Next Generation Literacies Conference

Social Participation in Linguistically Diverse Societies

11-12 January 2024, Hamburg

The Executive Committee of the Next Generation Literacies network invites you to participate in the 2024 conference on Social Participation in Linguistically Diverse Societies. See below for key conference information.

Keynote speaker announcement:

Prof. Joseph Lo Bianco, University of Melbourne
Working title: “Dominant language constellations:
A perspective on present-day multilingualism.”

Prof. em. David Little, Trinity College Dublin
“Learner autonomy, plurilingualism and interculturality:
Pedagogies for literacy in a democratic world.”

Conference Program Now Available

We are happy to publish the revised program for the Next Generation Literacies conference in January 2024 (download PDF). It may be subject to change.

Key Information

The conference will take place at University of Hamburg (Von-Melle-Park 3, 20146 Hamburg) from January 11-12, 2024.

Abstracts are due September 8, 2023.

Notifications will be due September 25, 2023.

Registration begins on September 25, 2023.

We invite different types of submissions:

Oral presentation (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion)
Poster (A1 size (594x841 mm/ 23.3x33.1 in) portrait format)
Roundtable discussion (in which an appointed chair structures direct interaction between presenters with similar themes)

There is no fee for participation.

Certificates of Participation will be issued upon request.

Travel support: Some travel support may be available from the Next Generation Literacies Network. If you wish to be considered for financial support, please indicate this along with your abstract submission.