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University = Literacies: Knowledge, Writing, Disciplines.=A0Lille, France, September 2-4, = 2010.

Web= site:=A0h= ttp://evenements.univ-lille3.fr/litteracies-universitaires/en/

In France (and in some European countries), research in the field = of didactics about writing and reading practices at university is = becoming more and more important. There is now a need for these studies = to be put into dialogue with those developed in the US field of = Composition Studies and the UK field of=A0Academic = Literacies.

One of the aims of this conference is to = bring these three fields of research together around the issues = currently under debate:

the relationships between = university writing and knowledge construction
the continued = learning of writing at university (new genres of discourse, new = practices, distance between students' written culture and writing = practices at university, characteristics of scientific writing)
the relationships between writing and academic disciplines
the epistemological dimensions of academic disciplines

The didactic orientation will be equally central in this = conference; this presupposes a theoretical construction of teaching and = learning as specific to a discipline (in this case a university = discipline), as opposed to simply presentations about teaching methods = or procedures

The conference will be an occasion for an overview of = current research, in Europe and United States, about writing at the = university.=A0

Languages: French and = English (presenters will create a PowerPoint or handout in the alternate = language to facilitate understanding).

Proposal deadline: Dec. = 31, 2009.

= --Apple-Mail-12--985487919-- From teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com Wed Oct 28 14:14:58 2009 From: teaching_composition@mailman.eppg.com (Chris Anson) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:14:58 -0400 Subject: [Teaching_Composition] EWCA Conference, Paris, May 2010 Message-ID: <256D784C-7DF9-4EEA-97A7-9ADC0384A379@ncsu.edu> --Apple-Mail-300--744375671 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable **Please circulate and/or post*** European Writing Centers Association Conference, Paris, France, 25=9628 =20= May, 2010. Conference Web site: = http://www.aup.edu/news/special_events/ewca2010.htm =93Crossing National Boundaries and Linguistic Borders: (Re)Thinking and = =20 (Re)Situating the Writing Center and WAC connection in Europe and =20 Beyond.=94 This conference will celebrate the EWCA=92s 12th birthday and our 7th =20= international gathering of a community of scholars, professors, =20 administrators, students, writing center tutors and professionals. We =20= sincerely hope our 2010 conference will offer each of you significant =20= opportunities for shared research and common action across social =20 divides, educational disciplines, languages and cultures. Central to =20 our conference theme will be to: =95 Rethink the connection between writing across the curriculum (WAC) =20= programs and Writing Centers and the role they play (individually and =20= collectively) in nurturing and advancing the culture of writing in =20 Europe and beyond: What kinds of programs are succeeding in Europe? What kinds of programs make the most sense for European = institutions? Can the American model be exported to Europe? =95 Examine the pedagogical, institutional, and political implications =20= of formal writing instruction in European colleges and universities. We hope this conference will be of interest to people who are =20 concerned with using writing to improve teaching and learning=97faculty, = =20 administrators, and students from post-secondary institutions, as well =20= as faculty and administrators from secondary schools. Proposal deadline: Jan. 10, 2010. --Apple-Mail-300--744375671 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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European Writing Centers = Association Conference, Paris, France, 25=9628 May, = 2010.

Conference Web site: http://www.au= p.edu/news/special_events/ewca2010.htm

This conference will celebrate = the EWCA=92s 12th birthday and our 7th international gathering of a = community of scholars, professors, administrators, students, writing = center tutors and professionals. We sincerely hope our 2010 conference = will offer each of you significant opportunities for shared research and = common action across social divides, educational disciplines, languages = and cultures. Central to our conference theme will be to:

=95 Rethink the connection between writing = across the curriculum (WAC) programs and Writing Centers and the role = they play (individually and collectively) in nurturing and advancing the = culture of writing in Europe and beyond:

= What kinds of programs are succeeding in Europe?

= What kinds of programs make the most sense for European = institutions?

Can the American model be = exported to Europe?

=95 Examine the pedagogical, = institutional, and political implications of formal writing instruction = in European colleges and universities.

We = hope this conference will be of interest to people who are concerned = with using writing to improve teaching and learning=97faculty, = administrators, and students from post-secondary institutions, as well = as faculty and administrators from secondary schools.

Proposal deadline: Jan. 10, = 2010.

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