Call for Papers - Social (In)justice, Indigeneity and Colonialingualism: Recognition, Resistance and Re-Existence. More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...

Looking forward to this new open book edited by Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta. Great to see colonialingualism used as a conceptual lens to interrogate Eurocentric ideologies in the South African context in Chaka Chaka and Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla’s chapter. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

📺 My webinar recording "Colonialingualism, Accentism, & Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education” is available ➡ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig... Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.

Thrilled to share I will publish with Routledge, “Colonialingualism: An Introduction to Language, Power, and Colonialism”. Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today. Follow for updates!

My Language Awareness commentary “Language is land: countertexts as decolonial pathways in language education” is now published. Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece. Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...

Delighted to be invited to deliver a webinar on "Colonialingualism, Accentism, and Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education". Thanks to the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine) for the invitation. Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...

Lovely to receive this today! I contributed, “Whatever you do, don’t give up!”. My late mother, happy and proud, said this to me when I told her I was doing a PhD on Indigenous language reclamation. Here’s to you, Mum, and to all the revitalizers and reclaimers. Tha gaol agam ort.

Join the online launch of our Special Issue in The Modern Language Journal, “Critical Reflections on Colonial Pedagogies: Lessons Learned for Language Teacher Education”. 🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST. Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thrilled to be a keynote speaker for the International Symposium on Mother Languages at CELL, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan. My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education. Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!

How can we address colonialingualism in language education? Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...

My article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” is now published open access in the Modern Language Journal. Read more ➡ doi.org/10.1111/modl...

My paper “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” will be published soon! This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education. More soon!

Proofs arrived today! My chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” will soon be published in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. More to come.

Delighted to share I’ve been contracted by Cambridge University Press to author a new book in their Cambridge Elements series, titled "Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies".

Looking forward to reading how this new resource, "Navigating TESOL" (Routledge, August 2025), engages with colonialingualism and ways of countering colonial legacies within TESOL. Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

Colonialingualism isn’t just about language dominance — it exposes the deeper colonial mindsets and binary thinking that fracture knowledge, identity, and our relationship with the environment. doi.org/10.1080/1559...

Thrilled to share my interview with Robert Phillipson, renowned for his work on linguistic imperialism and linguistic human rights. It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities. More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...

Language is not just a tool for communication, language is land, identity, culture, knowledge, and more. jempub.com/wp-content/u...

Our special issue editorial “Languages of the Land: Indigenous Knowledges, Linguistic and Epistemic Justice, and Multilingual Futures” is now available. Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community. ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...

Our JEM special issue on Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability is live and fully open access! Proud of this collection and the inspiring contributions on linguistic and epistemic justice, Indigenous knowledges, and sustainability. ➡️ jempub.com/volume-2-iss...

Looking forward to my chapter “Whatever you do, don’t give up! A Scottish Gael’s language reclamation journey” being published in September. Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/... Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Delighted to share our Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM) special issue — “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability” — is now published and available open access! jempub.com/volume-2-iss...

Tìr gun chànan, tìr gun anam. Language is land, land is language. doi.org/10.1177/1942...

A few years ago, I could barely speak Gaelic—my family’s language.
Now, I’ve given a full presentation in the language. This research shows the deep connections between the Gaelic language, culture of the Gaels, and Indigenous knowledge. 📺 Presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=22M0...

Excited our special issue “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability”, featuring a stellar lineup of global contributions, will be published next week in the open-access Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM). More soon!

Para quienes quieran ver el vídeo sobre el colonialingüismo en castellano, lo pueden encontrar aquí | For those who’d like to watch the video about colonialingualism in Spanish, you can find it here: youtu.be/M_u_a4LFYKE?...

Happy to share my latest poster on Indigenous language reclamation, delivered at the Harmonious Bilingualism Network Colloquium (HaBilNet) in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. Language is not just an abstract tool of communication—language is land, knowledge, culture, and identity.

Just launched an academic Instagram account! I’ll be sharing updates on my research, projects, and work. Follow along ⬇️ www.instagram.com/paul.j.meigh...

