A gentle reminder of our EXTENDED Call for papers

Language Policy Forum 2018
http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum

(Due to multiple requests, we have extended the submission deadline to **15 January 
2018**. Our original call is repeated below.)

Theme: Language policy in the age of diversity – dilemmas and hopes
When: 31 May — 1 June, 2018
Where: Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Plenary speaker(s): Prof. Marilyn Martin-Jones (University of Birmingham), Prof. Tony 
Liddicoat (University of Warwick)

Editors’ Panel (for advice on publishing):
Helen Kelly Holmes (Language Policy)
Tony Liddicoat (Current Issues in Language Planning)
John Edwards (Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development)
Marilyn Martin-Jones (Routledge book series Critical Studies in Multilingualism)

This event will be kindly supported by Springer, Bloomsbury, Routledge, Equinox, and 
Sheffield Hallam University.

The Language Policy Forum 2018 invites scholars, practitioners and other stakeholders 
to take stock of what language policy means in times of growing diversity. We are 
especially interested in presentations that discuss dilemmas (language-related 
problems in the world) and hopes (possible solutions, perhaps as a result of applying 
research findings).

Language policy permeates all domains of life, from the workplace, to the home and 
family, to schools, government, and other institutional settings. It enables some 
people to participate in these domains of life, and constrains others. The Language 
Policy special interest group (www.langpol.ac.uk) exists to enable dialogue on all 
areas of language policy research. We therefore encourage contributions from fields 
such as (but by no means limited to): sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, 
linguistic ethnography, political philosophy, economics, education studies, 
globalisation and migration studies.

As well presentations of empirical findings, we encourage meta-discussions of our own 
diversity of research practices: topics and data types, methodologies, and practical 
applications. We also encourage pedagogical submissions, exploring innovative 
approaches to the teaching of language policy in higher education.

Within this broad scope, we have no preferred themes or sub-disciplinary areas. This 
is the Language Policy Forum, a forum for all research about language policy.

Oral presentations will be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes for 
discussion and handover.

Abstracts (up to 300 words, including references, in word format) should be submitted 
by 15 January 2017 to http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/events/2018-lpforum. 
Please note we are not inviting submissions of colloquia or panels.

Updates and preliminary discussions will take place on the mailing list of the 
Language Policy special interest group. The group is open to all, and free to join: 
http://www.langpol.ac.uk/view/langpol/join. Finally, there will be book raffles at 
the end of the Forum, so please don’t miss the fun!

Conference fees:
We are aiming for maximum inclusivity in this conference, at all career stages, and 
taking into account variations in job security throughout academia. For this reason 
we are keeping overheads low, which includes not providing lunch or a wine reception. 
(There is an excellent canteen on campus for delegates to buy lunch, or local shops 
for cheaper alternatives.) And with inclusivity in mind, the conference dinner will 
be cheaper than is conventional; it has not been booked yet but is likely to be 
around £15 per person.

Employed full-time, BAAL non-member: £65 (to join BAAL, visit https://baal.org.uk/join/)
Employed full-time, BAAL member: £60
Student with conference funding: £20
BAAL student member: £0
Fractional, retired, hourly-paid, adjunct, student without conference funding: £0

We look forward to discussing language policy with you in Sheffield. And please pass 
this on widely in your own networks and to anyone you think may be interested!

All the best,
Dave (on behalf of the committee)

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Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132
Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
Communications Secretary, BAAL Language Policy group | www.langpol.ac.uk
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