Multilingualism and Identity: Interdisciplinary perspectives

Globalisation and migration are two of the most important phenomena in the early 21st century and bring with them a number of opportunities and challenges, not least in terms of how people communicate and learn in new environments, both real and online. As a result of the rise in the movement of people and in interconnectivity more generally, an already multilingual world is becoming even more multilingual. How people use and develop their linguistic repertoires has been the subject of much scholarly attention. Less attention has been paid, however, to the ways in which people identify themselves and are identified by others as multilingual.

This conference brings together researchers in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, modern languages and education studies to explore multilingualism and identity from a variety of perspectives, with the aim of creating new synergies.  

Organisers

Dr Linda Fisher (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge)

Professor Wendy Bennett (Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge)

Keynote Speakers

• Professor David Block (ICREA, Universitat de Lleida)
• Professor Patricia Duff (University of British Columbia)
• Professor Bonny Norton (University of British Columbia)
• Professor Alastair Pennycook (University of Technology, Sydney)
• Professor Alison Phipps (University of Glasgow 

All questions about submissions should be emailed to meits@mml.cam.ac.uk

We look forward to welcoming you to Cambridge in September 2019!