<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Erina Iwasaki</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:eiwasaki@nd.edu">eiwasaki@nd.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 4:18 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: Call for book chapters & symposium<br>To: TJ D'Agostino <<a href="mailto:adagosti@nd.edu">adagosti@nd.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear colleagues,<br><br>TJ D’Agostino and I invite you to submit an expression of interest in contributing a book chapter to an edited volume, <i>The Politics of Language-in-Education Policy Change: Comparative Perspectives on Multilingual Education Reform</i>, and in participating in an accompanying research symposium with the University of Notre Dame on October 1 and 2, 2026.<br><br><b>About the volume</b><br>Despite growing recognition of the benefits of first language-based multilingual education (L1-based MLE), reform trajectories remain uneven. Some countries have institutionalized policy change, while others have seen stalled reforms or reversals. Building on an emerging cross-case comparative framework developed through the USAID-funded LITES study (D'Agostino & Iwasaki, under review), this volume invites contributions (country cases) addressing one or more of the following questions:<br><br>1. Why do language-in-education reforms gain political traction in some contexts or moments, while stalling or reversing in others?<br>2. Why do some reforms endure while others reverse?<br>3. What mechanisms explain variation in language-in-education policy trajectories within or across contexts?<br><br>We welcome a range of qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, with particular (though not exclusive) interest in process tracing. The full call for book chapters is attached to this email.<br><br><b>About the symposium</b><br>Selected contributors will be invited to a small, in-person research symposium at the Keough School of Global Affairs on Thursday, October 1 – Friday, October 2, 2026 (with a possible virtual option depending on the number of people unable to travel). All meals will be covered during the symposium; travel and accommodation will be the responsibility of participants. The symposium will bring together roughly 10–15 scholars for case-study presentations, a methods workshop on process tracing, and peer feedback sessions to support chapter development. Participation in the symposium is intended primarily for those contributing a chapter to the edited volume. <br><br><b>Info sessions</b><br>If you'd like to learn more before submitting, we'll be holding two informal online info sessions:<br>- Monday, July 27, 9 AM EST — <a href="https://notredame.zoom.us/j/6251452173?pwd=RGtiWmFvajc5aUJFMWFNejErUmNXdz09" target="_blank">https://notredame.zoom.us/j/6251452173?pwd=RGtiWmFvajc5aUJFMWFNejErUmNXdz09</a><br>- Thursday, August 6, 9 AM EST — <a href="https://notredame.zoom.us/j/6251452173?pwd=RGtiWmFvajc5aUJFMWFNejErUmNXdz09" target="_blank">https://notredame.zoom.us/j/6251452173?pwd=RGtiWmFvajc5aUJFMWFNejErUmNXdz09</a><br><br><b>How to express interest</b><br>Please reply to this email by July 31st with a brief note indicating your interest in (a) the edited volume only, (b) in the edited volume and the symposium, along with the case(s) and general research focus you'd bring to the project. This will help us plan the info sessions and symposium logistics.<br><br>Formal abstract submissions (500–750 words, outlining research question, case(s), methodology, data sources, and relevance to the volume's framework) are due August 15, 2026, to <a href="mailto:adagosti@nd.edu" target="_blank">adagosti@nd.edu</a> and <a href="mailto:eiwasaki@nd.edu" target="_blank">eiwasaki@nd.edu</a>, with notification of acceptance by September 1.<br><br>Full details are attached / linked below:<br>- Call for book chapters<br></div><div>- Embargoed copy of the cross-case comparative study paper (D'Agostino & Iwasaki, under review)<br><br>Please feel free to share this call with any colleagues or scholars who may be interested, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. We would love to have you join us!</div><div><br>Warm regards,<br>Erina Iwasaki<br>(on behalf of TJ D’Agostino and Erina Iwasaki, Editors)</div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Erina Iwasaki, PhD</b><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://pulte.nd.edu/people/staff/erina-iwasaki/" target="_blank">Postdoctoral Research Fellow</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">International Education, Poverty, Language and Literacy</div><div>Keough School of Global Affairs | Pulte Institute for Global Development University of Notre Dame</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">443 Flanner Hall</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Notre Dame, IN 46556</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eriwasaki/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DX2sqbUAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdXGfSN38hoCnmDIKhLyZUlQjviw7XHV9R6wGCop5I8CVNhxTBqXkbwE-i4yDa68ExP6Tf_BD9BEKqBfYashMuf0V_5PXcn3iQBlIWS6mKOZocoqnkjIrmPnAPsw8pC0kyZ39rpjxHHuBwKyFSl_aI?key=D02nHhhIbgTR4NsOZWGlcg" width="200" height="20"></div></div></div></div>
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