Institute on “Trans” Linguistic Research and Publishing

Host Institution: Penn State University, USA
Website: https://iecp.la.psu.edu/institute-on-trans-linguistic-research-and-publishing/

Dates: 12-May-2025 - 16-May-2025
Location: State College Pennsylvania, USA

Minimum Education Level: Graduate students and early career scholars

Focus: Calling all graduate students and early career scholars interested in receiving in-depth feedback on their research and manuscripts! The Institute on "Trans" Linguistic Research and Publishing invites proposals for its summer workshop. The objective of this institute is to mentor graduate students and early career scholars into research and publishing that expand the boundaries of language studies. It will promote both new approaches to research and new genres of writing that transgress limiting traditional paradigms and practices. Deadline for proposals is January 24th 2025. You can find more details at https://iecp.la.psu.edu/institute-on-trans-linguistic-research-and-publishing/

Description:

“Trans” epistemologies question reductive binaries and hierarchies, as in crip, queer, and decolonial scholarship. Drawing from this movement, translingualism addresses resistant communicative practices that transcend autonomous or labeled languages and words to include expansive semiotic repertoires. Connotations of “trans” extend into transgressive and transformative approaches of research and inquiry. Such approaches transgress traditional linguistics and communicative norms, based on colonizing and homogenizing policies, to envision practices that are more diverse and empowering. This institute welcomes transformative inquiry and writing in any area of language studies.

The focus on “language studies” includes a wide range of disciplines such as composition, rhetoric, literacy, literature, sociolinguistics, semiotics, language policies, language teaching, language program administration, translation studies, and philosophies of language.

The objective of this institute is to mentor graduate students and early career scholars into research and publishing that expand the boundaries of language studies. It will promote both new approaches to research and new genres of writing that transgress limiting traditional paradigms and practices. This institute will be held annually in May at Penn State University. Plans are underway to hold similar institutes in other Global South locations, such as Sri Lanka and Tunisia. Scholars in those regions will be able to attend them more conveniently.

To encourage intensive face to face discussions, close textual feedback, and collaborative learning, the institute will invite a small number of participants. Those who attend are expected to submit their works in progress or manuscripts toward preparing them for a successful publication. Interspersed with plenary talks by experts on research methods and publishing practices, the 5-day institute will provide each participant extensive time to present their research writing, receive in-depth feedback, and consult on revisions.

Financial Aid Applications accepted until 24-Jan-2025

Partial funding is available to support the participation of outstanding scholars from disadvantaged
communities.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Ling & Literature
Philosophy of Language
Sociolinguistics
Translation

Registration Open until 24-Jan-2025

Contact Person: Suresh Canagarajah
Email: [email protected];

Apply on the web: https://iecp.la.psu.edu/institute-on-trans-linguistic-research-and-publishing/

Registration Instructions:
Send a 600-word abstract of your writing project to Suresh Canagarajah at [email protected]; include your full name, institutional status (graduate student, faculty etc.), affiliation, and mailing and email address.