27.4395, Confs: English, Applied Linguistics/USA

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:56:55
From: Dr. Tej Bhatia [tkbhatia at syr.edu]
Subject: 22nd Conference of the International Association for World Englishes

 
22nd Conference of the International Association for World Englishes 
Short Title: 22nd IAWE 

Date: 30-Jun-2017 - 02-Jul-2017 
Location: Syracuse, New York, USA 
Contact: Dr. Tej Bhatia 
Contact Email: tkbhatia at syr.edu 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Meeting Description: 

Venue: Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

We are delighted to inform you that the Executive Committee of the
International Association for World Englishes has accepted our proposal to
host the 23rd International Conference of World Englishes at Syracuse
University from June 30-July 2, 2017. 

The conference will deal with the issues arising out of the global spread of
English as an international and intranational lingua franca in Asia, Africa,
Latin America and Europe. As we know, English plays a central and influential
role in many important spheres of activities such as education,
administration, law, media, literature, information technology, news,
entertainment and social media, research in STEM and security studies,
international relations among others. However, English is often used as a
second or third language and interacts with many regional languages and
cultures resulting in the development of many new varieties or “World
Englishes”.

The focus of this conference will be the issues arising out of the tension
between the global vs. the local roles of English. While the role of English
as a global lingua franca calls for international standards, its equally
important role as media for expressing regional identities and cultures brings
about tremendous diversity. Thus, English is placed in a paradoxical situation
where its very success as a global medium is based on resolving mutually
conflicting functions (i.e. resolving global vs. local paradox).

A special attraction of the Syracuse conference will be that it will feature a
symposium in memory of the founder and dominant scholar of the field of World
Englishes, Professor Braj B. Kachru, who passed away in July this year. 
Professor Kachru was a pioneering scholar, an influential leader in the fields
of linguistics and English, and a charismatic intellectual with a world-wide
following.

2017 Theme: Global and Local Contexts of Communication through World Englishes

The conference will feature lectures and workshops on a broad array of topics.
The following new as well as urgent sub-themes drawn from a variety of
interdisciplinary fields ranging from Information Studies, Computer and
Electrical Engineering, Linguistic and Cognitive Sciences to International
Business, English, Media, Global Affairs and Policy Studies. 

Sub-themes: 

- World Englishes, Teaching and Education (including in STEM disciplines)
- Deep Learning, New Pedagogies & New Partnerships (business, Policies,
Education, Corpus Linguistics and Machine Learning, Data Mining etc.)
- Social Media, Deception and Civility
- World Englishes (Global vs. local Paradox)
- Global Education, Partnerships and New Global Classroom 
- Medicine and Literatures (including Trauma and Emotions)
- World Englishes and Language Acquisition
- World Englishes and Security Studies
- Cross-cultural communication and advertising
 






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