We are pleased to announce a specialized seminar of the International Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM), which will be held at Palacio de Valdeparaiso (Almagro, Spain), 5-7 May 2011.
	As an association, RaAM strives to advance the study of metaphor, metonymy and other aspects of figurative thought and expression, with a commitment to the application of metaphor research to 'real world' issues. In the present seminar, the theme will be “Metaphor across Time and Genre”.
	We intend to highlight the socio-cultural as well as the situational quality of metaphor as historically expanded and manifested in such situated social practices as the genres that articulate the communicative interaction of discourse communities of various types. The seminar will be organized in a vertical manner, in that there will be only one session at a time. Our main aim is to get people to attend everything, as well as chat, make contacts, renew old ones, and have fun, plus have time to discuss their own research with everybody.

 

Rosario Caballero, Javier Díaz Vera, Mª Jesús Pinar, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza, José Miguel Alcolado, Carmen Calzado, Rafael Cruz, Marta Gómez.

 

Departamento de Filología Moderna

Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Avda de Camilo José Cela s/n

E-13071 Ciudad Real

SPAIN

 

RaAM was created on 12 April 2006 in Leeds, UK, during the RaAM 6 Conference, with the following objectives:

•To advance the study of metaphor, metonymy and other aspects of figurative language, with a commitment to the application of metaphor research to ‘real world’ issues.

•To encourage the development of rigorous research methods for the study of metaphor, metonymy and other aspects of figurative language in real world contexts.

•To foster interdisciplinary collaboration in this area of study.