GUAVA e-Newsletter

Announcements

• GUAVA Member Highlights. GUAVA spotlights members Hanh Nguyen (University of Pennsylvania) and Jennie Tran (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) to share their experiences and pedagogical work. Date: Friday, Oct 30, 2026 (8:30–10:00 pm ET).
• GUAVA Connect: Vietnamese Through Literature. GUAVA invites participants to an online talk by Dr. Lê Thị Thanh Tâm on integrating Vietnamese literary values into language teaching for international learners. Date: Nov 20, 2026.
• SEALC Listening Materials Development Workshop. SEALC and the University of Pennsylvania will host a 3-day hands-on workshop for North American instructors on designing ACTFL-aligned listening materials. Dates: April 15–19, 2027
• SEALC Pedagogical Innovation Awards. SEALC invites proposals for collaboratively developed teaching materials that will impact a language group’s curricular resources. Deadline: Oct 15, 2026.
• Vietnamese Lector/Senior Lector Position. Yale University invites applications for an open Lector or Senior Lector position in Vietnamese.
• Assistant Professor in Southeast Asian Studies. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Southeast Asian Studies.
• Vietnamese Language Instructor Position. Leidos seeks a full-time Vietnamese Language Instructor based in Vienna, VA, to deliver language and cultural training.
• VietTBLT Public Workshop Series 2026. VietTBLT is hosting the Public Workshop Series 2026 on Developing Task-Based Curricula. Register to attend at https://www.viettblt.com/events

Workshops & Conferences

• The 66th Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS 2027)

  January 29–31, 2027, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, US

  Call deadline: October 31, 2026

• AAS-in-Asia 2027

  June 30 – July 3, 2027, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  Call deadline: December 1, 2026

• ASEAS 2027 Biennial Conference

  June 23–25, 2027, University of Warwick, UK

  Call deadline: October 31, 2026

• Task-Based Language Teaching
  September 1-3, 2027, Italy
  Call deadline: October 31, 2026
• VietTBLT Public Workshop Series 2026. Webinar #2

  October 15, 2026, Online

  Open Registration / Cost: Free

• Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education (SOLPHE 2026)

  October 16–17, 2026, Online (Zoom)

  Open Registration / Cost: Free

• Joint 2026 CEAH Symposium and Technology for Second Language Learning Conference (TSLL 2026)

  October 15–16, 2026, Iowa State University & Online (Hybrid)

  Open Registration / Cost: Free

• Digital Approaches to Language Learning and Teaching Conference

  October 16-17, 2026, Ohio University, Athens, OH & Online

  Open Registration / Cost: Free

• 13th Annual Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference

  October 2–3, 2026, Washington, DC & Online

  Open Registration /Cost: $15-125