Culture and Communication Network (CULCOM) 2024 Annual Conference
16 July 2024, Lancaster University, Bowland North, Seminar Room 5 and on Microsoft Teams (link to be shared closer to the day)
Deadline for submissions: 16 June 2024 (end of day)
This is the second annual conference-style event of the interdisciplinary, cross-faculty Culture and Communication network – CULCOM – which aims to connect Lancaster University staff across all levels and disciplines and postgraduate research students interested in the role of culture (broadly defined) in communication in any area (e.g., business, education, health). In our first year, we hosted two guest talks – on intercultural competence and the future of work and on the implications of multilingualism for healthcare systems. Building on the success of last year’s conference-style event, this year’s event will follow a similar structure.
We will host two guest speakers who will both focus on digital/virtual workplaces and interactions:
- Doris Dippold, Senior Lecturer in Intercultural Communication at University of Surrey, has most recently focused on conversational AI in culturally diverse contexts.
- Jane Lockwood, Adjunct Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, studies intercultural workplace communication with a particular interest in intercultural virtual teams.
We invite two types of submissions within the broad theme of communication and culture:
- 100-word abstract for a 10-minute ‘lightning’ talk
- 300-word proposal for a 30-minute ‘workshop/discussion’ session around a topic
Submissions are welcome from staff and postgraduate research students about completed, ongoing or planned research which hasn’t started yet.
To make a submission, express an interest in attending (without presenting) and for any questions regarding the event, email Dimitrinka Atanasova (Dima) at d.atanasova@lancaster.ac.uk . The event is free to attend.
This is what some of last year’s participants said about the event:
I am very glad to have participated; the best part was making new contacts from other departments and the stimulating discussions with them, from which I learned a lot of new viewpoints. I was able to make a contribution to a grant application combining culture and chemical engineering and a summer school on intercultural communication. STEM offers so many opportunities to learn about different cultures and cultural knowledge can make a big difference in STEM. We need more such interdepartmental events where people can share their experiences and learn from each other. (Tim Douglas, Lancaster University School of Engineering).