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Prof Paul Drew
Department of Sociology, University of York, UK
Date of visitorship: 9-16 December 2007
Professor Paul Drew is a leading scholar internationally in Conversation Analysis and its application to the study of language, interaction and communication. He is currently working in two research areas, on affiliation and disaffiliation in interaction - this in collaboration with linguists at the University of York; and medical interaction in a variety of clinical settings, including primary care, diabetes and ENT oncology clinics (projects funded by the ESRC and Department of Health respectively).
Although he has lectured at York since 1973, Paul Drew has held visiting positions at universities and research centres in the US, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. He regularly teaches graduate training workshops and summer schools in CA, most recently in Denmark, Japan and the US.
He is on the editorial boards of a number of international journals; and is editor, with John Gumperz, of Cambridge University Press's series Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics.
Activities at HKU (2007)
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Constituent Theme- Languages, Media and Communication: Language in Education and Assessment Seminar Series
Date: 11 December 2007 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:30-7pm
Venue: T4, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
'Conversation, International Diplomacy and Playing Truant from School: What the really detailed analysis of language in interaction can tell us about the not-so-small and the really quite big things in life (including how it is that Bush got the better of Blair)'
(Chaired by Dr Olga Zayts, Department of Linguistics, HKU) |
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Workshop
Date: 14 December 2007 (Friday)
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: Room LG02, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
'Using Conversation Analysis as a Tool for Data Analysis: Common Problems and Pitfalls'
(Chaired by Dr Chris Davison, Faculty of Education, HKU)
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Consultation meetings with academic staff and postgraduate students
If you wish to make an individual appointment in advance with Prof Drew, please contact
Miss Scarlet Poon, email: scarletws@hku.hk |
Activities at HKU (2006)
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Constituent Theme- Languages, Media and Communication: Language in Education and Assessment Seminar Series
Date: 12 December 2006 (Tuesday)
Time: 5:30-7pm
Venue: LG06, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
'Research into Communication between Doctors and Patients: Applying Conversation Analysis'
(Chair: Dr Agnes Kang, School of English, Faculty of Arts, HKU) |
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Workshop
Date: 15 December 2006 (Friday)
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: LG02, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
'Conversation Analysis (CA) as a Method for Investigating Social Life'
(Chair: Dr Chris Davison, Faculty of Education, HKU) |
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