You are all warmly welcome to attend an informal seminar on language pedagogy by Dr. Blanka Babicka (University of Olomouc, Czechia) and Dr. Elina Vasu (Languages Unit) scheduled on Wed, June 17, at 13:15-14:45 @Pinni B2033. #languageteaching #languagepedagogy #academicevents

In this week's conference blog post, Pluralists Sari Hokkanen, Frederike Schierl, Satu Valkiainen and Anu Viljanmaa talk about their participation in the KäTu Symposium on Translation and Interpreting Studies: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/tutki... #researcherslife #academicconferences #translationstudies

On this week's blog, Pluralists Anu Viljanmaa and Kaisa Koskinen talk about the celebration of the 60th anniversary of translator and interpreter education in Tampere. Read more about the festivities and the related multilingual publication here: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/event...

Lovely meeting with the octo-crew (@coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social) today to plan "Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language" (aka #OctoConf3). Abstract submissions are due July 1! The octopus awaits you 🐙 events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

Our doctoral student Boy Tri Rizky (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) will also be attending, presenting a talk on "Language Attitudes toward Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Betawi in Jakarta" 🤩

We are excited to remind you that the 29th International Symposium on Malay & Indonesian Linguistics starts next Monday 8th June! Please see our website for more details: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev... #academicconference #linguisticsresearch #indonesianlanguage #malaylanguage

In our new blog post, Mary Nurminen recounts her first experience with funding applications, a growing presence in researchers’ work: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res... #researchfunding #fundingapplications #researcherslife

Marja Kivilehto 1965-2026 💔 Lämmin muisto jää Marjasta. Liian aikaisin loppui elo hällä. Kiitos kollegoille kauniista muistokirjoituksesta!

You are cordially invited to the “Deep Spaces” symposium organised by the research group Spatial Studies and Environmental Humanities at 9:30-16:30 @PinniB 1028-29 on the city centre campus of Tampere University. All staff and students are welcome! More details here: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

The marathon reading of Edmund Spenser’s 'The Faerie Queene' starts tomorrow! If you haven’t signed up for the marathon reading itself, you are welcome to attend the introductory lectures on Friday 22 May, 9:00-11:30 am (Virta 339/EDU’s Café). More details here: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

The 29th International Symposium on Malay & Indonesian Linguistics will be held at Tampere University on 8-11.06.26. Please see further details and the programme of the symposium on our website: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

We are continuing our blog series about the academic conferences Pluralists participate in. In this bilingual post written in German & Finnish, Dr. Dieter Hermann Schmitz speaks about the 2026 DaF (German as a foreign language) Day: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/acade... #academicconference #researcherslife

Today at 13 EEST / 12 CEST online: Dominika Beneš Kováčová (Masaryk University) Rapport management and community building in audience reactions to rapport-challenging posts by manosphere influencers @ylvabiri.bsky.social @lulind.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social Zoom: tinyurl.com/talkosso 🐦🐦

Pääsin tiedekunnan videosarjaan puhumaan lyhyesti tutkimuksestani ja liikkumaan hidastettuna. Ei kai sitä voi muuta toivoa! youtu.be/qPKJ3V0GDlk

Next talk in the OSSO + DDI online talk series is on April 17, 14 - 15 EEST. Join us for Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen's lecture "My bad: the metapragmatics of accountability on social media" Join the Zoom room: tinyurl.com/talkosso 🐦🐦

You are warmly welcome to attend guest lectures by Dr Réka Eszenyi & Franciska van Waarden (ELTE Department of Translation & Interpreting, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) When: Wed 14 April 12:00-14:00 Where: interpreting studio Pinni B 2034 More details here: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

Next talk in the OSSO + DDI online talk series is on April 17, 14 - 15 EEST. Join us for Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen's lecture "My bad: the metapragmatics of accountability on social media" Join the Zoom room: tinyurl.com/talkosso 🐦🐦

Kukkupuheet puntarissa aprillipäivän Sopii kysyä! -luennolla pääkirjasto Metsossa intra.tuni.fi/fi/content/n... Huhtikuun Sopii kysyä! -luento tarttuu harhaanjohtavaan kieleen ja viestintään. Alustajina ovat tutkija Anne Ketola ja pelitutkimuksen yliopistonlehtori Kati Alha.

