Kamran Khan

In this engaging conversation, Kamran Khan, an Associate Professor specializing in language, citizenship, and security, sheds light on the vital connection between linguistics and identity. He discusses how language requirements impact perceptions of belonging, tracing historical shifts in citizenship policies from multiculturalism to assimilation. Khan highlights the implications of language policing under the Prevent policy, linking it to issues of racialized perceptions and exclusion. He wraps up with a call for activism and linguistic justice, emphasizing the power of language as both resistance and protection.