1998 nic symposium 1998 nic symposium intercultural communication november 2527 1998 g 246teborg sweden hosted department linguistics g 246teborg university support kim immigrant institute bor 229s background nordic network intercultural communication nic founded 1994 promotion intercultural research education nordic baltic countries objectives nic support active interaction support information exchange concerning higher education research projects nordic countries new baltic countries addition nic supports development research training intercultural communication different locations present activities nic include mainly 183 hold annual symposia conferences intercultural communication 183 keep address list interested researchers organizations 183 maintain internet based forum discussion first nic symposium intercultural communication held 1994 stavanger norway subsequently symposia held jyv 228skl 228 finland november 1995 aalborg denmark november 1996 tartu estonia november 1997 fifth nic annual conference intercultural communication take place g 246teborg sweden hosted department linguistics g 246teborg university sweden supported kim inderdisciplinary center research cultural intercultural migration immigrant institute bor 229s first call papers 1998 nic symposium intercultural communication committee invites prospective participants send abstracts proposed papers full papers researchin progress papers proposals panels activities pertaining conference main theme suggested 1998 nic symposium intercultural communication multimodal media may include spoken intercultural communication nonverbal intercultural communication long distance intercultural communication e g telephone email internet etc following suggested topics also welcome 1 icc internet 2 political rhetoric 3 intercultural conflict handling 4 spoken language icc 5 intercultural business communication 6 educational aspects icc 7 icc nonverbal communication 8 icc sign language 9 immigration icc 10 managing cultural diversity submission abstracts deadline june 1 1998 please prepare abstract within 250 words abstract contain title name address es author email address fax numbers author acceptance rejection notice sent abstract presentation received june 1 1998 please send abstract one following addresses jens allwood g 246teborg university department linguistics box 200 se 405 30 g 246teborg sweden email address jens ling gu se fax 46 0 31 773 4853 youhua tong g 246teborg university department linguistics box 200 se 405 30 g 246teborg sweden email address youhua ling gu se fax 46 0 31 773 4853 paper presentation symposium committee select papers presentation organize final program inform whether paper proposal accepted september 1998 paper proposal accepted invited present paper twenty minutes please note working language conference english publication papers publication papers considered according various circumstances well conditions funding later stadium conference organization decisions concerning publication announced later web homepage 1998 nic symposium following address http www ling gu se events icc98reg html registration deadline august 31 1998 payment received august 31 1998 students 300 sek nonstudents 700 sek payment received august 31 1998 students 400 sek nonstudents 800 sek welcome 1998 nic symposium intercultural communication