ADARR at the Porter Institute
The Department of French
The Department of English



Analyzing Discourse and Argumentation Today:
Contemporary European Trends


Tel-Aviv University, June 5-6, 2011



Sunday, June 5th, Gilman Building, room 496

9.30: Greetings

Dr. Orly Lubin, TAU, Chair of the Porter Institute
Prof. Shirley Sharon-Zisser, TAU, Chair of the Department of English
Prof. Ruth Amossy (TAU) and Prof. Roselyne Koren (Bar Ilan), Coordinators of ADARR


What does “Analysis” mean?

10.00-10.45: Norman Fairclough (Lancaster, UK):
The Nature of Analysis in CDA, and the Case for Incorporating Analysis and Evaluation of Argumentation

10.45-11.30: Dominique Maingueneau (Paris-12, France):
What is Discourse Analysis looking for?




11.30-12.00: Coffee Break

12.00- 12.20: Respondent: Thierry Herman (Lausanne and Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

12. 20- 13.00: Discussion


13.00: Lunch


Is there an Argumentative Turn of Discourse Analysis?

15.00-15.30: Isabela Ietcu-Fairclough (Bucharest, Romania and Lancaster, UK):
Analyzing Practical Reasoning in Political Discourse

15.30-16.00: Ruth Amossy (TAU, Israel):
Integrating Argumentation in Discourse Analysis

16.00-16.20: Respondent: Elda Weizman (Bar Ilan, Israel)

16.20-17.00: Discussion


17.00-17.15: Coffee Break

17.15-17.45: Raphael Micheli (Lausanne, Switzerland):
Toward a Discursive Approach of Argumentation: Goals and Methodological Principles

17.45-18.15: Emmanuelle Danblon (ULB, Belgium):
Is Rhetoric a Discipline?


18.15-18.35: Respondent: Galia Yanoshevsky (Bar Ilan, Israel)

18.35- 19.15: Discussion

Monday, June 6th, Naftali Building of Social Sciences, room 527

Analyzing Discourse: Social Uses and Scholarly Responsibility

9.30-10.00: Jérôme Bourdon (TAU, Israel):
The Reasons and Emotions of Cosmopolitan Research

10.00-10.30: Marianne Doury (CNRS, France):
Descriptive vs. Militant Perspective: A Contrastive Approach to Political Discourse Analysis


10.30-11.00: Coffee Break

11.00- 11.30: Eithan Orkibi (TAU, Israel):
From Gatekeepers to Wall Breakers: Scholars and Activists in Social Movement Rhetoric

11.30- 12.00: Roselyne Koren (Bar Ilan, Israel):
Crossing the red line between Description and Ethical Commitment

12.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00: Round Table with Dominique Maingueneau (Paris-12, France), Norman Fairclough (Lancaster, UK), Jürgen Siess (Caen, France and TAU, Israel), Orly Lubin (TAU, Israel), Shirley Sharon-Zisser (TAU, Israel)

15.00-15.45: Discussion


The conference will be in English

The conference is sponsored by the Chair for Swiss-Israel Cultural Co-operation, the Shirley and Leslie Porter School of Cultural Studies, the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities, the French Institute, the Perelman Foundation in Brussels.

Consulter le programme du colloque précedent

Design:Orit Viderman