM)

[Vito Evola]

We are happy to announce a specialised seminar of the International
Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM), which will
take place on 2-3 May 2013 in Poznan, Poland. The Seminar will be
organised by the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University of
Poznan.


PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Lynne Cameron (Open University, UK)
Cornelia Mueller (European University Viadrina, Germany)
Karolina Rataj (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland)
Gabrielle Rundblad (King's College London, UK)
A Special Event on May 4th 2013: Zoltan Kövecses (Eötvös Loránd
University, Budapest, Hungary) as a guest of the city of Poznań will
give a lecture within the Academic Poznan series.

The theme of the conference is "Metaphor, metonymy and emotions". The
conference aims to advance the study of metaphor and other related
language and thought phenomena, including metonymy, and their relation
to emotions, seen as one of the core elements of humanity, which play
an inherent role in shaping real world issues.

The conference encourages multidisciplinary and international research
and collaboration by fostering an open approach with regard to
theoretical frameworks, research methods and research contexts.

The programme will combine regular 20-minute presentations, a themed
hands-on session, a poster session, and a PhD project - response
session (10-minute presentations plus feedback). Abstracts of papers
for regular and poster sessions, as well as PhD project presentations
related to the main theme are invited. They should be no more than 300
words (excluding references). Accepted PhD proposals for the PhD
project - response session will have to be expanded to 2-3 thousand
words to be presented to the discussants.

The date for the submission of these expanded versions will later be
announced. The language of the conference is English. All submissions
will be reviewed by an international scientific committee. The
deadline for all abstracts is 15 January 2013. Notification of
acceptance decisions will be sent by 28 February 2013.

Please visit our website for details concerning the registration
process and abstract submission at raam2013.wa.amu.edu.pl

Looking forward to seeing you in Poznań!

RaAM 2013 Organising Committee
Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University
Collegium Novum
al. Niepodleglosci 4
61-874 Poznan, Poland
tel: (+48 61) 829 3506
fax: (+48 61) 852 3103
email: raam...@wa.amu.edu.pl