International Graduate Student Conference
This conference aims to provide a platform for graduate students to present and discuss their research in English Studies, focusing on the role of discourse in language, literature, and cultural representation. Objectives include fostering interdisciplinary conversations, bringing together students and scholars from various English Studies disciplines, and encouraging critical analyses of language impact on societal norms, values, and cultural narratives. To actively encourage student participation and engagement, the conference is offered free of charge.
Contributions are invited that align with but are not limited to the following thematic areas: linguistics (pragmatics, discourse analysis, media linguistics), literary studies (narratives and discourse in literature, postcolonial discourse, critical theory and discourse), cultural studies (discourse and culture, discourse and identity, representation in popular culture), cross-disciplinary approaches (intersections of language, literature, and culture; multimodal discourse analysis).
Speakers
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Ruth Breeze
University of Navarra, Spain![](/images/team/Kotryna.png#joomlaImage://local-images/team/Kotryna.png?width=506&height=600)
Kotryna Garanašvili
University of East-Anglia, England![](/images/team/Rita_Juk.png#joomlaImage://local-images/team/Rita_Juk.png?width=508&height=600)
Rita Juknevičienė
Vilnius University, Lithuania![](/images/vu-mark-pass.png#joomlaImage://local-images/vu-mark-pass.png?width=510&height=600)
Mark Pass
UK Embassy Vilnius, Lithuania![](/images/vu-ovidiu-ivancu.png#joomlaImage://local-images/vu-ovidiu-ivancu.png?width=510&height=597)
Ovidiu Ivancu
Vilnius University, Lithuania![](/images/vu-davide-castiglione.png#joomlaImage://local-images/vu-davide-castiglione.png?width=510&height=600)
Davide Castiglione
Vilnius University, Lithuania![](/images/emily-hicks.png#joomlaImage://local-images/emily-hicks.png?width=510&height=600)
Emily J. Hicks
U.S. Embassy Vilnius, Lithuania![](/images/programa-flf.png#joomlaImage://local-images/programa-flf.png?width=510&height=600)
Conference Programme
Program
Keynote presentation
Panel Discussion
17:00 PM – 18:00 PM
Mark Pass (UK Embassy Vilnius, Lithuania )
Ovidiu Ivancu (Vilnius University, Lithuania )
Davide Castiglione (Vilnius University, Lithuania )
Emily J. Hicks (U.S. Embassy Vilnius, Lithuania )