Over a hundred of scholars to present at the 28th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies

The 28th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies jointly organized by the City University of Macau (CityU) and the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS) will be inaugurated at the Taipa campus, CityU, on March 23, 2023 (Thursday). The three-day conference held with the theme “Synergies in Intercultural Communication: Languages, Professions and Heritages” has received about a hundred paper submission. Over 140 scholars from more than ten countries and regions, including Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao will take part in the conference online and in-person.

This event brings together leading scholars, educators and practitioners from diverse cultures to examine intercultural communication from various perspectives and engage in interdisciplinary dialogues for addressing complex communication issues across cultures. It provides a platform for sharing intercultural communication research and professional knowledge in the context of multicultural integration, and improves educators, students and professionals’ understanding and skills of intercultural communication. All accepted papers can be published in the IAICS journal – Intercultural Communication Studies (ICS), or special edition journals indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Scopus.

This academic event features four keynote and invited speakers:

Zhu Hua, a professor and director at the International Centre for Intercultural Studies of the University College London, will talk about “Open Culture Open Language: The Key Intercultural Communication Issues for Language Learning and Teaching”

Michael Minkov, a professor at Varna University of Management (Sofia campus) of Bulgaria, will discuss the revised Minkov-Hofstede model of culture and its implications.

Zhang Hongling, a professor and vice president of China’s Association for Intercultural Communication (CAFIC), will present on “Enhancing awareness and strengthening dialogues: exploring the cultural identity construction of Chinese English learners in the new era.”

Joanna Radwańska-Williams, a professor at Macao Polytechnic University will speak on “A sample of the linguistic landscape of Poland in 2022.”

The International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS) consists of scholars from a range of the cultural sciences who are dedicated to doing research on communication across cultures. Its membership is made up of participants from over 32 countries. Distinguished Professor Lixian Jin, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at City University of Macau is the president-elect of IAICS. IAICS organizes an annual conference at different universities worldwide to foster interdisciplinary academic dialogues and integrated approaches to intercultural communication challenges. The conference also aims to improve the methodology and share the practical findings of intercultural communication research.

For details, please visit https://iaics.cityu.edu.mo/home

Source: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences