Englishes are entangled in our lives. They are used in a range of meaning-making practices in diverse contexts across the world. In the process, they incorporate linguistic and cultural resources from multiple codes, modes, genres, locations and cultures. These Englishes, ideologically value-laden, segregate people, communities, and nations, empowering some while marginalizing others. A disproportionate access to Englishes based on individual demographic, cultural, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds is perceived as a source of anxiety and apprehension. Migrants, minorities, and stateless refugees experience linguistic discriminations in various forms for Englishes too.
Considering the pervasiveness and strong ideologies associated with Englishes, the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) invites papers to configure and contest the hegemonic status of English in various domains of life. It also wants to initiate a discursive platform to explore possible ways of “de-elitisation” of Englishes for sustainable development of human resources.
Scholars, researchers and professionals from sociology, history, political science, anthropology, education, culture and media studies, critical geography, linguistics, and literature are expected to advance and interchange ideas about critical language awareness for linguistic rights, social justice and equality at this interdisciplinary conference.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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Professor Alastair Pennycook Professor Emeritus, University of Technology Sydney, Australia and Research Professor, MultiLing Centre, University of Oslo, Norway |
PLENARY SPEAKERS
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Dr. Shyam Sharma Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Program in Writing and Rhetoric, State University of New York, Stonybrook, NY, USA |
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Dr. Sender Dovchin Senior Research Fellow, School of Education, Curtin University, Australia |
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
PRESENTER REGISTRATION: AUGUST 5, 2021 PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION: AUGUST 25, 2021
REGISTRATION FEES
Papers: 20 minutes + 10 minutes for Q&A Posters: Allocated time slots Panels: 50 minutes + 10 minutes for Q&A (Conveners should submit 4-5 abstracts with an introduction and credentials of discussant)
The language of the conference is English.
BKASH NUMBER FOR LOCAL REGISTRATION
01787697588
BANK DETAILS FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION
Bank Name: PRIME BANK LIMITED Account Name: UNIVERSITY OF LIBERAL ARTS BANGLADESH Account Number: 2127113012847 Branch: Sat Masjid Road; Branch code: 403 Branch Address: House # 99, Road # 11/A, Dhanmondi, R/A, Dhaka-1209 Routing No: 170264039 SWIFT Code: PRBLBDDH023
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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