LSHSMS 2020: Linguistic and Social Aspects of Hate Speech in Modern Societies University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark, March 22-23, 2021 |
Conference website | http://xperohs.sdu.dk/conference/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lshsms2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | November 30, 2020 |
Submission deadline | November 30, 2020 |
Hate speech and offensive language is a widespread phenomenon in modern societies.
Hate speech can be roughly defined as any communication that attacks individuals or groups “on the grounds of ‘race’, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, language, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and other personal characteristics or status” (Council of Europe 2016). However, still relatively little is known about the linguistic and communicative mechanisms underlying the expression and perception of hate speech.
This conference aims to fill in a few of these gaps and shed light on various linguistic and social aspects of current manifestations of hate speech, providing an international forum for researchers working in the field.
It is organized by the members of the Velux-project “Towards Balance and Boundaries in Public Discourse: Expressing and Perceiving Online Hate Speech (XPEROHS)”.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
We invite extended abstracts for long talks (800 word abstract) or short abstracts for shorter talks (400 word abstract). Long talks will be allocated a slot of 30 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. The shorter ones are limited to 15 minutes plus 5 minutes for discussion.
List of Topics
We invite contributions concerning all linguistic and social aspects of hate speech, including but not limited to:
- the use, imagery and evolution of slurs
- metaphors, tropes and narratives used in hate speech discourse
- cognitive aspects and stereotypes
- perception and acceptability norms of hate speech
- hate speech corpora: compilation, annotation and evaluation
- target-specific aspects of hate speech based on religion, ethnicity, gender, caste etc.
- pedagogical aspects, educational media and school policies
- the role of social media in the dissemination of hate messages
- othering as a linguistic vehicle of discrimination
- cross-language and cross-cultural comparisons
- party policies and the political dimension of hate speech
- philosophical aspects of hate speech
- legal aspects of hate speech
Committees
International Scientific Committee
- Nicole Baumgarten
- Silvia Bonacchi
- Tanya Karoli Christensen
- Konstanze Marx
- Karen Risager
- Liriam Sponholz
Organizing committee
- Eckhard Bick
- Klaus Geyer (head of organizing committee)
- Andrea Kleene (conference manager)
- Jana Neitsch
- Oliver Niebuhr
- Rasmus Nielsen
- Esben Nedenskov Petersen
Invited Speakers
- Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University)
- Jörg Meibauer (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Venue
The conference will be held in Odense, Denmark.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to xperohs@sdu.dk
Sponsors
Velux foundation