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Ruth holds PhD Masterclass and gives public lecture in Stockholm
Date: 14 May 2012
Ruth has been invited to teach a PhD masterclass May 14-16, at the School of Journalism in Stockholm - on CDA and media studies. Moreover, on May 1 ... Read more»
Ruth Wodak is invited to give the John Sinclair Lecture
Date: 9 May 2012
The English Language and Applied Linguistics division of the Dept of English at Birmingham University is pleased to announce that the 2012 S ... Read more»
Linguistics ranked 3rd in The Complete University Guide 2013
Date: 1 May 2012
We are delighted to see that the department is ranked third of all Linguistics Departments in the UK in the 2013 Complete University Guide, the depart ... Read more»
Ruth Wodak gives Plenary lecture at Gender and Equality Conference
Date: 26 April 2012
Ruth is invited to give a plenary lecture at the gender and equality conference in Vienna on April 26, 2012. See below for details. Genderstere ... Read more»
The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the award of Academician on Professor Tony McEnery
Date: 17 April 2012
The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the award of Academician on Professor Tony McEnery, Dean of FASS. In 2005 he was seconded to the Ar ... Read more»
Lancaster Teaching Award Nominations
Date: 17 April 2012
Out of 34 nominees in the university, 7 members of staff from the department have been nominated in this year's Lancaster Teaching Award nominations. ... Read more»
Ruth Wodak invited as plenary speaker at Conference on Migration, Salzburg
Date: 13 April 2012
Ruth is invited as plenary speaker at the interdisciplinary conference on Migration in Salzburg: see below Perspectives from Social Sciences ... Read more»
PhD student wins Dissertation Grant Award
Date: 29 March 2012
Yvonne Prefontaine, PhD student on the Thesis and Coursework PhD program, has won the The Language Learning Dissertation Grant awarded by the interna ... Read more»
Elena Semino gives talks at the University of Uppsala
Date: 15 March 2012
On 15th March, Elena Semino will visit the Forum for Advanced Studies in Arts, Languages and Theology (SALT) at the University of Uppsala in Sweden.Sh ... Read more»
Judit Kormos and Mick Short nominated for Lancaster staff awards
Date: 13 March 2012
The nominations for the Lancaster staff awards 2012 have been announced. Congratulations to Dr Judit Kormos who has been nominated for the Pilkingt ... Read more»
Paul Baker gives talk at the University of Brighton
Date: 7 March 2012
Paul Baker gave a talk at the University of Brighton on the construction of Muslim women who wear veils in the British press. ... Read more»
Ruth gives departmental lecture at Georgetown University, Linguistics Department
Date: 2 March 2012
Ruth was invited to give a departmental lecture at Georgetown University, in the Linguistics Department, with the topic: 'Analysing Political Discours ... Read more»
Paul Baker gives talk at Lancashire Archives
Date: 25 February 2012
Paul Baker gave a talk on Polari at the Lancashire Archives, Preston, as part of the LGBT history month. ... Read more»
Ruth invited at Sociolinguistics Workshop, Georgetown, Washington DC
Date: 24 February 2012
Ruth is invited as one of six speakers at a sociolinguistics workshop in Georgetown, Department for Aravic and Islamic Studies. For details, see ht ... Read more»
LRC special issue of Language and Education out!
Date: 17 February 2012
A special issue of the journal Language and Education on Literacies and Sites of Learning guest edited by Karin Tusting, is now published. The issue f ... Read more»
Workshop in Brussels
Date: 14 February 2012
Ruth is invited to participate as speaker and discussant at the workshop 'Speaking Europe abroad: Institutional Cooperation and the Making of EU's Dis ... Read more»
Paul Baker gives talk at Aston University
Date: 18 January 2012
Paul Baker gave an invited talk on his research on the representation of Islam in the British press at Aston University. ... Read more»
Julia Gillen writes for the Daily Mirror about Waterstone's
Date: 13 January 2012
Dr Julia Gillen, lecturer in Digital Literacies, writes about Waterstone's lost apostrophe in the Daily Mirror."End of an error: Why it's OK to follow ... Read more»
Ruth Wodak gives keynote in Salzburg
Date: 13 January 2012
Ruth is invited to give the keynote at the occasion of the opening of the new faculty building of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Paris-Lo ... Read more»
Ruth Wodak awarded the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria in Silver
Date: 19 December 2011
The Austrian Government has presented one of its highest awards to Distinguished Professor Ruth Wodak at a ceremony in Vienna. The Minister of Scien ... Read more»