ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Department of English Language Teaching (DELT), Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna, proudly presents its third International Conference on Decolonizing English, scheduled to take place from August 3rd to 5th, 2027. This ground-breaking event is designed to foster critical conversations about the role of English in postcolonial societies and to reimagine English Language Teaching (ELT) in ways that embrace local identities, knowledge systems, and cultural contexts.

About the Mentoring on Academic Publishing and Research

As an additional part of the conference, the Department of English Language Teaching, University of Jaffna, will hold a mentoring workshop on the 5th and 6th of August 2027 on publishing in topics related to English, communication studies, and language teaching. Scholars will benefit from feedback on their works-in-progress by international editors and researchers. Participants’  manuscripts will be discussed and suggestions offered for submission to promising academic journals. 

CMT Acknowledgment

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Submit your Abstracts at CMT link here 

ICDE 2027

Keynote speakers

Ajit Mohanty,
Jawaharlal Nehru University &
Utkal University, India

Prof. Suresh Canagarajah,
Pennsylvania State University, USA

Christina Davis
Western Illinois University, USA

ICDE 2027 Flyer

Contact Info

Secretary,
ICDE 2027,
Department of English Language Teaching,
Faculty of Arts,
University of Jaffna.