The conference Culture, Civilization and the World – the Semantics of Globalization, organized by the University of Oslo/ Kultrans, in cooperation with Concepta – International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought, will discuss the role of language, and especially the role of concepts in exploring the processes of globalization. In addition to the uses and meanings of single concepts, such as “culture”, “civilization” or “world”, the event will focus on clusters of concepts, semantic fields, discourses, texts, genres and experiences – constituting what is referred to as the “semantics of globalization”. The conference will take place from January 25-26, 2010 at Oslo University.

The European Wergeland Centre is participating in this event, and EWC's Research Coordinator Dr. Claudia Lenz will be giving a lecture on: "Citizenship – an ambigram in the context of national and global interpretations" at the conference .

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