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"Understanding between and among disparate cultures has challenged mankind throughout history; and clearly, communication, intercultural communication, is a key element in achieving understanding. We believe a disciplined, linguistic approach to the study of intercultural communication, an approach that includes the building of linguistic corpora, research in contrastive rhetoric, and practical, real life application of the best practices learned, can provide valuable insights toward achieving understanding among cultures. Nowhere is this approach followed more faithfully than at ICIC."  
                                        —Karl R. Zimmer (1926-2014), former member of the ICIC Board of Advisors                                                         

                                                Barbara Zimmer (1929-2010)—A Personal Tribute

Welcome to ICIC

The International Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) is a university-based research and service organization created in 1998 to enhance links between the city of Indianapolis, the state of Indiana, and cultures/nations throughout the world. ICIC strives for excellence in language and intercultural training in academic, professional, and other occupational contexts. The center is part of the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts in the Department of English at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and has been awarded an IUPUI Signature Center Initiative Grant. (Learn more about this exciting program.)

• Current Events

• 12/17/2014

  Call for submissions
  

  The deadline is February 1, 2015, for the Joan and Larry Cimino Award for Excellence in Intercultural Communication. This award is for the best paper or thesis on intercultural communication submitted by a student enrolled in a graduate course in a degree program offered through one of the departments in the IU School of Liberal Arts. Learn more at liberalarts.iupui.edu/scholarship/details.php?id=57.
  

   

  12/05/2014

  Funded Liberal Arts Projects
  

  ICIC is listed as a recipient of an internal grant through the IU School of Liberal Arts.
  More at liberalarts.iupui.edu/index.php/research/
  

   

  10/30/2014

  October Newsletter online
  

  Visit the liberalarts.iupui.edu/icic/news_events/ page to download the latest news from ICIC.
  

   

  10/13/2014

  Upcoming Talk: Using Linguistic Analysis of Interview Data to Better Understand Nurse-Patient Interaction

  ICIC invites you to a brown bag talk by Shelley Staples, Ph.D. in Second Language Studies/ESL at Purdue University. Learn about Dr. Staples’ research on the differences in language used by international and U.S. nurses in patient interactions. Join us Thursday October 30, noon to 1 pm, at Cavanaugh Hall, Room 438.

   

  09/17/2014

  IUPUI Newsroom: ESP training to help parents of children with special medical needs

  ICIC and Family Voices Indiana are co-recipients of a Community Health Engagement Program grant of nearly $23,000 to apply academic research to solve a community health issue. Read more >
  

   

  09/16/2014

  Ulla Connor to deliver plenary talk in Korea
  

  Responding to the theme, Applied Linguistics in the Era of Multiculturalism, Ulla Connor will deliver a plenary talk on September 27, "Intercultural Rhetoric & EAP/ESP Education in Today’s Multicultural World" at the 2014 Applied Linguistics Association of Korea. The conference takes place at Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea.

   

  09/1/2014

  Hakuoh students experience American culture through ICIC

  Thirteen Hakuoh University students arrived in Indianapolis to improve their English language skills while learning about American culture. They will be in Indianapolis through September 15.

   

  08/25/2014

  New research assistant arrives
  

  ICIC’s former education assistant, Angela Herrmann, begins work as ICIC’s research assistant on August 25. Welcome, Angela!