AnnouncementThe 25th Conference of the International Association of World EnglishesOur next conference will be held in 2021. Updates will be posted here as more information becomes available.
Braj B. Kachru Student Award
The Braj B. Kachru Student Award is given for the best paper presented by a student at the Association’s international conference. The award is named in honor of Prof. Braj B. Kachru, whose influential scholarship helped establish the field of world Englishes, and is in recognition in particular of his exceptional commitment to student scholarship throughout his career.
Our next conference will be held in 2021. Information about applying for the Braj B. Kachru Student Award will be posted here as it becomes available. Past Recipients of the Braj B. Kachru Award: 2019 Katy Highet Institute of Education, University College London “Socioeconomic factors and their impact on perceptions of English in India" 2018 Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales National University fo Singapore “The Chinese Filipinos and English: Evidence of differentiation within Philippine English” 2017 Xie Wenhan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore “A Force to Reckoned With: Grandparents and English in Singapore” 2015 Helene Steigertahl University of Bayreuth, Germany “Spoken English in Namibia – Preliminary Findings of a New Variety?” 2014 Stephanie Horch University of Freiburg, Germany "Conversion in Asian Englishes: Substratum versus institutionalization" 2013 Danae Maria Perez Inofuentes University of Zurich, Switzerland "The Fate of English in Paraguay" 2012 Ronel Wasserman (nee Rossouw) North-West University, South Africe "You must try, my dear Sarie, to have faith in men." Afrikaans influence on South African English must since the 19th century. Larry E. Smith ScholarshipThe East-West Center in Honolulu has announced the establishment of a scholarship in memory of Larry E. Smith. The scholarship will provide awards for Degree Fellows and Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellows at the East-West Center with an interest in World Englishes, language learning and culture, linguistics and related fields. Please click here if you are interested in contributing.
Past Conferences
24th Conference, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
23rd Conference, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines 22nd Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA A Symposium Celebrating the Life and Work of Larry E. Smith 21st Conference, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. 20th Conference, Amity University, Noida, NCR Delhi, India 19th Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA 18th Conference, City University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China 17th Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 16th Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada 15th Conference, Linguistic Society of the Philippines, Cebu, Philippines 14th Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 13th Conference, Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany 12th Conference, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan 11th Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA 10th Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 9th Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign 8th Conference, University of Potchefstroom, South Africa 7th Conference, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 6th Conference, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan 5th Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign 4th Conference, National University of Singapore 3rd Conference, East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 2nd Conference, International Center, Nagoya, Japan 1st Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign |
IAWE 2021 ConferenceOur next conference will be held in 2021. Updates will be posted here as more information becomes available.
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