THE School of Language Studies and Linguistics at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is organising an international conference entitled Language And Nationhood: Discourses Across Cultures And Disciplines (SoLLs.INTEC.07) at Sheraton Subang Hotel and Towers, Subang Jaya, Selangor, from May 15 to 17.
The conference will be opened on May 15 by Raja Zarith Sofia Sultan Idris Shah, the consort of Tengku Mahkota Johor Tengku Ibrahim Ismail Sultan Iskandar, who will also present a keynote address. The conference focuses on issues of language and nationhood and aims to bring together international and local academics, researchers and experts to exchange and share ideas and ideologies, knowledge and disciplines, cultures and practices, policies and positions, and plans and visions. It will also be an avenue for discourse across various cultures on different areas of study in language, linguistics, education, technology, culture, professional communication, planning and policy.
