Events

Dr Rebecca Starr - National University of Singapore (http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ell/People_Faculty_SRL.html) Abstract Although orientation towards local linguistic norms is increasing in Singapore, Singapore English (SgE) is still perceived by some as a non-native variety. Variation in attitudes towards SgE may shape acquisition of SgE features by both Singaporean and expatriate children, who increasingly attend government schools. The […]

Dr Nicholas Luke - The University of Hong Kong (https://englishhkuhk.foarts.hku.hk/people/Faculty/86/Dr%20Nicholas%20Luke) Abstract This paper challenges one of the most influential readings of Shakespeare in the last half-century: that of the “ordinary language” philosopher Stanley Cavell.  It critiques Cavell’s notions of avoidance, acknowledgment, and recognition through an analysis of the discontinuous, fragmentary character of Edgar (King Lear). […]

Professor Monica Heller - University of Toronto (https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/sje/People/1615/Monica_Heller.html) Abstract A few years ago, the University of Toronto Press approached me and Bonnie McElhinny with a proposal that we produce a new introductory text to linguistic anthropology and an accompanying reader. Faced with what we were experiencing as a disconnect between the role of language in […]

Professor Crispin Thurlow - University of Bern (https://www.ens.unibe.ch/about_us/staff/prof_dr_thurlow_crispin/index_eng.html) Abstract The prime technique of power is now escape, slippage, elision and avoidance … Zygmunt Bauman (2000: 11) The infinity pool is currently an epitomic, ubiquitous marker of distinction and prestige in so-called luxury tourism. Arguably the supreme example of these vanishing-edge illusions is to be found […]

Mohammed Hanif (http://www.penhongkong.org/pen-hong-kong-literature-human-rights-lecture-november-2019-mohammed-hanif-stories-we-cant-tell/)

Dr Caterina Romeo - Sapienza University of Rome

Dr Kaitlin Staudt - Education University of Hong Kong