Keynote lectures

Eat. Pray. Live. How Literacies of Food Heritage, Faith, and Commerce Merge in Sino-Muslim China, keynote lecture at the ‘Professional, Academic, and Work-Based Literacies’ Annual Symposium (BAAL, 1 Dec 2023)

Postdigital Possibilities in Applied Linguistics, keynote at the annual conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics, University of York (25 August 2023)

The Mechanics of Trust in Online Practice, keynote panel on ‘Preparing critical students for the post-truth era, Key Research Questions’, Annual Conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education (12 Dec 2019), see: https://youtu.be/9ceT1YO3o8A

Digital Literacy and ‘post-truth’ in a world of informational abundance, keynote at the 4th International Conference on Teacher Education and Professional Development, Yogyakarta State University (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta) Indonesia (15 Nov 2019)

What is the relationship between digital literacy’ and ‘post-truth’ and what does this mean for literacy and education? keynote at the 1st International Conference on Literacy and Education, IKIP-PGRI Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia (26 Sep 2019)

Just Google it! Digital literacy in an age of ‘post-truth’, keynote for the International Convention of the Malaysian Educational Technology Association, Kuantan, Malaysia (24 Sep 2018)

Re-imagining language learning through digital literacies, keynote for the English Teaching Conference, Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA), Indonesia (4th Nov 2017)

Showing your workings in Qualitative Research, keynote for the Resonances 2017 conference, University of Leeds (17th May 2017) [link]

Beyond A4: PhDs writing for multiple audiences, keynote for the White Rose doctoral training centre Annual Spring Conference 2015 “Getting Published”, University of York (6th May 2015) [link]

Recent seminars & invited lectures

A Semiotics of Muslimness in China, invited talk for the Gulf Association of Semiotic Studies (14 Dec 2023)

Researching Literacy Online, invited talk for Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University Indonesia, (28 Oct 2023)

A Semiotics of Sinophone Muslim Heritage Literacy, invited talker Hamad Bin Khalifa University Qatar (14 Oct 2023)

An Introduction to the Study of Language & Society, open guest lecture for Jilin University (14th Sep 2022)

Researching literacy as a ‘social practice’: An ecological approach, open guest lecture for Jilin University (19th Sep 2022)

Ecologies of knowledge production: Literacies of research writing in contemporary universities, open guest lecture for Jilin University (21st Sep 2022)

Everyday heritaging: Sino-Muslim literacy adaptation and alienation. Co presented paper presented at the aunnual conference of the British Association of Applied Linguists (BAAL) 1st Sep 2022, held at Queen’s University Belfast (UK)

Knowledge production in Indonesian universities: A study of research writing. Invited webinar for Universitas Negeri Jakarta (Indonesia), 11th Aug 2022

Dupery by Design: The Epistemology of Deceit in a Postdigital Era and the critical role of Higher Education (co-presented with Alison MacKenzie). Digital University Network of the Society for Research into Higher Education (16th Mar 2021)

New media, digital literacy, and the mechanics of trust and deceit (co-presented with Alison MacKenzie). Seminar at the International Centre for Higher Education Management, University of Bath (UK), 1st Mar 2021

Academic productivity in the contemporary Indonesian higher education landscape. Invited webinar for Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University, Indonesia (25th Nov 2020)

Understanding Trust in Online Practice: Avoiding Lies and Fake News. Invited public lecture for Diponegoro University, Indonesia (19th Sep 2020)

Academic productivity in the contemporary Indonesian higher education landscape. Invited webinar for Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia (13th Aug 2020)

Writing up a postgraduate project: Common issues arising from Chinese students. Invited talk for Chinese New Year event, the Language Centre at Queen’s University Belfast (UK), 20th Jan 2020

Researching Digital Literacy ‘from the ground up’, Universitas Tanjanpura, West Kalimantan, Indonesia  (27th Sep 2019) [also again at Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia on 16 Nov 2019]

Just Google it: digital literacy & epistemologies of ignorance, University of Edinburgh (4th Dec 2018) [also at Lancaster University and University of Sussex]

Digital Literacy in HE research, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (28th Sep 2018)

Building And Enriching a Culture of Writing in the Academy, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University (UNTIRTA), Indonesia (28th Oct 2017)

Digital literacy from the ground up, National Institute for Digital Learning, Dublin City University (12th May 2017) [link]

Ignorance and Epistemic Harm: Lessons for Digital and Information Literacy, Digital University Network, the Society for Research into Higher Education (5th May 2017) [link]

Literacy, Technology, and Society, Guest lectures at Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam (1st March 2017); and Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia (8th March 2017) [link]

Learning to write as an academic, seminar at the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University (9th Nov 2016) [link]

The Dynamics of Knowledge Creation, University of Manchester Academic Careers Day (2nd June 2016)

Going beyond A4: Academic engagement for multiple audiences, Literacy Research Discussion Group (LRDG), Lancaster University (27th Oct 2015) [link]

Getting ‘under the hood’: accounts of assignment writing, Academic Literacies: looking back, looking forwards, The Open University (Milton Keynes, UK), 5th Dec 2014 [link]

Reflections on research into digital learning and digital methods, BURCH International University, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herz) 9th Oct 2014 [link]

Digital media for writers and poets (workshop for Commonword, Manchester), 19th Jun 2014 [link]