Call for papers: CEL/ELC Conference: Multilingualism in higher education – current perspectives and emergent issues (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 28-29 Nov 2024)
Call for Papers:
2024 CEL/ELC CONFERENCE: BABEȘ-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY (UBB), CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA (28-29 NOVEMBER 2024)
MULTILINGUALISM IN HIGHER EDUCATION: current perspectives and emergent issues
This CEL/ELC event welcomes not only contributions about current perspectives linked to the aspects mentioned above, but also emergent issues about languages and language policies in Higher Education that accommodate new approaches to language diversity and equity.
Proposals for 15-20-minute presentations, delivered in English or French, may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
• Language policies and the strategic development of higher education institutions
• Comprehensive internationalisation of HE – linguistic implications
• The working language(s) of Internationalisation at Home (IaH)
• Language(s) in the internal and external communication of domestic HE learning environments
• The role of language(s) in cross-border mobility and exchange programmes
• The role of language(s) in cross-border partnerships, networks and mutual capacity building
• Linguistic, cultural and institutional diversity as vehicles for internationalisation
• Inclusiveness and diversity in language-equitable policies in HE institutions
• Multilingualism in the negotiation of meaning and co-creation of knowledge
• (Re)considering multilingualism in the global competition among HE institutions and / or in global ranking systems
• Democratisation of knowledge access, research publication practices, multilingualism and science communication
Abstracts (max. 350 words) should be sent to celelc@unicatt.it by 30th May 2024
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 30th June 2024
