Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies is now available in paperback & hardback from Cambridge University Press. Get your copy here: www.cambridge.org/ca/universit...
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📣 Call for Papers | Reimagining “Quality” in Multilingual Education: Ecologies, Practices and Possibilities Abstract deadline: 15 October 2026 Notification: 31 October 2026 Full manuscript deadline: 7 May 2027 🔗 think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...
“Disrupting epistemic and institutional racism in applied linguistics and TESOL: a critical trioethnographic dialogue” is now published open access in Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. Read the full open-access article here: doi.org/10.1080/1542...
Decolonising Research Practices in Education is free to download and access until July 24! It offers a practical framework for conducting ethical, community-led, and decolonising research that centres Indigenous knowledges and practices. Download & read ➡️ doi.org/10.1017/9781...
“Decolonising Research Methods in Education” free to access and download until 24th July! 📚 doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Proofs submitted! Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies will be out soon. Pre-order here: www.cambridge.org/ca/universit... Excerpt: assets.cambridge.org/97810096/974...
Delighted to join the Digital Approaches to Teaching Less Commonly Taught & Indigenous Languages conference as guest speaker at Ohio University in October. My talk—Decolonizing the digital landscape: The role of technology in supporting Indigenous & minoritized language teaching.
Great to receive hardback copies of my first edited book “Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education”. A surreal feeling to have a physical copy after working on it on the laptop the past couple years! Thank you again to all the contributors. www.routledge.com/Countering-C...
A decolonial call to action, “Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education” reimagines language teaching by centering Indigenous and minoritized languages and knowledges, challenging linguistic and epistemic injustice worldwide. www.routledge.com/Countering-C...
Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education: Research Practices and Pedagogies from the Global South
This landmark volume engages the lived realities of linguistic discrimination by naming and countering colonialingualism, an operating system that marginalizes Indigenous and minoritized communities i...
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Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education is now out! Get your copy: www.routledge.com/Countering-C...
Honoured to be joining the Editorial Board of Language and Intercultural Communication, a Q1 peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to that conversation & to work alongside such respected colleagues. tandfonline.com/journals/rmli20
Official publication day! Thrilled “Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education” is out today with Routledge. My first edited volume—huge thanks to co-editor Leonardo Veliz, our contributors, Othman Barnawi & @routledgebooks.bsky.social. More: www.routledge.com/Countering-C... Code: 26AFLY1
Our new open-access article “Land and Water Pedagogy in TESOL: Centering Indigenous Knowledges” is out! We introduce land & water pedagogy as an additive, place-based approach that centers Indigenous knowledges & accountability to local contexts. More ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/tesq...
“Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education” now available for pre-order: www.routledge.com/Countering-C...
📘¡La guía práctica del Episodio 5 de #RELANZA llega con muchísimos recursos! @pauljmeighan.bsky.social ✅Desarrollo sostenible en educación ✅Agenda de enseñanza de lenguas ✅Retos y oportunidades ✅Integración ✅Actividades ✅Pódcast como recurso 👇👇👇 relanza.net/output/ 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ¡También en inglés!
🆕 Episode 5 is here – Sustainable development in the language curriculum, presented by Dr. @pauljmeighan.bsky.social! Don’t miss the 3 outputs: 🎧 Podcast 📘 Practical guide 🧩 Interactive Genially 👉 relanza.net/output/ #RELANZA #Sustainability #LinguisticJustice #SDG4
🆕 ¡Llega el Episodio 5 - Desarrollo sostenible en el currículo de lenguas de la mano del Dr. @pauljmeighan.bsky.social! No te pierdas los 3 outputs: 🎧 Pódcast 📘 Guía práctica 🧩 Genially interactivo 👉 relanza.net/output/ #RELANZA #Sostenibilidad #JusticiaLingüística #ODS4
Great to hear our article “Land and Water Pedagogy in TESOL: Centering Indigenous Knowledges", written from our perspectives as Gael and Ryukyuan, has been accepted for publication in TESOL Quarterly. More soon!
🆕 ¡Llega el Episodio 5 - Desarrollo sostenible en el currículo de lenguas de la mano del Dr. @pauljmeighan.bsky.social! No te pierdas los 3 outputs: 🎧 Pódcast 📘 Guía práctica 🧩 Genially interactivo 👉 relanza.net/output/ #RELANZA #Sostenibilidad #JusticiaLingüística #ODS4
📣 Call for abstracts 📣 ✅ Submit: 300-word abstract & bio to: forms.gle/qR2w3tbkyYDV... 🗓️ Deadline: April 30, 2026 (notification: May 24, 2026; full chapter: January 15, 2027) Editors: Paul Meighan, Bedrettin Yazan, Waqar Ali Shah, Leonardo Veliz 🔎 Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1ypWn...
“Language doesn’t just name places; it shapes how we relate to them and treat them.” I was interviewed by Tarang Mohnot for BBC Travel about why colonialingual metaphors like “Venice of the East” flatten places — and why names matter. Read the full story: www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Book proofs are in! Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education is on its way. More soon! www.routledge.com/Countering-C...
Delighted our book, The Routledge Handbook of Race and Equity in Applied Linguistics, will be published soon in June 2026. For more information on how to pre-order: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... More soon!
Three short, accessible blog summaries—with infographics—of my recent work in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics and The Modern Language Journal are now live on my academic website. Read more below ⬇️ 1.) Decolonizing Language Education: paulmeighan.com/f/decolonizi...
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What is colonialingualism—and why does it matter in language education?
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Delighted to announce that Leonardo Veliz, Waqar Bukhari, Bedrettin Yazan, and I are editing a new Palgrave Macmillan book series, Critical Multilingualism in Education. For more info and to submit a proposal, visit the series page (or scan the QR code): link.springer.com/series/60568
Feeling very encouraged and grateful to learn that my article “Colonialingualism: colonial legacies, imperial mindsets, and inequitable practices in English language education” is currently listed as the most cited article of all time in Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education.
How can literacy practices support—rather than undermine—language revitalization? Here are 5 key takeaways from my chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics ⬇️ doi.org/10.1002/9781... Full text access: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
My chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” is now published in The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. doi.org/10.1002/9781... Access the full text here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Looking forward to this book being published next year. It’s been a delight and honour to work alongside all the contributing authors and fantastic co-editors Leonardo Veliz, Waqar Ali Shah, and Xuesong Andy Gao for this Handbook. Stay tuned for more updates!