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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:11pt">A symposium on</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Calibri \(Headings\)";font-variant:small-caps"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:black;font-size:11pt">“Multiculturalism, multilingualism and culture-language education in Asia and the Pacific”</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:black"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Date: 18, 19, and 25 November 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></p>

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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Call for abstracts:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:black;font-size:11pt">We invite abstracts for the symposium on multiculturalism and multilingualism in Asia and the Pacific”, part of the “</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:black;font-size:11pt"><i>Intercultural

dimensions in language education<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:black;font-size:11pt">” Flagship at the Australian National University.

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">This online symposium is to bring together professionals and academics to discuss the complex dynamics of multicultural/multilingual regions and countries in Asia and the Pacific. Issues of multiculturalism/multilingualism

 have been of long-standing theoretical and empirical interest across different disciplines. We are interested in the socio-cultural-historical-political-economic-educational dimensions and challenges that they pose in the modern context in Asia and the Pacific,

 which straddle across intertwined themes such inter-ethnic relations, peace and harmony, indigenous minority rights, culture-language interrelation, culture-language maintenance, language and education policy, and local/regional ethnolinguistic economic vitality.

 We invite abstracts that examine issues in these topics from disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspectives. We welcome case studies or comparative studies focusing on specific regions or countries in Asia and the Pacific.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts should be 500 words max.

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Abstract submission: Please submit your abstract in .pdf format to <</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin;color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:languages.flagship@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:11pt">languages.flagship@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">>,

 with “Multiculturalism and multilingualism symposium” as your email subject. Information about the title of your abstract and the author(s) must be included in the body text of your email</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></li><span style="font-size:11pt"></span>

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Deadline for receipt of abstracts: Saturday, 31 July 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><span style="font-size:11pt">    

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Notification of acceptance: Friday, 20 August 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></li><span style="font-size:11pt"></span>

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Symposium: 18, 19, and 25 November 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt">

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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Invited speakers</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal">Professor Miriam Meyerhoff (Oxford University) [on multilingualism in NZ]

</span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/person/professor-miriam-meyerhoff"><span style="color:blue;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal">https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/person/professor-miriam-meyerhoff</span></a></span><u><span style="color:blue;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal">.</span></u><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:normal"> </span></o:p></span></li><span style="font-size:11pt"></span>

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal">Dr Fiona Willans (The University of the South Pacific) [on multilingualism in the Pacific]

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal">Prof Anthony Liddicoat (University of Warwick)[on multilingual education or language education policy in East and Southeast Asia]

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<span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal">Dr. Ruth Singer: [on the sociolinguistics of multilingual Indigenous Australian communities]

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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal" lang="EN-US">Yongyan Zheng</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal" lang="EN-US">

</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:normal">[on multilingualism and language policy in China]

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<li><span style="font-size:11pt">Mainly online (possibly with some hybrid face-to-face participation).

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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Further contacts</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><o:p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></o:p></span></i></p>

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<li><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">If you have any queries, please contact us: Wayan Arka (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><a href="mailto:wayan.arka@anu.edu.au"><span style="color:blue;font-size:11pt">wayan.arka@anu.edu.au</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">),

 Duck-Young Lee (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><a href="mailto:Duck.Lee@anu.edu.au"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-size:11pt">Duck.Lee@anu.edu.au</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">),

 Carmel O'Shannessy (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><a href="mailto:Shannessy@anu.edu.au"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);font-size:11pt">Carmel.O'Shannessy@anu.edu.au</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">),

and Yanyin Zang (<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin"><a href="mailto:yanyin.zhang@anu.edu.au"><span style="font-size:11pt">yanyin.zhang@anu.edu.au</a><span style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;font-size:11pt">).

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