各位学界同仁：

中国跨文化交际学会、国际跨文化交际学会、美国中华传播研究学会定于2013年11月21日至24日在海南大学召开第十届中国跨文化交际国际学术研讨会。会议由海南大学旅游学院和海南省翻译协会承办。本届研讨会主题为“跨文化交际与和谐世界：挑战与机遇”。

本届研讨会将有以下主要活动：

一、邀请美国印第安纳大学教授、现任世界传播学会主席卡洛琳·卡洛威-托马斯博士 (Carolyn Calloway-Thomas) 和北京外国语大学教授、中国跨文化交际学会常务副会长、中国外语教学研究会副会长孙有中博士做主旨发言；

二、安排两个高端论坛，与国内外名家探讨学术前沿问题；

三、设立“跨文化交际课程教学工作坊”、“跨文化能力培训工作坊”和小语种专场，为国内外同仁提供分享跨文化交际教学经验的机会；

四、组织30-36个专题分场，提供百家争鸣的平台；

五、安排个人新著和出版社新书推介，让作者与读者面对面交流；

六、组织到海口石山火山群世界地质公园文化考察（组委会埋单）；

七、组织到海南省主要旅游景点文化考察（自费）。

迄今为止，组委会已经收到论文摘要250余份。在已经确认参会的人中，有数十位国内名家，还有来自德国美因茨大学、法国巴黎大学、荷兰乌特勒支大学、芬兰赫尔辛基大学、新加坡南洋理工、日本名古屋学院大学和港澳台多家大学的学者。鉴于不少国内外学者来函要求，组委会决定增设小语种专场，并把提交论文摘要的截止日期推延至2013年4月30日。开始寄发正式参会邀请函以及提交论文全文的两个日期不变。不提交论文的参会者交会务费1000元。

我们期待着与国内外学界同仁的本次海南盛会。详情请点击会议网站：http://tah.org.cn/cafic。

Conference Information

CAFIC-China Association for Intercultural Communication, IAICS -International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies, and ACCS-the Association for Chinese Communication Studies are pleased to announce that the 10th CAFIC International Conference will be held on November 21-24, 2013 in Haikou, China, hosted by Hainan University Tourism College and the Translators Association of Hainan. The conference theme is “Intercultural Communication for a Harmonious World: Challenges and Opportunities.”

Following are the major activities of the Conference:

1)Two keynote speeches (by Profs. Carolyn Calloway-Thomas from Indiana University and SUN Youzhong from Beijing Foreign Studies University);

2)Two Senior Scholars Forums on new research topics;

3)Workshops on intercultural communication curriculum, instruction, and ability training;

4)30-36 focused-interest sections;

5)New publications introduction;

6)Visit to Haikou Volcano Group World Geological Park (paid by the Organizing Committee);

7)Hainan touring (paid by the participants).

By date, the Organizing Committee has received over 200 Conference paper abstracts. Among those who have already confirmed their participation, there are dozens of recognized names around the country. Scholars are to come from Johannes Gutenberg U. Mainz, U. of Helsinki, Universiteit Utrecht, Nanyang Technological U., Nagoya Gakuin U., and the higher learning institutions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. Requested by quite a number of international and domestic scholars, the Organizing Committee decides to add special sections for other language users, and extend the deadline for submitting paper abstracts to April 30, 2013. The dates to start sending off formal Conference Invitations and submit the completed papers remain the same. The Conference fee for people who would like to come and participate without papers is ￥1000.00.

We look forward to meeting you at the upcoming Conference in Hainan. For detailed information, please visit the Conference website: http://tah.org.cn/cafic.

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