The Africa Special Interest Group is hosting an African Linguistics Day on the theme of “The future of African languages”. All are welcome! Thursday 11th June 2026, 10:30-16:30 Room: NTC.1.02 Colchester Campus, University of Essex

Final call for NSS before April 30 deadline! www.essex.ac.uk/student/voice We have 3 tiers of Amazon vouchers to be raffled out amongst all eligible students depending on how many eligible students respond. 🥉 Bronze = 1 x £30 🥈 Silver = 2 x £30 🏅 Gold = 3 x £30.

There is still a few more days to complete the National Student Survey! Don’t miss your chance to complete the survey and get your voice heard. 🗣️ www.essex.ac.uk/student/voic...

Fill out the National Student Survey or Your Essex Survey to ensure your views are represented! www.essex.ac.uk/student/voice

UPDATE ON STRUCTURAL CHANGE In spite of significant changes to staff and structure, we will continue to offer all courses to current Language and Linguistics students.

Prof Hannah Gibson presented the MCCRA project at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka this week, in the workshop "Language, Communication, and Conflict Resolution in the Lake Chad Region: Building a Collaborative Research Agenda." She joined colleagues from across Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, and Chad.

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BBC News covers the latest on cuts to language provision at the University of Essex. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

MCCRA members Hannah Gibson, Florian Kern, and Omomayowa Abati organized a great event on Friday featuring University of Essex research on Africa. We were joined by Lord Oates, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Africa. @uniessexgov.bsky.social @essexlangling.bsky.social @africasigessex.bsky.social

Lang & Ling students: Participate in the NSS survey! We are offering Amazon vouchers in a raffle for all qualifying students, based on the number of participants. 🥉 Bronze = 1 prize of £30 🥈 Silver = 2 prizes of £30 🏅 Gold = 3 prizes of £30. Your Department appreciates your input! 👍

Dr Antonio da Silva will be speaking at the upcoming Tertúlias Pedagógicas, organised by Tropo UK – Teachers and Researchers of Portuguese Language.

Today, we're shining a spotlight on Language & Linguistics - one of the founding departments of the University of Essex, and a very strong department on the national scale, and - as part of a cynical and short-sighted cost-cutting exercise - a department slated for 50% cuts by VC Frances Bowen.

🚨Save Languages at the University of Essex 🚨 #langsky #linguistics UoE plans to cut German, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese + all evening classes and merge Language and Linguistics with a larger unit. Only 2 languages will remain next October. Please sign our letter: tinyurl.com/SaveLingLang...

Language and Linguistics Departmental Seminar ❓What is the E, in EMI? Reflections on policies, pedagogies and practices 🗣️Tracey Costley (University of Essex) 12 March 2026 12 PM (UK time) CTC 2.05 or join online via Zoom: essex-university.zoom.us/j/95446371646

We were thrilled to welcome 15 pupils from Oakwood School on 25th February! 🎓 They enjoyed talks from Natalia, Neo, Daniela, Chiara and Amy and explored our campus on a tour with Jessie and Charlie. In the picture, you can see their enthusiastic accompanying teachers. What a fantastic visit! 🌟

Don’t forget to fill in the NSS or YES survey for your voice to be heard. Why not use this opportunity to have your say? www.essex.ac.uk/student/voice

Final-year BA Modern Languages student Luke Robins helped deliver a talk to 340 Year 9 students at Clacton County High School as part of our outreach programme. 👨🏻‍🏫 🌟 Luke and Daniela are pictured here with Antigone Margariti, who coordinated the event at the school.

📣 Have your say! 📝 NSS and YES surveys are now open ✨ Take the opportunity to help shape our courses by completing the survey. ⏰ Don’t miss out! www.essex.ac.uk/student/voic... www.essex.ac.uk/student/voic...

Language and Linguistics Departmental Seminar ▪️Integrating Social-Emotional Learning in Foundational Language Courses for Indian Undergraduates ▪️Surabhi Mehrotra (University of Essex) 26 February 2026 12 PM (UK time) CTC 2.05 or join online via Zoom: essex-university.zoom.us/j/95446371646

Lang & Ling students: Fill in the NSS survey for your voice to be heard! We have 3 tiers of Amazon vouchers to be raffled out amongst all eligible students depending on many eligible students respond. 🥉 Bronze = 1 x £30 🥈 Silver = 2 x £30 🏅 Gold = 3 x £30. Your Department thanks you! 👍

Last week, our Modern Languages Outreach team visited Tendring Technology College to give students a taster session in Italian, share experiences of a year abroad in Berlin, and talk about the importance of languages in a global world. Florence, Lizzie, Giulia and Daniela are pictured at the school.

Happy to share that Call for Papers for LAGB Annual Conference 2026 is open! Submit abstracts from any area of linguistics for the LAGB 2026 meeting at the University of Edinburgh, 8–10 September 2026. 🗓 Deadline: 13 April 2026 (5pm BST) 🔗 www.lagb.org.uk/meeting/2026...

