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星期四, 12月 24, 2015

The 22nd International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies

The 22nd International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies
(IAICS)
Call for Submissions
Conference Theme: Culture, Communication, and CosmopolitanismConference Time: July1-3, 2016
Conference Venue: Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai Conference Goals:
To provide scholars, educators and practitioners from different cultural communities with opportunities to interact, network and benefit from each other’s research and expertise related
to intercultural communication issues;
To synthesize research perspectives and foster interdisciplinary scholarly dialogues for
developing integrated approaches to complex problems of communication across cultures;  To advance the methodology for intercultural communication research and disseminate
practical findings to facilitate understanding across cultures;
To foster global intercultural sensitivity and involve educators, business professionals, students and other stakeholders worldwide in the discourse about diversity and transcultural communication issues.
Topic areas are broadly defined as, but not limited to, the following:
Cosmopolitanism in culture Cosmopolitanism in literature Language and culture Language and identity Interculturality in literature Media and interculture
Multi cultures and interculturality Culture and travel writing Crosscultural encounters Comparative poetics
Intercultural communication and cosmopolitanism Time and space in culture / literature
Intercultural communication and nationality Comparative culture

Intercultural communication and interculturality Internet intercultural communication Intercultural communication competence Intercultural education
Interculture and human resource management Interculture and public policy
Comparative literature
Imagology
Literature and religion
Literature and film
Translation studies
Foreign Language Teaching as Intercultural Communication

Transnational enterprises and intercultural communication Cultural study theories
Culture and diplomacy
Language planning and policy

Intercultural pragmatics
Guidelines for Submissions
Categories: Abstract, panel proposals, and workshop proposals may be accepted.
Abstract, 150-250 words in English, including positions, affiliations, email addresses and mailing addresses for all authors.
Panel proposals reflecting the conference theme may be submitted. All panel proposals should provide a 100-word rationale and a 100-200 word abstract of each panelist's paper; include
affiliation and email addresses for each panelist.
Workshop proposals relevant to the conference theme may be submitted. Proposals should be
3-5 pages in length, single spaced.
Deadline: Please submit abstracts, panel/workshop proposals, and roundtable discussion sessions by 10th March, 2016.
Submission to: ses@shisu.edu.cn; iaics2016@shisu.edu.cn Conference Working Languages: English and Chinese
Conference host: School of English Studies, Shanghai International Studies University Conference website: http://infadm.shisu.edu.cn/_s81/main.psp ;
http://www.uri.edu/iaics/
Sample Abstract
The Development and Validation of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale
Guo-Ming Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Communication Studies University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881, USA Email:gmchen@uri.edu
The present study developed and assessed reliability and validity of a new instrument, the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). Based on a review of the literature, 44 items thought to be important for intercultural sensitivity were generated for the purpose of analyses in this study. A sample of 414 college students rated these items and generated a 24-item final version of the

instrument which contains five factors. An assessment of concurrent validity from 162 participants indicated that the ISS was significantly correlated with other related scales, including interaction attentiveness, impression rewarding, self-esteem, self-monitoring, and perspective taking. In addition, the predicted validity test from 174 participants showed that individuals with high ISS scores also scored high in intercultural effectiveness and intercultural communication attitude scales. Potential limitations and future direction for the study in this line of research were discussed as well. 

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