Updates

15 October 2025

Don't forget to register- Registration for the Forum on Englishes in Australia - and let us know if you want to come to the social event (conference dinner).

6 October 2025

Corresponding authors will now have heard if abstracts were accepted and we are putting together a very exciting program(me).

Our plenary speaker this year is Dr Ward Peeters from Monash University. Register now for an in-person or online ticket (FREE) and to hear his presentation on The language of Artificial Intelligence: Myths, minds and machines.

More: What makes human language so unique, and what happens when machines start playing around with it? This talk explores how language shapes us as humans, compares it to AI’s generative power, and challenges some common beliefs. By the end, we will have a clearer sense of where the boundaries lie between myth and reality, mind and machine.  

16 September 2025

We are allowing some extra time for you to get your abstracts in - don't miss out.  Please now submit by the 23rd of September. We look forward to seeing all your ideas! Submit abstracts here.

9 September 2025

Registration for the Forum on Englishes in Australia is now open. The event will be held at Monash City College Docklands on November 7, 2025, and you can choose to register in-person or online. 

Please submit your 300 word abstracts on any aspect of English, from any methodological perspective, by September 18th.

31 July 2025

We are back for 2025, now being hosted by Monash University at their Docklands campus (and online). See the call for papers flyer ---> 

Anonymous abstracts due in by the 19th of September and again we have our popular very short presentation and a standard format.

Save the date (and look out for emails if you are on our mailing list) - Friday 7th of November.

We welcome students, teachers, new researchers, established academics and anyone else who is interested in learning more about and discussing Englishes in Australia (from any perspective).

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2025 Organising Committee: 

Kate Burridge (Monash University), Casey Ford (Appen), Debbie Loakes (University of Melbourne), Cara Penry Williams (University of Derby) and James Walker (University of Melbourne).

Contact us at australianenglishes(AT)gmail(DOT)com (including if you want to be added to the mailing list)