Plenary speakers
Plenary sessions will be held in the Turner Sims Concert Hall
Our plenary speakers for SS18 will offer stimulating lectures on their latest research related to the conference theme.
Suresh Canagarajah
Suresh Canagarajah holds the William J and Catherine Craig Kirby Chair in Language Learning at Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Alastair Pennycook
Alastair Pennycook is Professor of Language in Education at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
Raj Mesthrie
Raj Mesthrie is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner is the Marcus Sieff Professor of the History of Jewish/non Jewish Relations, and Head of the Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton, UK.
Mary Louise Pratt
Mary Louise Pratt is a Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures and the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, USA.