Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin dengan kerjasama Fakulti Kemanusiaan dan Sains Sosial, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand telah menganjurkan International Conference on Languages (ICL 2015). Persidangan ini telah berlangsung di Hotel Seri Pacific Kuala Lumpur selama dua hari iaitu bermula pada 10 Oktober 2015 hingga 11 Oktober 2015. ICL 2015 merupakan hasil kerjasama antara dua buah universiti ini dan ia dianjurkan secara berkala pada setiap dua tahun. Penganjuran seminar sebelum ini iaitu ICL 2013 telah dianjurkan di Phuket, Thailand.

Malay literature is facing with great challenges in the 21st century. Most people seem to be less sensitive to the beauty and importance of Malay literature. Greater emphasis is placed on science, technology, and humanities, resulted in the diminishing of the pertinence and status of Malay literature in Malaysia.

To meet this challenge, the Faculty of Languages and Communication, in collaboration with Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, organised a joint programme this week solely to elevate the status of Malay literature to a higher level. A programme namely Intellectual Discourse with the Malaysian National Laurate was held with the invited well-known Malaysian National Laurate, Professor Emeritus Dr. Muhammad Haji Salleh. This eventful and memorable programme took place in Dewan Perdana, University of Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) on the 16th of September 2015. More than 300 participants attended the programme. Among them are the invited lecturers from higher institutions in the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, UniSZA lecturers and students, arts and language lovers, and the local folks. This programme is seen as a step further to strengthen the status of Malay literature nationwide and internationally, and it gives a chance for the two institutions to distribute and disseminate knowledge related to Malay literature.