LCNAU Seventh Biennial Colloquium

LCNAU Seventh Biennial Colloquium

Looking back, moving forward:
New directions and challenges in languages and cultures

The Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) was established in 2011 and its first national colloquium was held in Melbourne in that year. 2022 takes us full circle as the colloquium returns to its inaugural hosting city.

This year’s event provides us, as academics, scholars and educators, with a timely opportunity to reflect critically on the many changes, challenges and innovations that have occurred during that time, and how they have shaped what we do and who we are. It also provides us with an exciting opportunity to share experiences and to explore where we are heading next and what we can achieve - not just with respect to research and teaching, but also in terms of our contribution to the humanities and social sciences more broadly.

We look forward to welcoming colleagues back to Melbourne and having the opportunity to reconnect face to face.

Call for Papers

We welcome for consideration proposals for presentations and panels relating to the colloquium theme of reassessment and renewal. In this spirit, contributors may wish to address some of the big issues currently confronting the discipline of languages and cultures within the Australian tertiary sector, including:

• rethinking the place and future of languages and cultures in the university sector
• future of online and hybrid learning for language studies and studies in culture
• inclusivity and diversity in the teaching of languages and cultures
• emerging and future directions for research into culture and language

Approaches to these issues or to other aspects of the colloquium theme can be based on research which highlights new approaches or ways forward (e.g., innovative practice or new insights) and may be conducted in any of the following areas:

• research and teaching practices and methodologies in the field of languages and cultures, including in the areas of critical and global pedagogies,
• second language acquisition, technology in L2 learning and teaching, multilingual and intercultural education, language teacher education, work-integrated learning, etc.;
• language policy and advocacy for languages and cultures;
• indigenous languages and cultures;
• translation studies;
• studies in culture(s), including in the areas of cinema, theatre, literature, art, music, media, sociology, food studies, ecocriticism, history, politics, cultural studies, gender studies, queer studies, etc.

While preference may be given to presentations that focus on the colloquium theme, colleagues are also invited to submit proposals based upon their research into any aspect of learning and teaching or the study of culture(s) within the broad field of languages and cultures. Comparative studies, involving more than one language are also most welcome.

Delegate Registration

Registration will open on August 1.