New Year’s Visit

Professors Piller and Dong

Gong Xi Fa Cai! All good wishes for the Year of the Snake!

The Chinese New Year holiday brought a lovely opportunity to receive a visit by Professor Hongjie Dong from Xi’an University and doctoral candidate Chenbai Luo from Charles University.

Hongjie DONG is a professor at Xi’an University, holding a Ph.D. from Renmin University of China, and was a visiting scholar at the University of York’s Department of Linguistics (2015–2016). His expertise lies in sociolinguistics, language policy, and international Chinese education. In recent years, he has led five research projects funded by the Ministry of Education and the National Language Committee of China. Professor Dong has published over 40 academic papers in leading journals such as the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development and the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. He is the author of the monograph Language Variation and Identity in the Hui Community of Xi’an (in Chinese) and serves as the chief editor for the Silk Road Chinese textbook series.

Chenbai LUO is a Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics at Charles University Prague and a former academic staff member at Xi’an Peihua University. With teaching experience at the Confucius Institute in Minsk and Xi’an University, his research focuses on language policy, language economics, and Chinese education. He has co-authored publications such as “Blueprint and Marketing Strategies for Structuring Chinese Courses” and participated in projects on Shaanxi’s linguistic landscape and Chinese education in the Balkans.

References

Bodomo, A., Che, D., & Dong, H. (2022). Calculator communication in the markets of Guangzhou and beyond. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 43(10), 981-992. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2020.1786575
Dong, H. (2020). Language behavior and identity change in the Fangshang Hui community of Xi’an. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 30(1-2), 255-272. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.00051.hon