You are cordially invited to participate in the "Reading The Faerie Queene – Narrative, Character, Form: Marathon Reading and Symposium" to be held at Tampere University on 22-26 May Deadline for submission of a 250-word abstract & bio: 10.04.26 More details here: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

The 2nd International Conference on Field Research on Translation and Interpreting (FIRE-TI 2) will be organised by Tampere University, in Tampere, Finland, 3–5 March 2027. events.tuni.fi/fireti2027/c...

Come to a marathon reading (Friday-Sunday 22-24 May) of and symposium (Tuesday 26 May) on Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590/1596)! For more information and to register, email [email protected]

We congratulate Frederike Schierl on the successful defense of her PhD project “Machine Translation Potential (Un)limited – Investigating the reception of machine-translated and human-translated subtitles in educational videos” on March 13!

IPRA 2027 is inviting you to Helsinki, Finland, in the summer 2027! Call for papers is open! Deadline fo panel proposals: June 5th 2026 Deadline for presentation and poster proposals: October 15th #IPRA2027 #linguistics #pragmatics

This week, Rachelle Vessey @rachellevessey.bsky.social will talk about "Gender ideologies in workplace surveys: The case of the Canadian military" Join us on March 13 at 16 EET (check the time zone!): tinyurl.com/talkosso @lulind.bsky.social @ylvabiri.bsky.social

Tomorrow, MA Frederike Schierl will defend her doctoral dissertation on mahcine translated subtitles. "They can serve well when it comes to sheer information transmission. However..."

Tampere Institute for Advanced Study is advertising paid postdoc and senior fellow positions (Society). You can be affiliated with Plural Research Centre if you work on a relevant topic - check out our website to find the research groups and projects! ⏱️2.03. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

In our new post about Plural's conference participation, Pluralist Mary Nurminen shares her impressions of presenting an academic paper at the 2025 Nordic Translation & Interpretation Forum. See here for more details: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res...

You are welcome to join the webinar of the Nordic Speech Research Forum on Feb 10th, 11:00-12:00 (Helsinki Time) Join via the Forum's website www.jyu.fi/nsrf This week’s talk: Tensions around the teaching and testing of oral proficiency in English as a lingua franca By Sheryl Cooke (British Council)

"Professori Sanna Turoman mukaan Venäjä-tuntemus on keskeistä suomalaisen yhteiskunnan resilienssin ja turvallisuuden näkökulmasta. Samalla hän muistuttaa ukrainan kieleen ja Ukrainaan liittyvistä opinnoista, joita hän on pyrkinyt edistämään Tampereen yliopistossa."

Plural in the news: Sanna Turoma, the professor for Russian language and culture, talks to Moreenimedia about the importance of studying and researching Russian in the current times moreenimedia.fi/2026/02/05/k...

Don't let the octopus swim (crawl?) by, submit an abstract for our persuasion conference #OctoConf CFP ends July 1, conference 19-20 November events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

Join us in reading some of the funniest and wittiest plays ever written! TIME: 17:00 PLACE: Pinni B 1028-29 You can sign up for the events by sending an e-mail to Kevin McGinley ([email protected]) or Johnny Riquet ([email protected]).

