Centred on the theme “Social Justice: Language, Equity, Voice, and Empowerment,” the conference brings together scholars, educators, and practitioners working in language education, linguistics, literary studies, translation and interpretation studies, and cultural studies to examine how linguistic, literary, and cultural practices relate to questions of power, knowledge, ideology, and social inequality. 

While the conference welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives, it equally values discipline-specific research grounded in the theoretical, methodological, and analytical traditions of each field. Particular emphasis is placed on critical and ethical inquiries into equity, inclusion, representation, and voice, as well as on how language, literature, and translation engage with issues such as migration, multilingualism, marginalisation, identity, and access across different social, cultural, and institutional contexts.

The fields of study* include the following: