Update on “political violence is unacceptable under any circumstances and the dignity of human life is paramount” news.

This is a huge story. Don't let him get away with it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Workshop: Dwelling in / on Gordon Square 20 September 2025, 2pm-5pm This half-day workshop is part of the Open House Festival and invites participants to “collectively dwell” and map Gordon Square along the axes of space, sound, senses, memory and meaning. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Really sad to be missing #BAAL2025 but down with Covid - there’s a lot of it around London at the moment, take care out there folx.

This is the shiny new account for BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics), checking in before our next annual conference - organised by the fantastic local team at Glasgow @baal2025.bsky.social in September 2025 Please give us and them a follow!

If you know of any qualitative research roles in Calgary, Canada (or remote) I’d appreciate it! I’m in the writing up process of my PhD so would love to get some contracts to start building my local network. 2/2

Presenting today at @spanishinsoc.bsky.social :

As part of the Project “Making Spaces for Memory” I am happy to be ~making space~ at @ioe.bsky.social from the Centre for Applied Linguistics & the Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice to host this book launch for Mujer Diáspora - come and join us! makingspacesformemory.wordpress.com

In this week's session, 'Ethnography of the Future,' we discussed Pierre Bourdieu's 'The Forms of Capital' alongside work by @peterbrowning.bsky.social and Luisa Martín Rojo. The conversation was illuminating (as always!), ranging from the politics of taste to the utopianism of protest movements 🌏 📚

London folx, still time to sign up for the British Academy London Cluster Writing Group 28th February @britishacademy.bsky.social LINK: www.tickettailor.com/events/early... #ECR #Sociolinguistics #London #Writing

Book your dissertation support session now! We offer training in initial and advanced search strategies in online and face-to-face formats for IOE students. We encourage you to attend the initial search strategy session first. Sessions start 10/02 and run into April. tinyurl.com/4mezxpjd

Great time engaging in conversations with students around the topic of #LinguisticCitizenship yesterday…they had lots of ideas to share about #Afrikaaps! #sociolinguistics

Exciting conference for those interested in #AI in #language #education and #translation #ELT #TESOL @udea.bsky.social

In the next session of our Languages of the Future reading group next Wednesday (29/01/25) we will be discussing 'The Futures of the Past' – specifically in relation to the creation and curation of archives. Derrida's ARCHIVE FEVER will be a key touchstone. What other texts would you like to see? 📚

When the #LinguisticLandscape becomes a canvas on which Colombia's polarised politics are played out: www.infobae.com/colombia/202...

An early start for the first day of our ‘game changer’ workshop at ECQI 2025: Podcasting as a Political Act Representing and sharing experiences from freshedpodcast.com/flux/ Join us tomorrow for Session 2: 11-12:30 St Leonard’s Hall

A reflective way to wrap up the year. Two days sharing with memory study scholars and presenting my work with Adriana Patiño-Santos looking at Colombian exiles in London, thinking about family memory practices in the diaspora. Thanks to all involved for enriching interdisciplinary conversations.

Per molts anys més! Vídeo-documental per celebrar els 10 anys d'EDiSo www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bVv... #langsky #linguistics 🐦🐦

Sudha Vepa and I have something to say about philanthrocapitalism and the languaging of empowered women, particularly in global south settings like the one we examined. Article available in full-open access here: www.degruyter.com/document/doi...