<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear List Members,<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">My colleague Laura Paterson and I have just launched a new book series, <a href="https://www.exeterpress.co.uk/Series/209/Perspectives-on-Language-and-Identity.html">Perspectives on Language and Identity</a>, with the University of Exeter Press. We are inviting book proposals either as monographs or edited volumes. We thought the call would be of interest to some members. Please see the details below and/ or attached.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span></p><h1 style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Perspectives on Language and Identity<span></span></span></h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="4">Exeter’s<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b>Perspectives on Language and Identity</b></em><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>series aims to provide researchers from a range of disciplines with a central hub through which to advance knowledge and interrogate different aspects of identity and language in the twenty-first century.</font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="4">The series will draw together different research paradigms and contrasting perspectives on identity and language. Topics covered by the series include, but are not limited to, identity construction, collectivism and individualism, changing attitudes to marginalised identities and realisation of identity in specific temporospatial and sociocultural contexts. The editors invite proposals from scholars at all career stages and are also open to proposals for edited volumes.<span></span></font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="4">To discuss your book proposal, please contact the series editors:<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/people/llp63" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(41,41,182)">Laura L. Paterson</span></a>, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English Language, The Open University, UK (<a href="mailto:laura.paterson@open.ac.uk" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(41,41,182)">laura.paterson@open.ac.uk</span></a>)<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/people/pns52" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(41,41,182)">Prithvi Shrestha</span></a>, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English Language, The Open University, UK (<a href="mailto:prithvi.shrestha@open.ac.uk" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(41,41,182)">prithvi.shrestha@open.ac.uk</span></a>)</font><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">If you have any questions, please contact either of us or both via above emails.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We look forward to hearing from you.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Warmest wishes,<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Laura and Prithvi.</p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-----------------------------<br><b>Dr Prithvi N. Shrestha, SFHEA</b><br>Senior Lecturer | School of Languages and Applied Linguistics<br>Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies | The Open University | Milton <br>Keynes MK7 6AA | United Kingdom<br>Direct line: +44(0) 1908 654265<br>Work details: <a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/people/pns52" target="_blank">http://www.open.ac.uk/people/pns52</a> <br>Research: <a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/pns52.html" target="_blank">http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/pns52.html</a>  <br></div><div dir="ltr">Twitter: @pnshrestha  <<a href="https://twitter.com/pnshrestha" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/pnshrestha</a>></div><div><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prithvi_Shrestha" target="_blank">ResearchGate</a> | <a href="https://open.academia.edu/PrithviShrestha" target="_blank">Academia.edu</a></div><div><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4971-8051" target="_blank">ORCiD</a></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/events/eltons-innovation-awards/eltons-innovation-awards-2019/excellence-course-innovation-2019-finalists" title="https://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/events/eltons-innovation-awards/eltons-innovation-awards-2019/excellence-course-innovation-2019-finalists" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.666666984558105px" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ELTons Award 2019 Finalist - Excellence in Course Innovation</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.666666984558105px"><span style="color:rgb(32,56,100);font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">(British Council)</font></span></span><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b>Recent
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<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Shrestha, Prithvi (2020). </span><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783030558444" target="_blank">Dynamic assessment of students’ academic writing: Vygotskian and Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspectives</a></span></i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783030558444" target="_blank">.</a> Cham: Springer.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium"></span><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>