THE (COGNITIVE) “KEY TO THE HEARTS OF MEN”: the Perlocutionary Power of Political Narratives.

Keynote speaker: Philip Seargeant, the Open University (UK)

The Centre d’Études Linguistiques – Corpus, Discours et Sociétés (University of Lyon – Jean Moulin Lyon 3) will organize a symposium on May 16, 2025. The theme is political narratives and their use in political discourse. Please don’t hesitate to submit an abstract if you’re interested.

Submissions should include an abstract (up to 500 words, excluding references) as well as a short biography and should be sent to:

• Melissa Martin-Kemel <melissa.martin-kemel@univ-lyon3.fr>,
• Bérengère Lafiandra <berengere.lafiandra1@univ-lyon3.fr>,
• Jon Delogu <christopher-jon.delogu@univ-lyon3.fr>,
• Alma-Pierre Bonnet <alma-pierre.bonnet@univ-lyon3.fr>

Keywords: political narratives; critical discourse analysis; political communication; critical narrative analysis; metaphors

Key dates:

Submission: September 27 to December 15, 2024
Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2025
Registration: March 2025
Conference: May 16, 2025

Dates clés :

Soumission : du 27 septembre au 15 décembre 2024
Notification d’acceptation : 15 janvier 2025
Inscriptions : mars 2025
Journée d’étude : 16 mai 2025