I am excited to announce a Call for Papers for a forthcoming special issue in the Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, which I will co-edit with Othman Barnawi and Rizwan Ahmad. The special issue theme is ‘A Sociolinguistics of Islam: Exploring Multilingualism & Meaning in Faith’ and […]
I am delighted to announce the publication of my new article, co-authored with Zhen Li [李蓁], titled “Towards Understanding Heritage Literacy” (see link). This research provides a fresh perspective on the intersection of heritage and linguistics, introducing and defining the concept of heritage literacy through an ethnographic study […]
Last month I visited two universities in Doha, Qatar: Hamad Bin Khalifa University and Qatar University. At Hamad Bin Khalifa, I gave a talk on a linguistic concept I am currently developing, which expands on the concept of heritage literacy that I have been writing about. The talk, […]
I had a great time recording a podcast with Tazin Abdullah as part of the Language On The Move series, in collaboration with the New Books Network. You can listen to it here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/a-semiotics-of-muslimness-in-china Alternatively, you can also find the podcast on the Language On The Move website […]
Below is the link to the full recording of our presentation at the Manchester China Institute. Just before the event, we formally donated Sino-Muslim artwork to the Institute and arranged for two pieces to be exhibited on loan at the Manchester Museum nearby. These artworks, paper cuts by […]
I am looking forward to two in-person events in February 2024, both of which disseminate and reflect on the recent Sino-Muslim Heritage Literacy project (funded by the Leverhulme Trust). The posters for the events are below. The first event (5th February) is part of the Chinese New Year […]
I recently gave the plenary lecture at the annual symposium of the ‘Professional, Academic, and Work-Based Literacies’ (PAWBL) special interest group, which sits under the aegis of BAAL. The lecture, titled “Eat. Pray. Live. How Literacies of Food Heritage, Faith and Commerce Merge in Sino-Muslim China“, was based […]
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