International Symposium on Bilingualism

In recognition of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, IBS14 will hold the Australian Indigenous Languages Day showcasing the work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars and collaborative work with Australian Indigenous communities. 

Keynote speakers for this day include: 

• Professor Jakelin Troy, University of Sydney 

• Professor Clint Bracknell, University of Queensland

• Chantelle Khamchuang, Western Sydney University

• Jesse Hodgetts, University of Newcastle 

• Noeleen Lumby, Macquarie University 

• Jacinta Tobin, University of Sydney 

Other invited speakers and panel members will be listed here soon. 

Themes of the day will include:  

• Histories of multilingualism and multilingualism research in Indigenous Australia 

• Reclaiming and maintaining multilingualism in Indigenous Australia 

• Bilingual education in Indigenous Australia 

• Multilingualism and verbal art in Aboriginal Australia 

Organising committee chair, Isabel O’Keeffe (Macquarie University/NAL) is coordinating the day with guidance and support from Professor Jakelin Troy, (Ngarigu scholar and Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, Research Portfolio at the University of Sydney) and Lesley Woods (Ngiyampaa doctoral scholar at Australian National University). 

• Christos Pliatsikas, Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism, School of Psychological and Clinical Language Science, University of Reading 

• Ingrid Piller, Centre for Workforce Futures, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University

• Kevin Kien Hoa Chung, Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong

• Kilian Seeber, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, University of Geneva

• Leher Singh, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore 

• Ofelia García, Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures, City University of New York

• Sharynne McLeod, School of Education, Charles Sturt University

ISB14 ECR Keynote speakers

• Ethan Kutlu, Linguistics and Psychological Brain Sciences, University of Iowa

• Maki Kubota, Department of Language and Culture, The Arctic University of Norway

• Kimberly Crespo, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Boston University

• Mei French, Education Futures, University of South Australia

Friday 23 June 2023

• Introduction to Advanced Statistics for Language Sciences: Christos Pilatsikas (University of Reading), Ian Cunnings (University of Reading), João Veríssimo (University of Lisbon), Ste Correta (University of Edinburgh), George Pontikas (University of Reading)

Monday 26 June 2023

• Home language maintenance: Sharynne McLeod (Charles Sturt University) and Paola Escudero (Western Sydney University)

Tuesday 27 June 2023

• Life in a New Language: Ingrid Piller (Macquarie University)

Thursday 29 June 2023

• Managing cognitive resources in interpreting: Jan-Louis Kruger and Marc Orlando (Macquarie University), and Killian Seeber (University of Geneva)

Friday 30 June 2023

• Multilingual and Multimodal Literacy Practices in Linguistic Diversity: a panel discussion hosted by Ingrid Gogolin (Universität Hamburg)