Interconnections between Culture and Behaviour: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Date: 19th Feb 2016
Time: 9.30 – 5pm

Location: Wolfson Research Exchange (Room 1 & 2), University of Warwick Library

This conference will investigate the interconnections between culture and behaviour. Renowned keynote speakers will give you interesting insights into how this is done in their respective fields and the conceptual and methodological challenges they see. After each presentation you will have the opportunity to discuss with fellow PhD students and academics the implications for your own research and your own discipline in a world café style. This will give you the chance to meet fellow PhD students who are also interested in culture and behaviour and to learn about different perspectives.

Timetable:

Time Activity

09:45 - 10:00 Welcome by Helen Spencer-Oatey
10:00 - 10:30 Talk by Klaus Schneider
10:30 - 11:05 Discussion and Summary

11:05 - 11:25 Coffee-Break

11:25 - 11:55 Talk by Ron Fischer
11:55 - 12:30 Discussion and Summary

12:30 - 13:15 Lunch

13:15 - 13:45 Talk by Adrian Holliday
13:45 - 14:20 Discussion and Summary

14:20 - 14:50 Coffee-Break

14:50 - 15:20 Talk by Bethan Benwell & Jo Angouri
15:20 - 15:55 Discussion and Summary

15:55 - 16:30 Plenums discussion

Speaker Information

• Bethan Benwell is a senior lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, for the Division of Literature and Languages, at the University of Stirling since 2008. She is interested in the relationship between discourse and identity. Her major publications are available at: http://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11773
• Klaus Schneider is the Chair in Applied English Linguistics in the Department of English, American and Celtic Studies at the University of Bonn in Germany. He is co-editor of the book series Language in Cultural Contexts. His on-going research projects include Academic Communication in Multimedia Environment, Business English in International Organisations, Pragmatic Profiling. See his profile at: http://www.linguistics.uni-bonn.de/people/professor-klaus-p-schneider/
• Ron Fischer’s research is broadly situated in cultural and applied social psychology. He uses evolutionary thinking and multi-level methods to understand behavioural differences in populations around the world. His publications can be viewed here: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/psyc/about/staff/ronald-fischer
• Adrian Holliday is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English & Language Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. He has published widely in sociology and cultural politics of English language education and intercultural communication. His profile and publications can be viewed here: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-and-humanities/language-studies-and-applied-linguistics/Staff/Profile.aspx?staff=d7d5089ebc22d11e

If you have any queeries to this event, please contact Carolin Debray (C.Debray@warwick.ac.uk), Thomas Greenaway (T.Greenaway@warwick.ac.uk) or Kyoungmi Kim (Kyoungmi.Kim@warwick.ac.uk).

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