SEMINAR TIMETABLE
Day 1: Thursday, 17th May
10.30
Arrival and registration
11.00
Welcome and Introduction
11.15
Keynote: Matthew Hill, President SIETAR UK
‘Is intercultural training dead or alive?’
12.15
María Palma-Fahey, Shannon College of Hotel Management
‘Exploring portrayals of identity in immigrants’ speeches’
Lunch
12.55
1.40
2.20
Tony Young & Peter Sercombe, Newcastle University, Itesh Sachdev
(SOAS)
‘Some success factors for ‘international’ postgraduate students’
adjustment to life and study in the UK’
Celia Thompson, University of Melbourne
‘‘Re-discovering myself’: Identity formation and transcultural
communication training in a global context’
3.00
Karin Zotzmann, University of Southampton
‘The concept of social class and its importance for the theory and
practice of intercultural education’
3.40
Refreshment/informal discussion
4.00
Helen Spencer-Oatey, University of Warwick
‘Managing relations in international workplaces: Insights from third
sector leaders’
4.40
Small group discussion of key themes/issues
5.10
Plenary round up of key themes/issues emerging from the day.
5.30
Intercultural Communication SIG Business Meeting
7.30
Group Dinner
Day 2: Friday 18th May
09.00
Keynote: Min-Sun Kim, University of Hawaii
‘Trends in intercultural communication research – from a research culture
of war to a research culture of peace’
9.45
10.45
Keynote: Adrian Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University
‘Cultural travel: enrichment, opportunity and change’
Key issues arising
11.15
Tea/coffee
11.45
Jan van Maele/Katrien Mertens, Group T - International University College
Leuven
‘Student representations of intercultural competence during an
international study experience
12.25
Jiayi Wang, University of Warwick
‘Chinese professionals’ intercultural communication
1.10
Lunch
1.45
Melani Schröter, University of Reading
‘Interdiscursive encounters and interdiscursive misunderstanding’
2.25
Tim Lewis, The Open University
‘Part-time tutors’ view of intercultural awareness; ‘pompous expression’
or ‘fundamental skill’?’
Sophie Reissner-Roubicek, University of Warwick
‘Employability discourses in focus group interviews with British Council
cultural relations managers’
Close & refreshments
3.05
3.45