You're invited to our next virtual Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series event:
Three Pathways of Plurilingual Creativity
Abstract
Research on multilingualism and creativity has traditionally focused on whether knowing multiple languages enhances divergent thinking. The Plurilingual Creativity Framework broadens this question by treating an individual鈥檚 linguistic repertoire, multicultural experience, and intercultural competence as interacting resources for creative development. This talk presents three pathways through which these resources shape creativity. The cognitive pathway expands semantic availability, supports movement across linguistic and cultural frames, and enables flexible recombination of ideas. The affective pathway regulates creative engagement through tolerance of ambiguity, personality, motivation, and related emotional conditions. The reflective pathway explains how plurilingual and intercultural experience can be internalized through encounter, deepen self-understanding, and contribute to creative self-efficacy, creative personal identity, and authentic expression. The three pathways connect the generation of ideas with the motivation to pursue them and the integration of creativity into the Self. The talk reviews recent empirical findings supporting the framework, including research on divergent thinking, creative personality, motivation for creativity, encounter, and the Creative Self. It concludes by considering educational implications and introducing Plurilingual Intercultural Creative Keys (PICK), an educational model that integrates plurilingual, intercultural, and creative competence across diverse educational contexts to foster learners鈥� agency, adaptive capacity, and meaningful participation in a complex world.
Speaker' bio:
HSE University, Russia
Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin is Professor of Psychology at HSE University and Director of its Laboratory for Linguistic, Intercultural, and Creative Competencies. His research examines how plurilingual and pluricultural experience shapes creativity, intercultural competence, and adaptation. He developed the Plurilingual Creativity Framework and the Plurilingual Intercultural Creative Keys (PICK) educational program and is the author of the forthcoming book听Plurilingual Creativity: How Language and Culture Shape Creative Development听(Palgrave Macmillan). In addition to his academic work, he is actively engaged in visual art and poetry, exploring the intersection of these creative forms.
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When: September 24, 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 12:00 pm -1:30 pm (EST, Montreal)
Mode of delivery: synchronous via Zoom
Language of presentation: English
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This is a public event and all are welcome. This Speaker Series is sponsored by Concordia University's , and co-organized by the Research Group and 91丝瓜视频's Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE).
A recording will be made available on the .
