I am honoured to be part of the editorial board for the University Exeter Press Book Series: Trajectories of Gender, Cultures, and Social Change in the Middle East. Thank you to the series editors Emanuela Buscemi and Cristina Greco for inviting me. www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/...

Just returned from #IAWE26_Giessen full of inspiration! A superb experience, especially as a full day was allocated to our sessions on #world #Englishes in the #Arab #Gulf #states (chapters in Kay Gallagher's edited book). @annamariedillon.bsky.social @drmvdhoven.bsky.social @zabanwala.bsky.social

Day #1 at #IAWE26_Giessen. Excellent plenaries and individual sessions. Great to be with friends and colleagues from the Gulf again! #world #Englishes

Delighted to share this new article, with @uniofstandrews.bsky.social doctoral student Michela Gronchi as first author. "Teacher Identity in English Medium Instruction: A scoping Review of the Literature on EMI in the EU". Review of Education. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Looking forward to giving a workshop on 'Exploring Alternative Pathways: Navigating Non-Traditional Routes to Publishing Academic Work' at this British Educational Research Association (BERA) event on Wednesday! Great programme of sessions!

Thoroughly enjoyed the May 'Away Day' with new UCL colleagues at October Gallery, Bloomsbury. Perfect 'Transvangarde' exhibition for us as intercultural communication scholars, delicious lunch, beautiful setting, and great company! Happy to have joined this team!

Great way to start May with ‘World Englishes in the Arab Gulf States’ now out! My chapter (Chapter 1) looks at translingual and transnational identities in the Gulf. Thank you to the editor Kay Gallagher. Looking forward to reading the other chapters! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

For more details about the network and its activities, please see: srhe.ac.uk/networks/mul... Original recording available here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

📢 Upcoming Talk at Queen’s University Belfast 'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies: Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production' 🗓Tue 20th May 🕥10:30am – 12pm 📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB 🎙Yusuf Oldac Education Uni of Hong Kong Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies

Enjoyed attending the Teaching Excellence Awards event at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week. Happy to receive the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) award along with colleagues Jenny Taylorson, Shruti Narayanswamy & Kirsty McCall.

Reflecting on a wonderful time at #IATEFL2025 in Edinburgh last week! Highlights were presenting (research with @sdovchin.bsky.social), meet ups, ELTJ debate (Sin-Wang Chong), excellent plenaries and sessions (Daniel Xerri, Catherine Walter & more), #HandsUpProject Gaza play (powerful).

Honoured be a keynote speaker, alongside Sara Hillman, at GUST Global Studies Center conference in Kuwait (April 15-16). Excellent panels, warm hospitality, delicious food, and fantastic company! Heartfelt thank you to Marta tryzna, Jennifer Loftkrantz, and team!

Enjoyed presenting at 'Languages in the city' Symposium with Melanie van den Hoven in Utrecht and exploring the city. Stimulating discussions, beautiful place, all things Miffy, and great Indonesian food with Chris Jenks, Wafa Al-Alawi and co. April 6-7.

On my way to Kuwait for the GUST Global Studies Centre conference, with the theme: Cultural linguistics, local identities : Exploring cultural hybridity. Happy to be a plenary speaker at this event. See you soon @sarapatra.bsky.social!

Pleased to be presenting at another #AAAL2025 colloquium 'Emotions of TESOL Teacher Educators: International Perspectives' on Tuesday at 10am-12pm in the Grand Ballroom. Come if you can (I'll be there in spirit / on the screen).

Enjoyed our #AAAL2025 colloquium on (un)belonging and multilingualism in HE yesterday, which we started planning at last year's conference (first picture with Elizabeth Miller). Hard not to be there in person (Heathrow situation / canceled flight) but happy for video updates and Q&A via video call.

Friends and colleagues at #AAAL2025 in Denver, our colloquium '(Un)belonging and Multilingualism among Stakeholders in Higher Education' is at 8am-10am today in Silver. Come if you can! Elizabeth Miller Pramod K. Sah @sarapatra.bsky.social Rima Elabdali & Olive Nabukeera.

Excited to have joined @ioe.bsky.social as a Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Intercultural Communication (dissertation supervisor - in addition to main role at the University of St Andrews). Proud to joining this fantastic university and team!