What is oral tradition—and why does it matter for language revitalization? Here are 4 key insights from my bilingual (Scottish Gaelic - English) paper, “Strengthening Gaelic revitalization: Dùthchas and oral tradition of the Gaels” ⬇️ doi.org/10.13140/RG....

The recording of “Colonialingualism and the Power of Language” is now available. I share my research on colonialingualism and ways to address it in education and the workplace. This was part of the 2024 Language Access Education Series. Thank you for the invite! youtu.be/pXsf-dStUyQ?...

“Monolingualism is the carbon monoxide of culture; multilingualism is its oxygen." Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is colonialingualism—and why does it matter in language education? This framework shows how privileging dominant colonial languages and knowledges perpetuates inequities. Here are 5 takeaways from my latest chapter, “Decolonizing Language Education” ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

My chapter “Decolonizing language education” has been published in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. It examines how colonialingualism perpetuates inequities in education and why centering Indigenous languages, knowledges, and lands is essential. doi.org/10.1002/9781...

We're recruiting for three research opportunities! For more information and to apply: 1. Postdoctoral Fellowship graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral... 2. Early Career Researcher drive.google.com/file/d/1GQis... 3. Master's Student Opportunity drive.google.com/file/d/1MThc...

What is colonialingualism? Colonialingualism is the privileging of dominant colonial languages, knowledges, and neoliberal valorizations of diversity. doi.org/10.1080/1559...

What is Dùthchas? Dùthchas is a millennia-old Gaelic concept that highlights the interconnectedness of people, land, culture, and an ecological balance among all entities, human and more than human. paulmeighan.com/f/d%C3%B9thc...

Language is more than just words, language is culture, identity, knowledge, land, and more. www.paulmeighan.com

Language is land, land is language! What does it mean? Read this opinion piece and a key excerpt cited in my book Endangered Languages at MIT press

Language is land, land is language. Indigenous languages transmit highly specialized place-based knowledges, such as traditional ecological knowledge and medicinal knowledge. doi.org/10.1177/1942...

Nice surprise today—received the proofs for my chapter, “Whatever you do, don't give up!”: A Scottish Gael’s Language Reclamation Journey, which will appear in Untold Autoethnographic Stories of (In)Justice, Teaching, and Scholarship, edited by Ari Sherris and Joy Peyton.

Great to see this resource out, and glad to have made a small contribution to it. It is important to address deficit narratives when reporting and writing about Indigenous and minoritized languages, language endangerment, and language revitalization.

Recording of my interview on Radio New Zealand’s Saturday Morning show today. Thank you for the invitation! www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Today, on International Mother Language Day, I'll be joining Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning show to discuss colonialingualism, its harmful effects on global linguistic and cultural diversity, and how we can address it. Feb 21 3pm EST; Feb 22 9am NZT. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Thrilled to share that I have been offered a contract with Palgrave Macmillan to publish my debut book, “Online Language Revitalization: Indigenous Language Acquisition and Technology”. The book is set for release in 2026—stay tuned for more updates!

Looking forward to speaking about language loss from a Gaelic perspective on Radio New Zealand | Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa Saturday Morning show this weekend. Tune in at 9:30am, Feb 22 NZ time (3:30pm, Feb 21 EST). Thank you for the invitation! www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Language is more than just words, language is identity, culture, knowledge, and more.

My paper "Literacy and Language Revitalization" will be published in Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. "To foster meaningful language revitalization, it is essential to recognize the diversity of literacy practices and prioritize community-led initiatives." Thank you for the invite. More soon!

Just a year since the UK Government announced it would ratify the ICH Convention. What a milestone @pauljmeighan.bsky.social @pauljmullan01.bsky.social @frankrennie.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social @lillis.bsky.social @bellacaledonia.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2023/12/23/o...

Language is land, land is language: the importance of Indigenous languages doi.org/10.1177/1942...

My paper “Decolonizing Language Education” will be published early 2025 in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Thank you for the invitation. More soon!