CIEL Centre, “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia

in cooperation with

University of Madeira, Portugal
University of Zielona Gora, Poland
University of Montenegro, Montenegro
International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina
College of Applied Studies for Preschool Teachers "Mihailo Palov" in Vrsac, Serbia
University of East Sarajevo, Pale Faculty of Philosophy, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

 are organising

The 8th Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education – CLIE-2018

IN VARIETATE CONCORDIA – A HUNDRED YEARS OF ROMANIA

Alba Iulia, 5 - 7 July, 2018

Dear colleagues,

We are honoured to invite you to the eighth edition of the Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education – CLIE-2018, Alba Iulia, 5 - 7 July, 2018.

CLIE – 2018 continues the successful series of international conferences and workshops organised by dedicated linguists and educators since 2008:

1. The 1st International Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education (CLIE-2008), 27-29 November 2008

Venue and host institution: University of Alba Iulia, Romania

Special theme: Multilingualism and plurilingualism, migrants' languages, minority languages

2. The Exploratory Workshop (CLIE-2009): Linguistic and Intercultural Education in the Process of Europeanisation of Higher Education, 21-23 May 2009

Venue and host institution: University of Alba Iulia, Romania

3. The 2nd International Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education (CLIE-2010), 10-12 June 2010

Venue: Hotel Plaža, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

Host institution: Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Montenegro

Special theme: Linguistic and cultural diversity within European learning communities: cross-cultural and trans-national perspectives

4. The 4th ENIEDA Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education, 29 September-1 October 2011

Venue: Hotel Srbija, Vršac, Serbia

Host institution: Teacher Training College, Vršac, Serbia

Special Themes: Negotiating and constructing European identities across languages and cultures

5. The Exploratory Workshop (CLIE-2015): Linguistic and Intercultural Education in the Process of Internationalisation of Higher Education, 26-28 March 2015

Venue and host institution: University of Alba Iulia, Romania

Special Theme: Including an ‘intercultural dimension’ in the internationalisation of teaching, learning and research

6. The 6thedition of the Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education – CLIE-2016, Alba Iulia, 20 - 22 April, 2016

Venue and host institution: University of Alba Iulia, Romania

Special Theme: Intercultural education for Europe to address the migrant issue

7. The 7th edition of the Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education – CLIE-2017, Alba Iulia, 16 - 18 June, 2017

Venue and host institution: University of Alba Iulia, Romania

Special Theme: Linguistic creativity in intercultural pragmatics

We warmheartedly invite you to give presentations in the Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education – CLIE-2018 and engage in the open forum which will address the challenges faced by the globalising culture and education nowadays.

Please send us your proposals (500-word abstracts) by 8th of June 2018. Letters of acceptance will be sent by 20th of June 2018.

Please send your full contributions (5000 words) by 13th of October 2018.

A selection of (extended) papers (5000-9000 words) will be published in the Journal of Linguistic and Intercultural Education - JoLIE 2019, which is indexed by ERIH Plus, EBSCO, ProQuest, MLA Directory of Periodicals, Cabell’s Directories, Ulrichs Web, The Linguist List. (Please see http://jolie.uab.ro/)

Additionally, a peer-reviewed selection of conference papers will be published in a monographic collection produced by a reputable international publisher.

Further details will follow in due time.

Meet us in the magical fortress lying in the heart of Romania – Alba Carolina!