Twenty-ninth International Conference on Learning

  • 2022 Special Focus: Intercultural Learning in Plurilingual Contexts
  • 13-15 July 2022
  • Hosted by: University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

2022 Special Focus: Intercultural Learning in Plurilingual Contexts

The Special Focus of the 2022 conference explores the ways in which globalization and migratory flows have come to shape all levels of contemporary society. In the context of these broader social transformations, how do educators and institutions of learning address the question of intercultural dialogue? How might we approach multicultural complexity at different educational levels? If one of the major challenges of education in the 21st century will be how we deal with students’ heterogeneity and complexity, from a pedagogical perspective, how we must prepare educators with the tools for necessary for intercultural knowledge and dialogue? How can we imagine and create a world where deep and constantly changing diversity is considered normal?

Research Network Chairs

Bill Cope

Bill Cope

Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

(English)

Mary Kalantzis

Mary Kalantzis

College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

(English)

José Luis Ortega Martín

José Luis Ortega Martín

Professor, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

(Spanish)

Local Conference Chairs

Anna M. Devís Arbona

Anna M. Devís Arbona

Professor, Department of Language and Literature Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Ángela Gómez López

Ángela Gómez López

Associate Professor, Department of Language and Literature Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

M. Begoña Gómez Devís

M. Begoña Gómez Devís

Professor, Department of Language and Literature Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Francesca Romero Forteza

Francesca Romero Forteza

Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Plenary Speakers

The Twenty-ninth International Conference on Learning featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Fernando Trujillo Sáez

Fernando Trujillo Sáez

Lecturer, Department of Language and Literature Didactis, University of Granada, Spain

"Learning languages in and from the border: border spaces to understand a complex linguistic and cultural competence"

Eva Morón Olivares

Eva Morón Olivares

Professor, Department of Language and Literature, University of Valencia, Spain

"La formación de maestros como lectores literarios en contextos plurilingües"

 ​Kristi Jauregi-Ondarra

​Kristi Jauregi-Ondarra

Associate Professor, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

"Opportunities and challenges of teaching intercultural competence in a highly globalised and digitalised society"

Bill Cope

Bill Cope

College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

"Meaning without Borders: From Translanguaging to Transposition in the Era of Digitally-Mediated Meaning"


Mary Kalantzis

Mary Kalantzis

College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

"Meaning without Borders: From Translanguaging to Transposition in the Era of Digitally-Mediated Meaning"


Anastasia-Olga (Olnancy) Tzirides

Anastasia-Olga (Olnancy) Tzirides

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

"Meaning without Borders: From Translanguaging to Transposition in the Era of Digitally-Mediated Meaning"


2022 In Person Blended Emerging Scholars

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. 2022 In-Person Emerging Scholar Award recipients are as follows:

Francisca Oladipo

Francisca Oladipo

Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria

Stephanie Tilley

Stephanie Tilley

Prairie A&M University, USA

Myriah Hampton

Myriah Hampton

Prairie A&M University, USA

Dr. Gillian O’Hagan

Dr. Gillian O’Hagan

CPsychol, St Mary’s University College, Northern Ireland

Dr. ​Julie Dell-Jones

Dr. ​Julie Dell-Jones

Universite' Mohammed V, Fulbright Scholar Morocco, Morocco

Christian Sunday Ugwuanyi

Christian Sunday Ugwuanyi

University of the Free State, South Africa

2022 Online-Only Emerging Scholars

The 2022 Online-Only Emerging Scholar Award recipients are as follows:

​Jhon Eduardo Mosquera Pérez

​Jhon Eduardo Mosquera Pérez

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia

Patience Agana

Patience Agana

University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA

​Patricia Nicholl

​Patricia Nicholl

Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

Christy Jean Kotze

Christy Jean Kotze

University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa

Local Committee

  • Anna Devís Arbona, Universitat de València
  • Ángela Gómez López, Universitat de València
  • M. Begoña Gómez, Universitat de València
  • Francesca Romero Forteza, Universitat Politècnica de València
  • Clara Ureña Tormo, Universitat Politècnica de València
  • Diego Javier Aguinaga Aillón, Universitat Politècnica de València

Conference Partners