The call for proposals is addressed to PhD students and early career scholars from various academic fields, including political theory and philosophy, classical and modern philology, aesthetics and philosophy of language, discourse analysis (linguistics, semiotics, pragmatics), sociology, media studies, history, law, and economics.

This call invites contributions that explore, from theoretical, historical, analytical, and critical perspectives, the multiple conflictual dimensions of political discourse. The aim is to foster a transdisciplinary reflection on how conflict is represented, narrated, articulated, and regulated through the languages of politics, both in ancient and contemporary societies. Particular attention will be paid to the processes by which political discourse constructs oppositions, mobilizes collective identities, structures dissent, and gives voice to demands for justice and recognition.

This call thus seeks to gather proposals that, through diverse yet complementary approaches, analyze conflict as a structural and ambivalent element of public life – a force capable of generating fractures and polarization, but also of opening up spaces for negotiation, representation, and democratic innovation.

All details regarding participation, deadlines, and selection criteria are available in the full version of the call for proposals (link / PDF attached).

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts (max. 500 words, excluding the bibliography) must be submitted no later than July15th, 2025, to seminariotransdisciplinare.phd@gmail.com.

They should include: full name, title, five keywords, and a bibliography (max. 10 titles).

Authors must also indicate their disciplinaryfield and institutional affiliation.

Abstracts should be sent in Word format (.doc or .docx).

Notification of acceptance or rejection shall be sent by July 30th, 2025.

List of Topics

- Dialectic and Rhetoric of Conflict in Ancient Political Discourse (analysis of the discursive strategies through which political conflict was expressed, managed, and resolved in the ancient societies)

- Ideological-Political Languages of Conflict (exploration of discursive strategies used to construct the image of the enemy, to fuel divisions, and to spread propaganda across different historical periods and political-social contexts)

- Media and Digital Amplification of Political Conflict (examination of the dynamics through which political conflict is disseminated and intensified viatraditional media, digital platforms, and AI)

- New Discursive Configurations of Political Conflict (analysis of contemporary transformations in political discourse, particularly in relation topopulism, polarization, and disintermediation)

- Political Conflict and Public Opinion (investigation of the relationship between political conflict and public opinion, with a focus onthe role of communication in shaping consensus and dissent)

- Aesthetic Languages of Political Conflict (study of the symbolic forms through which political conflict is represented and conveyed, including images, cultural artifacts, and artistic expressions)

- Legal Languages of Political Conflict (examination of the ways through which political discourse is translated into legal norms aimedat regulating conflict)

- Geopolitical Languages of Conflict (analysis of political and strategic discourses that shape international relations, inter-statetensions, and global conflicts)

- Economic Languages of Political Conflict (analysis of the economic arguments used in political discourse to legitimize or challenge inequality, to advocatefor resource redistribution, and to create antagonisms between social classes, productive sectors or geographical areas)

Committees

Program Committee

PROF. MAURIZIO SERIO, “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome

PROF. ULRIKE HAIDER-QUERCIA, “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome

PROF. GIUSEPPE SOLARO, University of Foggia

PROF. VINCENZO LOMIENTO, University of Foggia

PROF. ANGELO ARCIERO, “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome

PROF. LUIGI LUDOVICI, “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome

PROF. EMANUELE TOSCANO, “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome

PROF. TOMMASO VALENTINI, “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome

Organizing committee

MARIA GIORGIA CARACENI, PhD Candidate, “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome (coordinator)

LIVIA D’ANTINO, PhD Candidate, University of Foggia

GIULIA FIORUCCI, PhD Candidate, “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome

JOEL TERRACINA, PhD Candidate “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Rome

Publication

2nd Transdisciplinary Seminar proceedings will be published in an edited volume by the University Press.

Venue

"Guglielmo Marconi University" of Rome

Contact

All details regarding participation, deadlines, and selection criteria are available in the full version of the call for proposals (PDF attached).

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the Organizing Commettee at seminariotransdisciplinare.phd@gmail.com