Call for Papers

The 15th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE) will be held in Cebu City, Philippines from 22 to 24 October, 2009.  Members of the association are invited to propose papers for presentation or participate by attending the conference.  Please visit the website for latest updates:

 http://www.lsphil.org

  Meeting description:

IAWE is an international scholarly association which aims to establish links among those who are involved with any aspect of World Englishes in research and/or teaching. The association focuses on global issues relating to three major aspects of World Englishes, language, literature, and pedagogy. IAWE is committed to the study of the forms and functions of varieties of Englishes in diverse cultural and sociolinguistic contexts. (See www.iaweworks.org). IAWE has held annual conferences in North America, Asia, Africa and Europe. 

In 2009 the organization will meet in Cebu City, the Philippines. The conference theme is "Connecting Cultures through World Englishes: Convergence and Diversity."  

                                 Professor Yasukata Yano, Waseda Univeristy, Japan;

                                 Dr. Danilo T. Dayag, De La Salle University and the Linguistic Society of the Philippines   

For more information go to

  http://www.lsphil.org   

Past Conferences

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

Past Presidents of IAWE

Larry E. Smith 1993-1996

Braj B. Kachru 1997-1998

Anne Pakir 1998-2000

Ayo Bamgbose 2001-2002

Kingsley Bolton 2003-2004

Margie Berns 2005-2006

Bertus Van Rooy 2007-2008