37.1637, Confs: Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins (France)
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Subject: 37.1637, Confs: Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins (France)
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Date: 30-Apr-2026
From: Lindsey Paek [lindsey.paek at univ-lorraine.fr]
Subject: Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins
Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins
Short Title: EngMargins
Date: 28-May-2026 - 29-May-2026
Location: Metz, France
Contact: Lindsey Paek
Contact Email: lindsey.paek at univ-lorraine.fr
Meeting URL: https://engmargins.sciencesconf.org/
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics;
Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
French (fra)
We are pleased to unveil below the programme for the international
conference Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins,
which will take place on 28/29 May at the Université de Lorraine (Metz
campus, Île du Saulcy, UFR ALL Metz, building B, room B110).
Registration for the conference is now open. You can register via the
conference’s official website:
https://engmargins.sciencesconf.org/registration?lang=en
A live stream of the conference will be provided so that you can
follow the event online. To receive the streaming link, please
register via the link above by selecting the “Free of charge – online
attendance” option from the drop-down menu. The streaming link will be
sent to you a few days before the event.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact
camille.ternisien at univ-lorraine.fr and/or adam.wilson at univ-lorraine.fr
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Chères et chers collègues,
Nous avons le plaisir de vous dévoiler ci-dessous le programme du
colloque international Identity Construction and English(es) from the
Margins (Identité(s), marges et langue(s) anglaise(s)) qui aura lieu
les 28 et 29 mai prochains à l'Université de Lorraine (campus de Metz,
Île du Saulcy, UFR ALL Metz, bâtiment B, salle B110).
Les inscriptions pour le colloque sont ouvertes. Vous pouvez vous
inscrire via le site officiel du colloque :
https://engmargins.sciencesconf.org/registration?lang=fr
Une diffusion du colloque sera mise en place afin de permettre un
suivi de l'événement en ligne. Pour obtenir le lien de diffusion,
merci de vous inscrire via le lien d'inscription ci-dessus en
sélectionnant l'option "Gratuit - en ligne" dans le menu déroulant. Le
lien de diffusion vous sera communiqué quelques jours avant
l'événement.
Pour toute question, n'hésitez pas à contacter
camille.ternisien at univ-lorraine.fr et/ou adam.wilson at univ-lorraine.fr
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Identity Construction and English(es) from the Margins
28–29 mai 2026 / 28-29 May 2026
Université de Lorraine (Metz, France)
jeudi 28 mai / Thursday 28 May
9.15-9.45 Accueil et inscriptions / Welcome and Registration
9.45-10.00 Mots de bienvenue / Welcome Address
10.00-11.00
Conférence plénière 1 / Keynote 1
Navigating marginalisation through talk: Intersectional identity
construction among LGBTQ+ youth - Lucy Jones (University of
Nottingham, Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom)
11.00-11.30 Pause / Coffee Break
11.30-12.00 English at the Algorithmic Margins: Queer Discursive
Resistance in AI-Mediated Intimacy - Johanathan Woodworth, Andrea
Fraser, Phillip Joy & Conor Barker (Mount Saint Vincent University,
Canada)
12.00-12.30 Nommer pour mieux (se) haïr. Pratiques de nomination et
agentivité dans les discours incels - Johann Tournebize (Université
Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France)
12.30-14.00 Pause déjeuner / Lunch Break
13.30-14.30 Séance de posters / Poster Session
14.30-15.00 Marginalisation from Within: evaluating (ye) ken among
Scottish listeners - Alexis Bruynooghe, Laure Lansari & Sophie Herment
(Aix-Marseille Université & Université de Picardie Jules Verne,
France)
15.00-15.30 Laughing at the Margins: Welsh English, Humor, and
Identity Construction - Gaëlle Le Corre (Université de Bretagne
Occidentale, France)
15.30-16.00 The reclaiming of the English language by non-native
speakers and marginalisation of native ones: focus on conversations at
the front desk - Clarisse Thouvenot (Université Lumière Lyon 2,
France)
16.00-16.30 Pause / Coffee Break
16.30-17.00 African-American Vernacular English as staged by the
author and ethnographer Zora Neale Hurston: the rural town of
Eatonville as a performative locus of identity construction - Johanna
Galis (Université Paris 8, France)
17.00-17.30 Linguistic Key Patterns and Identity Construction in
Translation: Comparing Kourouma's Postcolonial Texts and Diome's
Diasporic Novel - Kossi Adzalo (Université Polytechnique
Hauts-de-France, France)
20.00 Dîner de gala / Conference Dinner
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vendredi 29 mai / Friday 29 May
09.00-9.30 Accueil et inscriptions / Welcome and Registration
9.30-10.30 Conférence plénière 2 / Keynote 2 Marginalising
language, building consensus: The precarious trajectories of “gender”
in Europe - Erez Levon (Université de Berne, Suisse)
10.30-11.00 Pause / Coffee Break
11.00-11.30 Constructing a Nigerian Identity Through Englishes and
Pidgins—Endonormativist Discourse - Laura Goudet (IUF, Université de
Rouen Normandie, France)
11.30-12.00 Different standards for different identities: English
borrowings in French ludolects - Heather Burnett (LLF, CNRS, France)
12.00-14.00 Pause déjeuner (+ séance de posters) / Lunch Break (+
Poster Session)
14.00-14.30 A Critical Discourse Analysis of Immigrant metaphors in
the speeches of American presidents - Peter Teo (Nanyang Technological
University, Singapour / Singapore)
14.30-15.00 English as Dominant or Minority Language? Ethnographic
Insights into The Dynamics of Linguistic Identities in Bilingual
Workplaces in Canada - Manon Bouyé (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3,
France)
15.00-15.30 Pause / Coffee Break
15.30-16.00 Doing Crip Scholarship Online: Discursive Strategies,
Crip Time, and Public Intellectualism - Rachael Gabriel (University of
Connecticut, USA)
16.00-16.30 Multilingualism and handwritten signature: the case of
Palestinian Arab higher education students in Israel - Deia Ganayim
(ACMBB, Israël)
16.30 Conclusions et clôture / Closing Remarks
17.00 Cocktail de clôture / Closing Drinks Reception
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