Wonderful to be part of the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopaedia of World Englishes - Kingsley Bolton (Ed.). A huge project including six volumes! My entry / article looks at 'English in the UAE'. Thanks to MENA volume editor Tariq Elyas! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New article published today on ‘sticky objects’ (and places) in relation to students’ emotions and belonging in EME higher education. Thanks to SI editors Pramod Sah, Madhu KC & Peter De Costa. Looking forward to reading the full issue! Open access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My beautiful friend (and colleague!) @tazinabdullah.bsky.social wrote about mentorship in higher ed and passing it on to the next generation of scholars ❤️

Excited about this #book #launch hosted by TESOL International Intercultural Communication Interest Section. @drmvdhoven.bsky.social and I present 'Reconceptualising Intercultural Communication Research for the MENA: A Rereading of the Social Construction of Reality'. Routledge - Hamza R'boul, Ed.

I’m honoured to be a plenary speaker, alongside @sarapatra.bsky.social at the Global Studies Center Conference in Kuwait on April 15-16, 2025. Check out the CfP and hope to see you there! www.gust.edu.kw/gsc/events/g...

Confs: Global linguistics, local identities: Exploring Cultural Hybridity: Keynote Speakers Dr. Sarah Hopkyns, Lecturer in TESOL and International Education, University of St. Andrews, UK Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and English, Hamad Bin Khalifah University, Qatar…

In this new 'Language on the Move' blog piece, Anna Dillon and I explore the fascinating trilingual linguistic landscape of a UAE multi-faith space: The Abrahamic Family House. www.languageonthemove.com/visit-to-abr...

Just read this great post. Great for a virtual visit to a really fascinating space, and some interesting observations about how different languages are represented.

Just out: the Language-on-the-Move weekend read 🤩 @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social reflects on the trilingual linguistic landscape of faith at Abrahamic House www.languageonthemove.com/visit-to-abr...

How cool is this?!! Monopoly, but #linguistics ! #langsky starkeycomics.com/2025/01/16/e...

Tomorrow! Free, online seminar with Professor Adrian Holliday 🗣💬 Title: Putting aside native-speakerist labelling to find #linguistic and cultural hybridity and the “translingual instinct" Jan 16, 2025 10:00 AM London elinet.org.uk/resources/se... #ELT #langsky #TESOL

Feeling appreciated at the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. A doctoral student of mine wrote this lovely message as part of the 'Scottish Graduate School of Social Science International Mentoring Month'. It really made my day! Thank you! sgsss.ac.uk/supervisors/...

Hello all! The 58th BAAL Conference will be held at the stunning @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🏛️ Excited to see you on the 4th-6th September 2025! Check out these wonderful views of where it all happens 👇 #BAAL2025 #AppliedLinguistics #UniversityOfGlasgow

Great 2025 reading challenge recommendations on @languageonthemove.bsky.social www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...

New publication with Anna Dillon & Danica Čigoja Piper! Collaborative autoethnography on EMI: Perspectives across disciplines. Thanks to SI editors Anna Kristina Hultgren, @doganyuksel.bsky.social, Beatriz Zuaro, Marion Nao & Peter Wingrove. Open access! doi.org/10.1075/jemi...

Very pleased to see this book out (hard copy available next month)! A fantastic resource on English-Medium Instruction (EMI) in HigherEducation (HE) across the globe. My chapter (21) looks at EMI in UAE HE.

Enjoyed attending the Association of Gulf Semiotic Studies' bi-annual meeting this week. Two calls for papers for SIs and a fascinating presentation by Ibrar Bhatt on semiotics of Muslimness in China.

The Language-on-the-Move Reading Challenge 2024 just dropped! Challenge yourself to a new year of reading at the intersection of linguistic diversity and social life. #Languages #Linguistics #ReadingChallenge www.languageonthemove.com/language-on-...

Great to see my new blog on @languageonthemove.bsky.social www.languageonthemove.com/seeing-the-l...

New on Language-on-the-Move: seeing the linguistic landscape through the eyes of Barbie and Ken, by Sarah Hopkyns www.languageonthemove.com/seeing-the-l...