{"id":75852,"date":"2025-03-10T08:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T06:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=75852"},"modified":"2025-03-10T13:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:53:56","slug":"spu-to-host-international-language-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-to-host-international-language-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"SPU to host International Language Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"75852\" class=\"elementor elementor-75852\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c891cce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c891cce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a345ff7\" data-id=\"6a345ff7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71cfc1c2 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71cfc1c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The Department of Languages and Communication in the Faculty of Humanities will be hosting the International Language Conference from 27 &#8211; 29 August 2025.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The conference, themed &#8220;Intellectualisation of African Languages in the Digital Age&#8221;, will provide a platform for scholars, researchers, and students to explore strategies for integrating African languages into digital tools, academic research, and technological innovations.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"elementtoproof\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">D<span style=\"color: black;\">epartment invites submission of abstract<\/span>s<span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0(150 &#8211; 250 words) that engage with topics such as language digitalisation, activism, teaching, policy, translation, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Abstract Submission Deadline: <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">31 March 2025<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Submission Email<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">: <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #467886;\"><a href=\"mailto:abstracts.langconf@spu.ac.za\"><span style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration: underline;\">abstracts.langconf@spu.ac.za<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">For full details on submission guidelines, themes, and conference fees, please refer to the document <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SPU-Call-for-Abstracts_2025-004-amended.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Languages and Communication in the Faculty of Humanities will be hosting the International Language Conference from 27 &#8211; 29 August 2025. 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