Dr Peter Browning

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

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

This is a huge story.

Don't let him get away with it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Workshop: Dwelling in / on Gordon Square 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. Let's mobil...

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.
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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

A monochrome bird's eye view of hands on a computer keyboard.

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? 📚

En Bogotá amaneció pintado de negro el mural de “Las cuchas tienen razón”: colectivos artísticos aseguraron que “si tapan uno, haremos miles” Un joven activista, junto a otras personas, usaron pintura de color negro para tapar el mural que está ubicado en la calle 45 con carrera Séptima, que significaba un homenaje a las madres de las vícti...

When the #LinguisticLandscape becomes a canvas on which Colombia's polarised politics are played out:

www.infobae.com/colombia/202...

Congrats! Looks like a great resource.

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

Lucky to find myself in Brussels this week, so have has some interesting conversations with both Dutch and French speakers on this…Language policy matters!

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.

YouTube video by EDiSo Asociación Estudios sobre Discurso y Sociedad Vídeo documental 10 años de EDiSo

Per molts anys més!

Vídeo-documental per celebrar els 10 anys d'EDiSo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bVv...

#langsky #linguistics 🐦🐦

Philantrocapitalism and the languaging of empowered women in the Global South This article explores the impact of market-driven corporate philanthropy on educational institutions and their social actors, with a focus on how ideas of English and women’s empowerment become instit...

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...