Call for Abstracts for Language, Power, and Belonging: Multilingualism, Translation, and Identity in a Global Age

2025-12-21

This edited volume examines how language functions as a site of power, identity, and belonging in multilingual societies. Bringing together scholarship from linguistics, translation studies, and language education, the book bridges research, pedagogy, and policy to address linguistic justice, accessibility, and the lived realities of multilingual communities.

Suggested Titles

  1. Language, Power, and Linguistic Inequality in Global Contexts

  2. Translanguaging Pedagogies in Multilingual Classrooms

  3. Translation as Cultural Mediation and Political Practice

  4. Diaspora Languages, Heritage Speakers, and Identity Formation

  5. Global Englishes and the Politics of Standardization

  6. Language Policy, Access, and Educational Equity

  7. Multilingualism, Disability, and Linguistic Accessibility

  8. Technology, AI, and Translation in Language Education

  9. Community-Based Language Practices and Linguistic Justice

  10. Reimagining Language Education for a Pluralistic World

Submission Guidelines (via Online Submission Form)

  • Abstract: 100–120 words

  • Chapter length: up to 4,500 words (including references)

  • Methodologies welcome: conceptual, empirical, pedagogical case studies, reflective practice

  • Contributors may include: faculty, researchers, editors, and advanced graduate students

Publication Information

STAR Scholars Press will publish this volume as part of the AI and Education / Humanities Futures book series. Open-access options and publication fee waivers or discounts may be available.

Contact 

Please send abstracts or inquiries to publications@starscholars.org
Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Full chapters due: August 15