WELCOME TO THE THIRD NDCC CONFERENCE

The third international conference on New Discourses in Contemporary China is to be held in Nankai University on 15-16 May, 2009. It will be a truely international event, to be attended by discourse analysts from different countries. We are confident that the contributions from all participants will lead to important international exchanges of ideas and analyses on the stated conference themes.

The organizing committee of the NDCC 2009 conference would like to thank all those who have submitted their abstracts. By the end of February we had received 79 abstracts and we had a very rigorous process of blind review. We have sent by email an invitation letter to those whose abstracts have been accepted and whose names have been placed on the list of presenters.

We have also written a letter to those who have submitted an abstract but whose names are not on the above name list, explaining why we have been unable to accept their abstracts or asking for a revision and re-submission.

Should you have any enquiries concerning your submitted abstract, please contact Professor Hailong Tian at h.tian@lancaster.ac.uk.

Those whose names are not on the list are also welcome to the conference, but registration by email at zhaopeng@tjcu.edu.cn is recommended.

We look forward to welcoming all participants in Tianjin, and for your convenience we provide some relevant information in the following.

Registration fee
The registration fee is 600RMB (mainland China participants) or 100USD (participants from other countries and areas). We offer a discount for students. The registration fee covers a set of conference materials, coffee breaks with refreshments, and two conference dinners (15, 16 May), two breakfasts and lunches (15, 16 May) and a supper (14 May).

Accommodation
We have booked accommodation for participants in two hotels on the Nankai campus, one is Jiayuan Hotel, the other is Yiyuan Hotel. There are single rooms and double rooms in Jiayuan Hotel, and the price is RMB180 for either single or double rooms. There are only double rooms in Yiyuan Hotel, and the price is RMB160 for each room. Should you need to book accommodation on campus during the conference, please contact Ms. Zhao Peng at zhaopeng@tjcu.edu.cn.

There are some other hotels near the campus. We are happy to help with the booking at your request.

Transportation
Nankai campus is located at 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, China. From Beijing International Airport, it is recommended to take a coach to Tianjin (cost of RMB 70), then a taxi will take you to the hotel (approximately RMB 15). From Tianjin Binhai International Airport, the most convenient way to get to the campus is to take a taxi, which costs about RMB 50. From the Tianjin Railway Station, you can either take a bus (No.832) or a taxi. A taxi will cost about RMB 20-25.

A campus map will help you find the location of the hotels and the conference venue.

A city map may help you find the location of Nankai University. You may also like to see some local interests.

Organising Committee
Prof. Paul Chilton (Lancaster University)
Prof. Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University)
Prof. Hailong Tian (Tianjin University of Commerce)
Prof. Yi Li (Nankai University)

Plenaries:
Paul Chilton (Professor, Lancaster University)
Barbara Johnstone (Professor, Carnegie Mellon University)
Qing Zhang (Assistant Professor, University of Arizona)
Doreen Wu (Associate Professor, Hongkong Polytechnic University)
Hailong Tian (Professor, Tianjin University of Commerce)
Yi Li (Professor, Nankai University)

Topics
NDCC 2009 will focus on discursive construction of identities, including national identities, as well as:
- discourses in Chinese social sphere of governance, advertising, management, education, media, and tourism industry, etc.;
- discourse and globalisation, discourse and urbanisation;
- dialectics of discourse and social change, including the contribution of discourse to social change;
- discourse in organizations,political discourse, corporate discourse, gendered discourse;
- discourse-related translation studies, including translation as discursive practice;
- analysis of the representations of China in the Western media and of the West in China;
- the interdisciplinarity of discourse studies.

Sponsored by
Leverhulme Trust, Tianjin University of Commerce, Nankai University, East China Jiaotong University, Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press.

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Zhao Peng (Ms.) at zhaopeng@tjcu.edu.cn or visit our website: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/projects/ndcc or http://sfl.tjcu.edu.cn/ndcc