We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Critical Conversation Series, a platform for dialogue and critical engagement with issues related to language education. This series aims to bring together voices from across the globe—including scholars and researchers who may be at different points of their career trajectories and whose work centers on anti-oppressive practices in language learning, teaching, and beyond.
The first session of the Critical Conversation Series is almost here!
The first session of the Critical Conversation Series will feature Dr. Muzna Awayed-Bishara, an esteemed scholar whose work focuses on multilingualism, minority education, and how power imbalances are (re)produced and/or contested through semiotic means.
Event Details:
Date: February 26
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (PST)
Location: Online via Zoom
About Dr. Muzna Awayed-Bishara:
Muzna Awayed-Bishara currently holds a tenure track position in the Program for Multilingual Education, School of Education at Tel Aviv University; and is an honorary associate professor linked to the center of Applied Linguistics at University College London. Her research interests are multilingualism and minority education with special emphasis on Palestinians in Israel, Southern applied/ sociolinguistics, and EFL education. She also examines how power imbalances are (re)produced and/or contested through semiotic means. She has authored articles in leading peer-reviewed journals and a book EFL Pedagogy as Cultural Discourse: Textbooks, Practice, and Policy for Arabs and Jews in Israel (Routledge, 2020).
Our first session is exclusively for members of the Faculty of Education at UBC. While this session is not open to the public, we are excited to expand access to future sessions for a broader audience. In the future, we also plan to share recordings of our online sessions on our upcoming YouTube channel.
Stay tuned for updates!