“Language and Identity” Series Starts from February 2

In this workshop series, we focus on building common ground between various approaches to identity and language, forming a cross-disciplinary view on such fundamental issues as levels of identity, identity stability and fluidity, the broader nature of identity, and identity and language in the context of digitization and globalization.

Lecture 1 Transpositioning: A New Take on Translanguaging and Identities
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm (JST)
Pre-Registration required (Register here)
Speaker: LI Wei (University College London)

Lecture 2 Exploring the Changing Perceptions of Masculinity in Asia and Beyond through the Lens of Sociolinguistics
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (JST)
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Speaker: HIRAMOTO Mie (National University of Singapore)

Lecture 3 Japan’s Language Policy and Assumptions about Learner Identities: Promotion of English Language Teaching for Japanese and Japanese Language Teaching for Foreigners
Monday, 17 April 2023, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (JST)
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Speaker: HASHIMOTO Kayoko (the University of Queensland)

Lecture 4 Foreign Elements: Identity and Hybridity in Japanese Writing Practices
Monday, 29 May 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (JST)
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Speaker: Peter BACKHAUS (Waseda University)

Lecture 5 Language and Healthcare Work: Focusing on Trade, Migration, and Policy Discourse
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 9:00 am - 10:00 am (JST)
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Speaker: OTOMO Ruriko (Hokkaido University)

Lecture 6 The Relation Between Language, Culture, and Thought
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 4:00-5:00 pm (JST)
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Speaker: IMAI Mutsumi (Keio University)

To learn more about the kick off event of the series “Becoming White: The “Japanese” Language in the Modern Global Order” by Professor Atsuko Ueda（Princeton University）click here 

For previous events of Language and Identity Series please check our YouTube Channel Language and Identity playlist