UBC LLED Talks - Luncheon with Dr. Sinfree Makoni, Penn State University

We would like to invite Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows to a luncheon with Dr. Sinfree Makoni, Penn State University, on Wednesday, March 22, at 12:30pm. This event is free and to be hosted in the Multipurpose Room (PCN 2012), Ponderosa Commons North, UBC. 

Registration for this event is required as lunch will be provided for attendees and numbers are needed for catering. Please RSVP using the button below.

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International scholar, Dr. Makoni, is an invited guest speaker presenting his talk on "Language Research, Southern Epistemologies, and Decoloniality: An Evolving Agenda" at the Contemporary Perspectives on Language Research in a two-session dialogue, sponsored by LLED and Language Sciences. Click here to view details if you are interesting in attending his talk on Thursday, March 23rd. 

Bio: 

Dr. Makoni’s most recent co-edited books with Routledge include Innovations and Challenges to Applied Linguistics from the Global South; Integrational Linguistics and Philosophy of Language in the Global South; The Languaging of Higher Education in the Global South; and Language in the Global South. His co-edited Multilingual Matters publications include Decolonial Voices, Language and Race, and From Decolonial Linguistics to Southern Sociolinguistics. He is also co-editor of the new Multilingual Matters book series Global Forum on Southern Epistemologies. He currently serves as co-editor of the Journal of Applied Linguistics.