19.745, Confs: General Linguistics, English Language/Malaysia

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Subject: 19.745, Confs: General Linguistics, English Language/Malaysia

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Date: 06-Mar-2008
From: Normala Othman < normalaothman2008 at yahoo.com >
Subject: English and Asia: First International Conference 2008

 

	
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Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:44:35
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Subject: English and Asia: First International Conference 2008 
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English and Asia: First International Conference 2008 

Date: 24-Nov-2008 - 28-Nov-2008 
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Contact: Normala Othman 
Contact Email: englishasiaconference2008 at yahoo.com 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Meeting Description: 

The conference intends to bring together scholars, from various disciplines to
discuss English language issues in Asia, past, present and future. Paper
presentations or posters may be theoretical, experimental or reflective. 

English and Asia:  First International Conference 2008 
in Language and Linguistics 

Dates:  	November 24 - 28, 2008
Place:  	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  (IIUM & The Crown Princess Hotel)
Organiser:  	Department of English Language and Literature International Islamic
University Malaysia

Overview of Conference

English has become the main language in many countries in Asia as a result of
centuries of British colonialisation, resulting in what appears at times to be a
tug of war of roles between English and the vernaculars in the development of
the countries in the region, and (re)constructions of cultures, identities and
ideologies, while preserving old ones.  Today, the relationship between English
and Asia remains equally ambiguous and changing in all spheres: economical,
technological, academic, social, political. The language unites and divides
populations depending on the role that it holds within a country. This and other
issues could be interesting 'food for thought' in a conference that would bring
together not just professionals and students in language and linguistics, but
also researchers from other disciplines and interested parties from industry. We
invite papers from all parties interested in the issue, which may be
theoretical, experimental or reflective. 

Topics may cover all areas of linguistics and others such as the following:

  Varieties of Asian Englishes			
  English and Asian cultures
  The History of English in Asia		
  Asian Literatures in English 
  English as a Second Language		
  English in the Asian Classroom 
  English and Asian Nationalisms		
  English and Asian Politics/Diplomacy
  English and Business in Asian Societies	
  Issues in Translation
  English and Identity 				
  English and Cultural Transformation
  English and Language Planning/Policies	
  English and Media
  Postcolonial Linguistics Issues		
  English and the Vernaculars
  Critical Discourse Analysis			
  Competing Lingua Francas
  English Pidgins and Creoles			
  English Literature and Asia
  (Second) Language Acquisition		
  Language and Construction of Identities	

Speakers

VIP Speaker (to be announced later)
Prof. Richard Young (USA)
Prof Emeritus Asmah Hj Omar (Malaysia)
Prof Nik Safiah Karim (Malaysia)
Assoc. Prof. Ismail Talib (Singapore)
Assoc. Prof. Edwin Malachi (Malaysia)

Overview of Venue:

Kuala Lumpur is a magnificent city where the east meets the west and plenty of
things to do and look at for local and international visitors. The Crown
Princess Hotel is a 5-star hotel which has agreed to give fabulous rates to
conference participants. It is situated in the hip Ampang district and only a
few minutes walk to the famous Twin Towers. The conference opening will be
conducted on the campus of IIUM (situated among the valleys at the foot of the
Titiwangsa Range) and this is followed by a keynote address from a world class
speaker (from the Malaysian industry) you don't want to miss (announcement will
be made later). Activities such as daily after-conference free and easy programs
are being planned for those who would like to experience KL the way the locals
do. Do join us!

Address all other communications to:
Dr. Normala Othman (Chairman)
Department of English Language and Literature
KIRKHS, IIUM, PO Box 10
50728 Kuala Lumpur
Tel:  03 61965042, Fax: 03 6196 5148, normalaothman2008 at yahoo.com






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