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liso 2025

LISO Conference: The 27th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction and Social Organization

McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB Santa Barbara, CA, United States +1 more

The LISO conference promotes interdisciplinary research and discussion in the analysis of naturally occurring human interaction. Papers will be presented by national and international scholars on a variety of topics in the study of language, interaction, and culture. The conference will feature plenary presentations by Dr. Lynnette Arnold (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Dr. Shannon Ward (University of British Columbia, Okanagan), and Dr. Kevin Whitehead (University of California, Santa Barbara). The conference will take place on ...

boom boom

Research Focus Group Talk: Disease and Inclusive Healing in Jude Idada’s Boom Boom

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Literature, and children’s literature specifically, helps instill value and humanity in times of crisis, as portrayed in Jude Idada’s Boom Boom. Both adults and children find it challenging to handle chronic diseases, such as sickle cell, HIV/AIDS, and viral hepatitis B. Focusing on one of these lethal diseases, sickle cell anemia, this study argues that, even with great innovations in medical science, society is the main killer and not the disease itself. Since disease forms ...

gclr

GCLR Conference: Blue Humanities and Liquid Media: A Watery View of the World

Wallis Annenberg Conference Room 4315 SSMS, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

The GCLR is very proud to announce the upcoming arrival of our annual graduate student conference! This year's title, "Blue Humanities and Liquid Media: A Watery View of the World" reflects our collective desire to interrogate the depths of our current historical conjuncture— marked by the pressing global socioecological crisis— and to find ways to flow between borders, disciplinary and otherwise. Our keynote speaker for the event will be the esteemed Prof. Elizabeth DeLoughrey (UCLA). Please see ...