The Nordic Speech Research Form webinars continue in 2026. Organisers: Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä) and Elina Vasu (Tampere University) You are warmly invited to join the webinar via the website www.jyu.fi/nsrf

Come to Tampere 19-20 November for the 3d iteration of the international conference on persuasive language! We hope to be in a snow wonderland by then ❄️ Call for Papers open until July 1 Organisers: @coocho.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social @sofiaruediger.bsky.social events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

We continue our series of blog posts about academic events in which Plural members participate. In the latest blog post titled "Dwarf Greetings from Breslau", Dr Dieter Hermann Schmitz tells about a German studies conference in Poland. Click here for the full post: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res...

We are delighted to announce that Plural's and DPLA's virtual writing group resumes its sessions as of Friday 6th February, 9:00-10:30. More information on our website: FIN: research.tuni.fi/plural/uutin... ENG: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ne... #academicwriting #writinggroup #research

Studia Generalia "Sopii kysyä!", joint event with TARU Research Centre, opens tomorrow! What: "On the Threshold of Consensus" by Leena Mikkola and Taina Pitkänen Where: Lehmus-hall, Metso library When: 14.1.26 5-6:30pm Events are free & open for everyone! More info: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

New podcast episode by @jvaattovaara.bsky.social is out: open.spotify.com/episode/4XqB... 🐦🐦

Join the Empty Spaces symposium this Friday

Lääkärissä käyminen, verkkokeskusteluun osallistuminen, generatiivisen tekoälyn kanssa asioiminen, sopimustekstit ja lemmikille lepertely – kieli ja viestintä liittyvät kaikkeen. Muun muassa näistä aiheista puhutaan Sopii kysyä! -luentosarjassa pääkirjasto Metsossa. www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohta...

Today is Linguistics Day! CLiE, LAGB, BAAL & CUP are launching the “Why Linguistics” video competition. UG, PG, and ECR linguists can submit a 1-minute video on what linguistics is and why it matters by 1 Feb 2026 for a chance to win cash prizes and a CUP book voucher.

Railway Poetry evening will take place today from 6:00-7:30 pm in Pinni B 1028-29. You are cordially welcome to join us this evening! Glögi will be served in the break. 😊

Have you been to the Plural Blog recently? We have a series of blog posts about Plural's researchers travelling to conferences this year! blogs.tuni.fi/plural/

Tervetuloa kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan omaishoitosopimuksen kehittämisestä! Webinaariin ovat tervetulleita kaikki omaishoidon parissa työskentelevät ja siitä kiinnostuneet. sites.utu.fi/soho/tapahtu... Päivittyvä ohjelma ja ilmoittautumislinkki löytyy SoHo-hankkeen verkkosivuilta.

In 2026, together with the TARU Research Centre, we are participating in the Studia Generalia public lecture series "Sopii kysyä!". The lectures are free and open for everyone! Venue: Lehmus-hall, Metso library, Tampere Time: 5-6:30pm See here for the full programme: research.tuni.fi/plural/tapah...

In the new series of blog posts about the conferences the pluralists have attended this year, we focus on the experiences of Professors Kaisa Koskinen and Mikhail Mikhailov (Translation Studies). Please read more here: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res... blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res...

Somewhat sleepy (Saturday morning panel the day after the conference dinner) but successful convenors of Digital Discourse & Interaction at #AFinLa2025 @lulind.bsky.social @ylvabiri.bsky.social Thank you, Joensuu & @uniuef.bsky.social!

If you're a Plural researcher attending #AFinLa2025 at @uniuef.bsky.social, tag us!

Today, #AFinLa25 is kicking off at @uniuef.bsky.social, and Plural is well represented as usual! In the morning panel, Kaarina Hippi and @jvaattovaara.bsky.social both talk about variation. Later on, Heini Kallio and Henna Heinonen present on Finnish Swedish as L2. 🧵

The next OSSO & DDI online talk is on Wednesday! November 5 | 16.00-17.00 EET Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich (UNC Charlotte) Forgiveness? in Post-Digital Societies: A Technosocial and Metapragmatic Perspective Join the Zoom room: tinyurl.com/talkddi @ylvabiri.bsky.social @lulind.bsky.social