Language, Culture and Time: A Conference for Researchers and Teachers of English

Language, Culture and Time: A Conference for Researchers and Teachers of English

9-10^th of October 2015, University of Vaasa, Finland

The seventh FINSSE conference is open to members of the Finnish Society for the Study of English and other interested individuals.

• The first plenary session at 14:00 is open to the university community:  Professor Mihaela Irimia: Time and Times: Classic modernity and the modernities of today

Keynote speakers:

Professor Susanna Paasonen, Media Studies, University of Turku: “Social media, distraction and the perpetual future”

Professor Mihaela Irimia, Director for the Centre of Excellence for the Study of Cultural Identity, University of Bucharest: “Classic modernity and the modernities of today”

Professor Maria Kuteeva, Director of the Centre for Academic English, University of Stockholm: "Academic communication in a digital age: blogs, wikis, and tweets in the research world"

The participation fee is 65 € for graduate students and 85 € for staff. The fee includes the reception organized by the City of Vaasa on Friday, lunches and snacks.  On Saturday, dinner payable on registration will be served. Registration is available at the conference website at www.uwasa.fi/finsse together with information about housing and travel.

Preliminary programme:

• The conference will be opened Friday at 13:45,
• The first plenary session at 14:00 is open to the university community:  Professor Mihaela Irimia: Time and Times: Classic modernity and the modernities of today
• The second Friday plenary at 16:50-17:50: Professor Susanna Paasonen: Social media, distraction and perpetual future
• On Friday evening the City of Vaasa will host a reception for conference participants.
• There is a poster session on Saturday morning, followed by seminar sessions and lunch.
• The third plenary at 13:00-14:00 on Saturday: Maria Kuteeva: Academic communication in a digital age: blogs, wikis, and tweets in the research world
• The last seminar session ends at 17:00 on Saturday

Organizing committee: Jukka Tiusanen, Kristiina Abdallah, Nestori Siponkoski, Roman Kushnir

Advisory committee: Päivi Pahta, Minna Palander-Collin, John Stotesbury, Tiina Mäntymäki,  Kathy Saranpa, Jukka Tyrkkö, Joel Kuortti, Jopi Nyman, Maj-Brit Höglund, Anthony Johnson

Further information: Jukka Tiusanen jukka.tiusanen@uwasa.fi, conference organizer, FINSSE president, University of Vaasa

WELCOME