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Craig Willis

@craigwillis.bsky.social

Researcher, European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social. Chair of @plurilingmedia.bsky.social. PhD from Europa-UniversitΓ€t Flensburg, focused on minority language / communities, in context of media, activism, sport and more

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πŸ“ New commentary for @ces-europe.bsky.social, on EU legislation for media, platforms and algorithms, and the implications for minority languages.

πŸ’‘ important topic for @plurilingmedia.bsky.social
going forward, hopefully this inspires some deeper research on the area!

lnkd.in/esCNeHtr

18.07.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PLURILINGMEDIA grantees at ICML 2025!

6 grantees received @costprogramme.bsky.social funding to attend the 20th International Conference on Minority Languages, held in BogotΓ‘, Colombia πŸ‡¨πŸ‡΄ this week.

Showcasing their research to a wide community of academics from across the world!

26.06.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Call for Papers deadline is approaching for the PLURILINGMEDIA General Conference in Warsaw this December!

Send us your abstract by June 1st, via this google form: lnkd.in/e4WUQ_qJ

Full details of the Call can be found here: lnkd.in/eRhTBSn4

Funded by @costprogramme.bsky.social

23.05.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PLURILINGMEDIA General Conference!

πŸ“Ί πŸ“» πŸ—žοΈ πŸ’¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ« Media and Language Vitality

πŸ“… 4th-5th December 2025
πŸ“ Warsaw. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±
πŸ”— www.linkedin.com/posts/pluril...

@costprogramme.bsky.social

30.04.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ PLURILINGMEDIA Training School: Journalism in Minority Languages.

πŸ—“οΈ 15th-17th September 2025,
πŸ“ Aberystwyth, Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

πŸ’Ά? Fully funded!

Details below, CfA deadline, 11th May.

πŸ”— www.linkedin.com/posts/pluril...

14.04.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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πŸ“’ What is PLURILINGMEDIA all about? We'll explain it to you in 45 seconds.

🌐 Our Center is an active member of the new research network. The focus is on media in minority and regional languages.

πŸ“° We also represent @midas-press.bsky.social in the @plurilingmedia.bsky.social network.

13.03.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PLURILINGMEDIA COST Action CA23105 | LinkedIn PLURILINGMEDIA COST Action CA23105 | 21 followers on LinkedIn. COST Action 'Language Plurality in Europe's Changing Media Sphere' (PLURILINGMEDIA), CA23105. Operating from 2024-2028 | - CO...

πŸ“’ PLURILINGMEDIA grants now open. Deadline, March 21st.

Details for 4 different grant
Types can be found in several posts on our LinkedIn page. STSMs and conference grants, linked to the topic of media and regional / minority languages.

πŸ”— www.linkedin.com/company/plur...

04.03.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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South Tyrol and cross-border broadcasting: from illegal antennas to a streaming app β€˜This content is not available in your country.’ A frustrating message familiar to many members of linguistic minorities. Geoblocking often denies them access to online content such as streaming servi...

πŸ“Ί South Tyrol has had official access to TV programmes from Austria, Germany and Switzerland since the 1970s.

πŸ“± Now, a new app has made it possible to live stream TV channels digitally. Could this be a model for other minority regions?

πŸ‘‰ Check out my new article: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...

25.02.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apply now to @plurilingmedia.bsky.social working groups. Online kick-off meetings for each will start in late Jan / Feb.
πŸ”— www.cost.eu/actions/CA23...

Almost 200 applications so far! Join our fast growing Action @costprogramme.bsky.social

14.01.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apply now to @plurilingmedia.bsky.social working groups. Online kick-off meetings for each will start in late Jan / Feb.
πŸ”— www.cost.eu/actions/CA23...

Almost 200 applications so far! Join our fast growing Action @costprogramme.bsky.social

14.01.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UN Forum for Minority Issues 2024: ELEN Secretary-General Davyth Hicks and ELEN President Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones presented the ELEN statement to the Forum noting ongoing discrimination against our languages and the need for clear unambiguous language rights. #ELEN2024 #UNFMI2024

30.11.2024 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite delighted to wake up to the news that I have been selected as the second German representative for COST Action @plurilingmedia.bsky.social. I am so grateful for this opportunity to be so closely involved in another COST Action and I can't wait to see what comes of this one!

06.12.2024 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join our new COST Action, PLURILINGMEDIA!

For 4 years, we’ll be running funded events and offering various grants!

Working Group applications now open. Covering all aspects of media in minority/regional languages. Please share to interested scholars/practitioners.

πŸ”— www.cost.eu/actions/CA23...

21.11.2024 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Join our new COST Action, PLURILINGMEDIA!

For 4 years, we’ll be running funded events and offering various grants!

Working Group applications now open. Covering all aspects of media in minority/regional languages. Please share to interested scholars/practitioners.

πŸ”— www.cost.eu/actions/CA23...

21.11.2024 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The #callforpapers for the 2025 ASEN Conference on Nationalism and Borders is out now at asen.ac.uk/conference and is open for another tow months. The conference runs from 23-25 April at
CEU in Budapest #asen2025

Oh, and we're going to start announcing speakers from next week :)

17.09.2024 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three excellent papers in our panel for UACES’ @uaces.bsky.social 54th annual conference, in Trento this week. Thanks to Jakob, Lara and Maddi for their fantastic papers on different audiences of minority language media! @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social @midas-press.bsky.social

03.09.2024 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Global Challenges, Regional Responses: Latin American Politics in Comparative Perspective European Consortium for Political Research

Virginia Rocha, Jay Maia, and I are leading a panel on "decentralisation, elections, and subnational politics" as part of the SG on LATAMPolitics section at @ecpr.bsky.social.
Excited for insightful discussions!
Reach out to us or send your abstract by Jan 18th!
bit.ly/3RCwgt5 #Polisky

11.12.2023 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lennie Pennie: For all our sakes, these cuts to languages cannot go ahead The ink isn't yet dry on the Scottish languages bill which represents a commitment to protect and promote Gaelic and Scots, and we're already seeing…

Aberdeen University language cuts: they cannot go ahead
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

09.12.2023 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Convocatoria selecciΓ³n y contrataciΓ³n 1 TΓ©cnico/a de Apoyo para Madrid Center for Interdisciplina... Contenido compartido desde el sitio web oficial de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - www.uc3m.es

MACIES - Madrid Center for Interdisciplinary EUropean Studies at UC3M is looking to hire someone to support its launch in 2024.

Part-time (15 h/week) in Madrid, compatible w/ grad school.
Requirements: ES & EN proficiency; EU-related interest a plus.

Details in the link.
Deadline: 28.11.23
EUsky

21.11.2023 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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