On Sunday 15th October, Heng Wang and I presented on our Sino-Muslim Heritage Literacies project to an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars as part of a seminar series at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. The seminar was titled ‘A Semiotics of Sino-Muslim Heritage Literacy in China’ […]
Earlier this year I undertook an extended research visit to China and conducted some lectures for both Jilin University, fruitfully following on from last year’s stint with them, and Changchun University of Science & Technology. Both sets of talks were well attended and allowed me to continue themes […]
I am excited to be the guest of Jilin University (China) for two weeks delivering a lecture series covering issues around sociolinguistics and literacy research. I was supposed to be in China this year as part of my Levehulme Research Fellowship but unfortunately this trip is not possible […]
Some literacy researchers refer to artefactual literacy as the study of literacy practices embedded in material cultural objects. Literacy practices that are connected to objects and physical experience are often key to heritage, in this case a fan that is used within a traditional tea ceremony. According to Dr Naoki Yamamoto, […]
The practice of stone carving is an important part of Chinese history, art, and culture, and likely one of mankind’s oldest crafts. This video presents a fascinating confluence of stone carving and traditional Islamic calligraphy. The video shows how Wang Fengtong [王凤桐], along with three generations of his family, carved […]
I am pleased to announce that I have won a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for a project which focuses on what has been an area of interest of mine for the last few years. The project is entitled ‘Literacy and Harmony: A study of Sino-Muslim heritage literacies in modern […]
I finally got round to reading Huo Da’s ‘The Jade King’ or, in the original Chinese version ‘Funeral of a Muslim’ (穆斯林的葬礼). A best-selling and award-winning novel in China, and based in part on the author’s own experience, it tells the story of three generations of a Muslim […]
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