The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Cyprus Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth, in collaboration with the University of Cyprus, announces the 5th International Conference on “Literacy and Contemporary Society”, titled:

Creativity, Equity, Social Action

The conference will be held on 4-5-6 December 2023

The 5th International Conference "Literacy and Contemporary Society: Creativity, Equity, Social Action" is organized at a time of fluidity and complexity, in which both human lives and social well-being are threatened. Conflicts continue and are maintained, natural disasters call for our rehumanization, technologies constantly create new realities as spaces of opportunity but also of uncertainty, while education as a right and an institution is called upon to adapt to local and global social crises. In these troubling times, literacy – as multiple, social and critical - can be an essential basis and a crucial starting point for the transformation of practices and the reconstitution of institutions and societies.

Focusing on "Creativity, Equity, Social Action", the conference attempts to highlight the dynamic, social, and critical dimensions of literacies in times of crisis. The conference aims at providing a platform for the discussion of ways in which individuals, groups and societies can work together creatively, to promote and maintain relations of dialogicality, equality, and coexistence, not only among people but also between people and nature, matter, technology. Seeking literacies that ensure equity and (social) sustainability, the conference provides space for interested delegates to consider relevant issues which extend beyond language teaching and concern literacy education in its broader terms.

The conference addresses teachers, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students, academics, researchers, organizations, as well as other stakeholders interested in the promotion of language and literacy, as well as literacy education in and beyond school.

Participation in the conference are free of charge. For the registration process use the link: https://forms.office.com/e/n6zuGz5ds3  

Conference Participation Form for oral presentation/symposium/workshop

To participate in the conference either with an oral paper presentation, a symposium or a workshop, authors may submit a proposal until no later than July 1st, 2023, by filling in their details in the relevant form which can be found on the conference website (http://www.pi.ac.cy/5thLitConCyp). Abstracts must be sent to the email address: literacy_cyprus@cyearn.pi.ac.cy

Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and decisions will be sent to the corresponding authors by the 21st of July 2023.

Authors whose abstracts will be accepted and who are interested in publishing their full papers in the Conference Proceedings, must send their final paper no later than March 10, 2024. Full papers will also be reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the Conference, and authors will be notified about possible revisions via email, no later than May 10, 2024.

More details regarding the procedure to be followed for full paper submissions will be announced at a later stage on the conference website http://www.pi.ac.cy/5thLitConCyp. Please note that only papers presented at the conference may be included in the Conference Proceedings.

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of abstracts, July 1st, 2023

Notification of accepted proposals, Until July 21st, 2023

Announcement of acceptance and uploading of abstracts, October 2023

Registration of authors, October - November 2023

Programme Αnnouncement,  Until November 10, 2023

Submission of full paper drafts to be considered for publication in the Conference Proceedings, March 10, 2024

Notification of accepted papers (for the Proceedings), May 10, 2024