CALL FOR PAPERS

The African Pragmatics Association, in conjunction with the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria invites you to its 3rd conference at the University of Ibadan Campus from February 19 to 21, 2024 under the theme: “Pragmatics and global security.” This conference will be a meeting of academics, students and public policy makers worldwide whose interest lies in the contextually-grounded language use and its interface attainment of peace and security in Africa. Abstracts for papers, panels and posters on (but not limited to) the following sub-themes are welcome.

*Pragmatics and resource/ identity-based conflicts

*Terrorism, violent extremism and pragmatics

*Discourse of human trafficking and forced labour

*Urban centres, organised crime and street language

*Discourse of food security

*Conflict, humanitarian crises and pragmatics

*Media, peacebuilding and pragmatics

*Literature, security and pragmatics

*Social media, peacebuilding and pragmatics

*Misinformation, disinformation, peacebuilding and pragmatics

*Protest culture, peacebuilding and pragmatics

*Sexual minorities, peacebuilding and pragmatics

*Electoral conflicts and pragmatics

*Phonology, peacebuilding and security

*Religion, peacebuilding and pragmatics

*Civil society, peacebuilding and pragmatics

*Public health, security and pragmatics

*Humour, security and pragmatics

*Discourse of transitional justice

*Discourse, memory and post-memory of conflicts

*Discourse, trauma and conflicts

*Pragmatics, conflicts and early warning sign systems

*Divorce, marital homicide, peacebuilding and pragmatics

Submission instructions:

Format for submissions and paper presentation details

• Individual papers and posters: 200-250 words

• Proposal for panels: 500 words

• All submissions should be made in Times New Roman, 12pt.

• Paper presentations will be for 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute discussion

• There will be 120 minutes for each panel

Proposals for panels

Proposals for panels should include:

• Title of the panel

• Convener

• Proposed panellist(s)

• Discussant (if necessary)

• Language (if different from English)

The language of the conference is English (but panels may be organized in other languages e.g. Kiswahili, Arabic, French, German, Portuguese, or other regional languages). All submissions should be sent via EasyAbs.

Keynote Speaker

• Prof. Benson Ojwang, Department of Languages and Literature, Kamosi Friends University, Kamosi, Kenya 

Plenary Speakers

• Professor Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, Department of English, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

• Professor Esther Ugwu, Department of English, University of Benin, Nigeria 

Registration Fees

• International participants $100 (early bird), $120 (late/on-site registration)

• African participants $80 (early bird), $95 (late/on-site registration)

• Local participants N30,000 (early bird), N35,000 (late/on-site registration)

• International students $70 (early bird), $80 (late/on-site registration)

• African students $30 (early bird), $40 (late/on-site registration)

• Local students N10,000 (early bird), N15,000 (late/on-site registration 

Venue

The conference will be blended, in other words, for those who plan to attend physically, it will be held at the Subomi Balogun Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; and for those who cannot make it to Ibadan, it will be virtual. 

Contact

All questions about submissions and/or the conference should be emailed to afrprag3@gmail.com
Prof. Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (The Chair, Local Organising Committee), Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.