{"id":985,"date":"2026-10-04T12:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tate.com.tn\/?p=985"},"modified":"2026-10-05T22:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T22:13:47","slug":"tate-2026-conference-and-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tate.com.tn\/index.php\/2026\/10\/04\/tate-2026-conference-and-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"TATE 2026 Conference and Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In an increasingly interconnected world, English functions as a global lingua franca whose ownership, legitimacy, and normative authority remain deeply contested. Contemporary sociolinguistic and postcolonial scholarship challenges the assumption that so-called “native speakers” or Inner Circle nations are the language’s sole custodians, instead conceptualizing English as a pluricentric and dynamically negotiated resource shaped by its global users. Yet a central paradox persists within mainstream World Englishes scholarship. Although it seeks to decenter native-speaker authority and legitimize localized varieties, it often continues to rely on Kachru’s (1985) Three Circles model, Inner Circle (L l), Outer Circle (L2), and Expanding Circle (EFL), which has been criticized for reproducing the very hierarchies it aims to dismantle by implicitly privileging Inner Circle norms as the benchmark of linguistic legitimacy.
Drawing on decolonial, translingual, literary, and cultural perspectives, TATE 2026 seeks to open interdisciplinary conversations around English as a site of negotiation, resistance, creativity, and transformation. The conference particularly foregrounds the intersections between ELT, applied linguistics, literary studies, and cultural studies, emphasizing how language, literature, and culture reproduce and challenge structures of power, inequality, identity formation, and epistemic exclusion.<\/h6>
The conference welcomes contributions that rethink ELT through more inclusive, socially just, and culturally responsive pedagogies while also exploring how literary and cultural texts engage questions of memory, migration, hybridity, representation, identity, media,globalization, and resistance. Participants are encouraged to examine English not merely as a linguistic system, but as a dynamic cultural, ideological, and political space shaped by multiple voices, histories, and communities. Over three days, TATE 2026 will bring together researchers, educators, literary scholars, cultural critics, and practitioners to exchange ideas, share innovative practices, and explore emerging theoretical directions toward what the conference conceptualizes as an emancipatory TRANS paradigm; one that moves beyond standardization, monolingualism, and native-speaker norms toward plurality, multilingualism, hybridity, equity, and social transformation.<\/h6>
We invite proposals for 15-minute presentations addressing, but not limited to, the following thematic areas:
1. World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca, and Linguistic Ownership
\u2022 Ownership, legitimacy, and authority in English
\u2022 English as a global lingua franca
\u2022 Native-speakerism and linguistic hierarchies
\u2022 Linguistic imperialism and epistemic inequality
\u2022 Globalization and the transformation of English
2. Decolonising ELT and Critical Language Pedagogies
\u2022 Decolonial approaches to ELT
\u2022 Critical pedagogy and emancipatory education
\u2022 Equity, inclusion, and social justice in language teaching
\u2022 Teacher agency and resistance to dominant norms
\u2022 Decolonising curricula, materials, and assessment
3. Language Policy, Planning, and Educational Praxis
\u2022 Language ideologies and educational policy
\u2022 Curriculum reform in multilingual contexts
\u2022 Inclusive and culturally responsive pedagogies
\u2022 Praxis as reflection, resistance, and transformation
\u2022 Institutional challenges in postcolonial and globalized settings
4. Translingual, Transnational, and Transcultural Perspectives
\u2022 Translanguaging and multilingual practices
\u2022 Migration, mobility, and linguistic identities
\u2022 Transnational communication and global citizenship Hybridity, interculturality, and transcultural exchanges
5. Literature, Decoloniality, and Cultural Resistance
\u2022 Postcolonial and decolonial literary studies
\u2022 Literature and questions of identity, memory, and power Literary representations of migration, exile, and diaspora
\u2022 Resistance, hybridity, and border writing
6. Cultural Studies, Media, and Representation
\u2022 Popular culture and media studies
\u2022 Cultural identities in global and digital contexts
\u2022 Social media, digital discourse, and identity formation
Representation, ideology, and cultural production
\u2022 Globalization, local cultures, and knowledge systems
7. Multimodality, AI, and Digital Communication Digital literacies and online communication
\u2022 Multimodal pedagogies and semiotic practices Artificial intelligence and language education Digital humanities and literary\/cultural analysis
\u2022 Technology, ethics, and transformative learning
8. English, Identity, and Social Transformation
\u2022 Language, race, gender, and class
\u2022 English and social mobility
\u2022 Language, activism, and political participation
\u2022 English and identity construction
\u2022 Empowerment, marginalization, and voice
9. Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning
\u2022 Learner-centered and inclusive pedagogies
\u2022 Classroom innovation and reflective practice
Alternative assessment and evaluation methods
\u2022 Teacher education and professional development
\u2022 Creativity, collaboration, and critical literacy
IO. Emerging Paradigms in EL T, Literary, and Cultural Studies
\u2022 Rethinking standards and normativity
\u2022 New directions in TESOL and applied linguistics
\u2022 Intersections of language, literature, and culture
\u2022 Transformative and interdisciplinary frameworks
\u2022 New epistemologies in global English studies Submission Guidelines
\u2022 Presentation format: 15-minute presentations
\u2022 Abstract length: [300 words]
\u2022 Email: contact@tate.com.tn<\/h6>
TATE Conference Vision:
TATE 2026 aspires to create a space for critical dialogue across disciplines and borders. By bringing together ELT practitioners, applied linguists, literary scholars, and cultural theorists, the conference seeks to advance new ways of understanding English as a plural, evolving, and contested phenomenon shaped by diverse communities and experiences worldwide.<\/h6>
The conference ultimately invites participants to rethink not only who owns English, but also how English can become a vehicle for inclusivity, creativity, critical consciousness, and social transformation.<\/h6><\/div>

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