37.3261, Confs: AI versus Multilinguality – Conversations Concerning Diverse Communities and the Future of Language-Specific Work (USA)

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Subject: 37.3261, Confs: AI versus Multilinguality – Conversations Concerning Diverse Communities and the Future of Language-Specific Work (USA)

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Date: 08-Oct-2026
From: Sebastian Muth [s.muth at lancaster.ac.uk]
Subject: AI versus Multilinguality – Conversations Concerning Diverse Communities and the Future of Language-Specific Work


AI versus Multilinguality – CConversations Concerning Diverse
Communities and the Future of Language-Specific Work
Theme: Hunter College MATI Roundtable

Date: 05-Nov-2026 - 05-Nov-2026
Location: New York, USA
Meeting URL:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6OcFwxrtl_RDzemCmQER-i2jn30IwCTmcGWEyyg2wddmwcQ/viewform

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics;
Discourse Analysis; Sociolinguistics; Translation

The latest news says AI agents are conspiring in their own language.
Some speculate that AI will become Language itself – a ‘life’ of its
own, threatening to displace diverse human voices that will have no
more agency than the bleating of sheep. What will become of
multilingual subjects like us?
This roundtable is an urgent call to respond. How is AI already
changing our social life and working conditions, and the meaning and
import of translation, interpreting, and translingual practices. How
can multilingual communities preempt, contain, resist, and move beyond
AI-driven transformations of language.
You are invited to propose a 5-min perspective segment sharing
thoughts and experience as practitioners of alternative literary
traditions and multicultural studies.
Date: Thursday, Nov 5th, 2026 | Time: 5:00 - 7:30 PM
Venue: Hunter College Campus, Faculty/Staff Hall HW 8F | Zoom
Contact: Julie H. Tay, PhD
Director of the MA in Translation & Interpreting Program
jt3361 at hunter.cuny.edu
CUNY Hunter College
Classical & Oriental Studies
695 Park Ave HW1403, New York NY 10065



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