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JU to hold global conference on Bangabandhu
A two-day international conference, titled 'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and His Legacy' will begin at Jahangirnagar University (JU) Sunday.
Leading researchers from Bangladesh, India, Canada, Germany and Sweden will take part in the conference, where a total of 15 keynote papers and 102 research papers on Bangabandhu will be presented.
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Conference convener Prof Mezbah Kamal said, "We are going to present the research programme to generate interest among the youth to do research on Bangabandhu."
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Farzana Islam will inaugurate the international conference at the Zahir Raihan Auditorium of JU. Planning Minister Abdul Mannan MP will be present as the chief guest.
Former Vice-Chancellor of India's Rabindra Bharati University Prof Pabitra Sarkar, an eminent academic, will attend the conference.
Curtain rises on global conference on entangled Englishes
A three-day international conference, titled 'Entangled Englishes in Translocal Spaces', virtually began on Thursday.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni inaugurated the conference as the chief guest, organised by the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).
Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) Prof Dr Kazi Shahidullah, and Kazi Nabil Ahmed, an MP and a member of ULAB's Board of Trustees, joined the event as special guests.
The keynote speaker of the conference is globally renowned socio-linguist Professor Alastair Pennycook, Professor Emeritus at the University of Technology Sydney and Research Professor at the MultiLing Centre of the University of Oslo.
Plenary speakers include Dr Shyam Sharma, Assistant Professor of English, Stony Brook University, New York, Dr Sender Dovchin, Senior Research Fellow, School of Education, Curtin University, Australia, Dr Azfar Hussain, Associate Professor, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, renowned Bangladeshi educator Prof Salimullah Khan, ULAB, and Prof Shamsad Mortuza, acting Vice-Chancellor, ULAB.
Roundtable discussions featuring renowned academics and experts from Bangladesh and abroad on 'English Studies in the age of World Englishes and World Literature', 'Creating humane leaders for English language education in Bangladesh and Beyond: Challenges and future directions' and 'Entangled Englishes: Implications for Language-in-Education Policy and Practice' will be held during this conference.
A panel discussion will also be held on 'The politics of injustice in translingualism: Linguistic racism', while a special poetry session will feature Dr Ahmar Mahboob from the University of Sydney, Australia.
This interdisciplinary Conference will showcase papers, panels, and posters on Englishes and their roles in society with reference to sociology, history, political science, anthropology, education, culture and media studies, critical geography, and linguistics and literature.
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The conference will also attempt to configure and contest the hegemonic status of English in various domains of life. It will initiate a discursive platform to explore possible ways of “de-elitization” of Englishes for the sustainable development of human resources.
Scholars, researchers and professionals are expected to advance and interchange ideas about critical language awareness for social justice and equality.
The virtual conference will conclude on Saturday.