Int’l Confce on Multilingualism, Multimodality and Language Research held at DU
A day-long International Conference on ‘Multilingualism, Multimodality and Language Research’ was held today February 19, 2023 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU). Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated this conference as chief guest. Department of Linguistics of DU organized this event.
Presided over by the Chairman of DU Linguistics Department Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ashaduzzaman the inaugural function was addressed by convener of the conference Prof. Dr. Syed Shahrier Rahman. Dr. Alice Gaby of School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics of Monash University, Australia delivered the keynote speech at the conference.
DU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman said, DU Linguistics Department maintains and upholds academic excellence to meet the linguistics goals of the country as well as global ones. He emphasized on conducting researches on languages to cope with the needs of the autistics and indigenous people in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Teachers, students and researchers of Dhaka University will be highly benefitted by this international conference, DU VC hopped.
Researchers and Faculty members from home and abroad presented ten papers in two sessions of the conference. Teachers, researchers and students from Australia, India, Cyprus, Romania, Uruguay and Dhaka University took part at this conference.
(Mahmood Alam)
Director
Public Relations Office
University of Dhaka
Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman as chief guest inaugurated a day-long International Conference on ‘Multilingualism, Multimodality and Language Research’ organized by the Department of Linguistics of DU today February 19, 2023 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban. (Picture : DU PR Office)