Event Objectives Provide a platform for faculty members and researchers to connect with colleagues from different cultural backgrounds, potentially leading to future collaborations. Offer attendees the opportunity to learn about best practices and innovative projects in translation from diverse geographical contexts. Highlight the University of Leeds' commitment to fostering a global community of translation scholars...
We are thrilled to invite you to an exciting writing meetup at the Edward Boyle Library, a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow postgraduate researchers, share ideas, and propel your writing and research goals forward. The session will kick off with an enlightening talk by Nick Sheppard, Research Data Management Advisor. Nick will provide valuable...
Are you working on or interested in language or a language-related topic? Would you like to connect with other PGRs in the language research field across the university? Are there any tailored academic and/or social activities for PGRs you would like to get involved in? With the support from faculties and academic staff, the Language@Leeds...
The first talk in this series will be given by Professor Helen Roy from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology The seminars will be hosted on Zoom and organisers will send a Zoom link on registration. You can register for the series via Eventbrite
This year’s linguistics PGR conference will be held online, through the combination of a specially-created OSF repository and an online meeting. Please see https://www.latl.leeds.ac.uk/linguistics-pgr-virtual-poster-conference-2021/ for information.
We are glad to invite you to the second Research Talk of 2021 hosted by the Arabic PGR Satellite group. Dr David Wilmsen (American University of Sharjah) will give a talk entitled A new perspective on Arabic grammatical šī: functions and possible origins In the Arabic dialects in which it operates, the grammatical particle šī, also...
We are glad to announce the first Research Talk of 2021 hosted by the Arabic PGR Satellite group. Dr Muntasir Al-Hamad, FHE (Fellow of Higher Education Academy-UK) from Qatar University will give a talk entitled The Power of Gestures: Learn Nonverbal Communication in Arabic Culture The talk will cover the following points: The importance of “Non-Verbal Cues”...
Vigouroux, Cécile B. 2019. Language and (in) Hospitality: The Micropolitics of Hosting and Guesting. Language, Culture, and Society 1 (1): 31–58. Location: Zoom (contact Julia Snell for details) j.snell@leeds.ac.uk
Mike Baynham Talk: WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH INDEXICALITY? Professor Mike Baynham, University of Leeds: https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/education/staff/117/professor-mike-baynham Indexicality is a linguistic construct that I have started to find slightly troubling. It is a core, indeed pervasive element in the architecture of what one might broadly call contextual approaches to language analysis with all the blooming diversity that this...
Rosa, Jonathan and Nelson Flores. 2017. Unsettling race and language: Toward a raciolinguistic perspective. Language in Society, 46, 621–647. Location: Zoom (contact Julia Snell for details) j.snell@leeds.ac.uk