🎉 Great news! Prof Hannah Gibson has been awarded a BA Talent Development Scheme grant for ongoing collaboration with Dr Sam Lutalo-Kiingi on Ugandan Sign Language. 📘 Training in sign language linguistics and language learning

*Tomorrow (Thursday) 12 PM UK time* www.essex.ac.uk/events/2026/...

Exploring interculturality in Indonesian English language classrooms Billy Setiawan (CQUniversity) Thursday 5 February Join via Zoom: essex-university.zoom.us/j/95446371646 Abstract: This study investigates how interculturality is interpreted and enacted in English language classrooms...

On Wednesday 28 January, Daniela Carboni delivered a talk on languages in a global society at Manningtree High School. The event was attended by around 100 Year 8 students, all of whom study German alongside either French or Spanish.

Today (Thurs 29 Jan) at 12 PM www.essex.ac.uk/events/2026/...

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis Registration now open at essexsummerschool.com - Monday 29 June 2026 – Friday 14 August 2026 - In-person, online and hybrid courses

Symmetrical Voice in Malagasy Catherine Taylor (University of Essex) Thursday 29 January Join in-person in CTC 2.05 Or watch via Zoom: essex-university.zoom.us/j/95446371646

What’s the Essex Translation Challenge? Calling all Language and Linguistics UG finalists & PGT students! It’s where our language skills meet the real world. ✔️ Work in teams. ✔️ Translate for real clients. ✔️ Build your CV.

Thursday 15 January: Daniela Carboni visited Colchester County High School for Girls as part of the ML Outreach programme, where she delivered two talks to Year 9 and Year 10 students, each attended by 198 pupils.

In light of the university’s plans for structural change, we want to reassure our students that the proposal to cut nearly 50% of staff in the Department of Language and Linguistics will not impact their modules for the remainder of this academic year.

Language and Linguistics | Departmental Seminar Linguist is as linguist does: A comparative study on the employment and income of graduates from linguistics programs in Canada Victor Kuperman (McMaster University) 🗓️ Thu 27 November 🕰️ 4PM 💻 Online: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...

🎥 Recording now available for Elena Frogameni's seminar on Language Conflict in Multilingual States Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItA...

🎥 Recording now available for Carmen Herrero's seminar on The Role of Screen Media in Language Teaching Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ7a...

Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You might have heard that the University of Nottingham plans to suspend all languages courses. This is very disappointing and heartbreaking. Here you can find their petition aimed at protecting Modern Languages at Nottingham. You can show your support by signing it. www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...

University of Essex | Language and Linguistics | Departmental Seminar Syntax, prosody and information structure in Uyghur Michael Fiddler (University of California Santa Barbara) 🗓️ Thu 13 November 🕰️ 5PM *note the later time* 💻 Online via Zoom: essex-university.zoom.us/j/95446371646

Over a week ago, our Mastery Spanish students had the incredible opportunity to visit Peruvian artist Rebeca Romero in her London studio! They interviewed her in Spanish about decolonisation and Artificial Intelligence as a creative tool in art.

The winner of the 2025 Linguapax Award has been announced, and it's an amazing group in Colombia doing important work on language maintenance and revitalization under very difficult circumstance. Read more below www.linguapax.org/en/hilo-de-j...

*Recording now available* 📹 for Megan Bowlers' Oct 16 seminar on "The languages crisis in UK education" Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWo...

University of Essex | Language and Linguistics | Departmental Seminar The role of screen media in language teaching Carmen Herrero (Manchester Metropolitan University) Thu 30 Oct 12 PM Online Zoom: essex-university.zoom.us/j/95446371646

🗣️ How does multilingualism shape conflict and cooperation? A recent workshop in Uganda brought together researchers from linguistics and political science to explore the complex relationships between language and conflict across societies. Read more: 🔗 www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/10...

Tomorrow (Th 23 Oct) at 12 PM! Non-iconic verb doubling in the Masana-Gizey continuum (Cameroon and Chad) Guillaume Guitang (University of Oxford) www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...

University of Essex | Language and Linguistics | Departmental Seminar Non-iconic verb doubling in the Masana-Gizey continuum (Cameroon and Chad) Guillaume Guitang (University of Oxford) Thu 23 Oct 12 PM Colchester Campus CTC 2.05 Zoom: essex-university.zoom.us/j/95446371646

This recent @itvanglia.bsky.social report 📺 on responses to prejudice against the Essex accent features research on accent bias by our department of Language and Linguistics 🗣️ at the @universityofessex.bsky.social t.co/WdlCmmgVuH

Congratulations to Llinos Evans, BA student in Language and Linguistics, whose article titled “Fossil classifiers in Chinese chengyu and proverbs” has been published in the Essex Student Journal.

The cultural iceberg of translation (and AI) David Katan Thu 9 Oct 12:00 Colchester Campus CTC 2.05 Zoom: buff.ly/NSsy5g6

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