MIC Symposium 2024

Multiple Perspectives on Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication

Date: October 17, 2024- October 18, 2024

Featuring

Alison Phipps (University of Glasgow), Antonella Sorace (University of Edinburgh), Guofang Li (University of British Columbia), & Michael Newman (Queens College)

Format

The event consists of a lecture in the morning and two lectures following in the afternoon, featuring Alison Phipps (chair of lecture: Loredana Polezzi), Guofang Li (Yi Wang, chair), and Antonella Sorace (Jiwon Hwang, chair), respectively on Thursday, Oct. 17. On the next day, Friday, Oct. 18, the event involves one lecture featuring Michael Newman (Joy Janzen, chair). 

For each of the presentations, there is a chair/discussant, who will introduce the speaker, provide a brief response after the presentation, and moderate audience Q&A. Each lecture is allocated 45-50 minutes and is followed by a 15-minute discussion period. 

Featured Talks

Enabling Environments, Fugitive Spaces, and Restorative Practices for Intercultural Dialogue and Linguistic Justice

View Alison Phipps' bio and lecture abstract

About Alison Phipps

The ecology of L2 learning and L1 change in bilingualism

View Antonella Sorace's bio and lecture abstract

About Antonella Sorace

Monolingual Habitus Reproduction and Multilingual Children’s Monolingual Becoming

View Guofang Li's bio and lecture abstract

About Guofang Li

Language accent and race in the history of New York City English

View Michael Newman's bio and lecture abstract

About Michael Newman

Time and Location