This paper is part of Jing Wu’s (吴静) literacy research in Shandong province which I think will be really interesting. I hope it’s useful and of interest to people who want to look at literacy in China.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
New article on ‘Literacy and rurality in China: a scoping review’. Since doing my work on heritage literacy in China, and attracting PhD students wanting to look at the same sorts of things in different contexts, I wanted to undertake some kind of survey of current literature on literacy in China.
This paper is part of Jing Wu’s (吴静) literacy research in Shandong province which I think will be really interesting. I hope it’s useful and of interest to people who want to look at literacy in China.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
New article on ‘Literacy and rurality in China: a scoping review’. Since doing my work on heritage literacy in China, and attracting PhD students wanting to look at the same sorts of things in different contexts, I wanted to undertake some kind of survey of current literature on literacy in China.
Another video clip from my talk for the University of Sarajevo. The range of Islamic discourse practices are always local and global - the sociolinguistics of Islam.
youtu.be/iXVx6lEpaZ8?...
A clip from a recent talk: 'The sociolinguistics of Islam - the study of routes and roots'
youtube.com/shorts/2DWk4...
For those who are interested, the ideas discussed in this video are elaborated upon in the following works:
academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/heritage-...
Next video: The Arabic origins of Islamic discourse and vernacularisation - the sociolinguistics of Islam
youtu.be/_FknvwNGs_g
A book launch announcement poster featuring the book Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims by Ibrar Bhatt and Heng Wang. This event is in hybrid mode and welcomes in-person and online attendees. Follow the registration link in the post for more information, including the location and time.
Join @ibrar-bhatt.bsky.social, Heng Wang and discussant Li Zhen at the hybrid launch of Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims.
📆 Wed 22 April
🕒 3:10pm (UK)
Register here: bit.ly/4rBBRj8
More on the book: bloomsbury.com/9781350497535
For those who are interested, the ideas discussed in this video are elaborated upon in the following works:
academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/heritage-...
Next video: The Arabic origins of Islamic discourse and vernacularisation - the sociolinguistics of Islam
youtu.be/_FknvwNGs_g
A clip from a recent talk: 'The sociolinguistics of Islam - the study of routes and roots'
youtube.com/shorts/2DWk4...
Another video clip from my talk for the University of Sarajevo. The range of Islamic discourse practices are always local and global - the sociolinguistics of Islam.
youtu.be/iXVx6lEpaZ8?...
Last month I did a talk at the Language Institute, University of Sarajevo. My editor has helped make a few clips on ‘the sociolinguistics of Islam’, a theme being developed through two SIs and a new journal (more on that soon)
www.youtube.com/shorts/XmjLL...
Subscribe for more clips on the theme
Last month I did a talk at the Language Institute, University of Sarajevo. My editor has helped make a few clips on ‘the sociolinguistics of Islam’, a theme being developed through two SIs and a new journal (more on that soon)
www.youtube.com/shorts/XmjLL...
Subscribe for more clips on the theme
The information of the webinar on a red background with the text: Teaching in Higher Education Meet the Editor Event 10th of March, 2026 9am and 6pm (UK time) The cover of the journal is next to the information. The cover is red with a black band on the edge.
Meet the Editor Event on March 10, 2026! 🚨
Join the TiHE editors to hear about their vision for the journal, what they look for in submissions, and how to avoid common submission pitfalls
Sign up here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/teaching-i...
Several copies of the book Islamic China
The book is out! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
We explore semiotic ideologies associated with particular self-naming practices on RED, incl tropes like ‘Doctoral Big Sister’ (博士姐姐), ‘research dog’ (科研狗; kē yán gǒu) & ethnic names & their cultural significance
Well done Alex, I enjoyed writing this with you
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From and back cover for the coming book ‘Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims’.
New on Language-on-the-Move: fascinating longitudinal linguistic landscape study by @sarapatra.bsky.social and team, chronicling the shifts from Texan English to Qatari Arabic in a Middle Eastern university
www.languageonthemove.com/from-howdy-t...
For more on the study, please see
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/heritage-...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
We are excited to have donated two pieces of Chinese Islamic artwork to the Al Mujadilah Centre, a unique women’s sacred space in Doha.
The pieces donated are:
1. Paper cut by Ma Jun (马俊): Peony motif associated with Gansu province around the divine epithet 'Allāh'
2. Calligraphy scroll by Ma Delong (马德龙). 185cm scroll depicting a verse in al-Baqara (2:208).
These were given to us during our project on Sino-Muslim heritage literacy, funded by @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
We are delighted to have found a suitable home for them
almujadilah.qa/en
From and back cover for the coming book ‘Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims’.
For more on the study, please see
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/heritage-...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
2. Calligraphy scroll by Ma Delong (马德龙). 185cm scroll depicting a verse in al-Baqara (2:208).
These were given to us during our project on Sino-Muslim heritage literacy, funded by @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
We are delighted to have found a suitable home for them
almujadilah.qa/en
We are excited to have donated two pieces of Chinese Islamic artwork to the Al Mujadilah Centre, a unique women’s sacred space in Doha.
The pieces donated are:
1. Paper cut by Ma Jun (马俊): Peony motif associated with Gansu province around the divine epithet 'Allāh'
Check out my latest video: a three-way conversation with Syed Farid Alatas and Shuchen Xiang (项舒晨) on decolonisation in universities, held at the Society for Research into Higher Education:
youtu.be/DFXxvceAF20?...
