Reflections on the 2026 @uni-hamburg.de Summer School "Literacies for Social Participation" by Yixi Qiu, @tazinabdullah.bsky.social and @brynnquick.bsky.social languageonthemove.com/epistemic-be...

Epistemic belonging and purposeful interactions

Editor’s note: The 2026 Hamburg International Summer School “Literacies for Social Participation” has come and gone. For those of us fortunate enough to attend, it was an epic learning …

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New podcast to add to my to listen list!

Natasha Saunders@negsaunders.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I’ve made a podcast!! State of Asylum is now available on Spotify, and will shortly be available on Apple Podcasts. Huge thanks to @scga.bsky.social for making the podcast possible!!! Listen in to learn about Sanctuary, Detention, Housing, and Right to Work, guided by experts by experience.

Relatedly, any organization that claims to be taking a "human-centered" approach, but is only asking "How do we use [whatever tech] responsibly?" and not "Should we use [tech] at all" is in fact centering the tech, and not the people. >>

Finally read this incredible book - Chai time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran. www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcas...

Prof Achinthi C Vithanage will deliver the UNE Law School's Kirby seminar on the 4th of August on "The evolution of the role of the lawyer in promoting environmental sustainability" in person in Parramatta and online via Zoom. All welcome! www.une.edu.au/about-une/fa...

In academia, we spend a lot of time applying for things... it seems like constantly, sometimes. So this makes this award very special - I had no idea I was being nominated, and had no expectation that I'd win it. A really touching surprise all round 🩷

Finaaaallly getting the chance to listen to Called to the Bar podcast series about international law. Excellent discussions about the law, but also really lovely reflections on career paths and life. @djag2.bsky.social 🤗

I really loved sharing some of my research about multilingual graduate students and their evolving experiences learning how to speak "like a lawyer". languageonthemove.com/learning-to-...

Learning to speak like a lawyer

In her 2007 ethnographic study of eight US law schools, Elizabeth Mertz traces the process through which law students learn to “think like a lawyer” in order to become one. She shows how this proce…

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"The report highlighted regular lockdowns caused by staff shortages, a lack of resources to address mental health issues [...] there was no Aboriginal health worker at the time of the inspection, "despite 37 per cent of the [prison] population being Aboriginal".

Aboriginal death in custody confirmed at privately-run NSW prison

A 21-year-old Aboriginal man has died at the privately-run Clarence Correctional Centre in northern NSW.

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"literacy programs for marginalized populations have been pared down...we need to listen to diverse voices from varied theoretical and geopolitical backgrounds. This will foster a broad and inclusive science of reading that deepens —rather than simplifies— what it means to read &to become a reader."

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · last mo.

New on Language-on-the-Move: The "reading wars" are back, and Prof Judy Kalman shows that teaching reading as purely a mechanical skills delivers poor education for the poor languageonthemove.com/teaching-rea...

Love this! Also spotted some multilingual signage @languageonthemove.bsky.social

Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths@yilinwriter.bsky.social · 4w ago

Have you ever seen any printing presses or bookstores from the Qing dynasty? I found these illustrations of the publishing industry in a print ad in some books of illustrated news articles published by Dianshizhai in the late 19th century. One of the findings from my special collections visit today.

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Doctora Malka Older@older.bsky.social · last mo.

we had SO MANY good stories over the weekend at @globalvoices.org ~re-upping this one to start. I know "climate refugees" is not a new idea, but this piece, written by our friends at the Global Movement Against Statelessness, brings you the perspective of people who have experienced statelessness:

Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...

🚀🚨🚀 We are hiring: 3-year postdoc in African history! 🚀🚨🚀! The University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway is hiring a researcher with a PhD in History to conduct research on “European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (1950-1990). The job listing can be found here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877) | University of Agder

Job title: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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Reuters confirms. 11 more people captured by ICE have been sent to a maximum security prison in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), a country where they have no ties and committed no crimes. reut.rs/4wpbIGU

Eleven more Trump deportees arrive in Eswatini from the United States, lawyer says

Eleven more migrants deported by the Trump administration under a ​policy of sending them to third ‌countries arrived in Eswatini from the United States on Wednesday, a U.S. lawyer following the case ...

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Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · last mo.

A few minutes ago, two ICE flights operated by Journey Aviation landed in Eswatini, likely another third-country removal of immigrants to a maximum security prison there. Nineteen people have already been sent there on previous ICE flights in the last nine months. Only two have been released.

Another great episode! The genealogical approach to raciolinguistics is fantastic - as Prof Flores explains, sometimes we can more easily spot racist ideologies in the past, than in the present. Tracing their evolution over timeand context helps to call out and make sense of current ones too.

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · last mo.

In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with @nelsonlflores.bsky.social about bilingual education in the US, and why it's not the path to reducing disadvantage it is cracked up to be languageonthemove.com/genealogy-of...

You too can have an accessible conference! Accessibility makes things better for everyone! Open access guidelines, compiled by Alexandra R. A. Lee & me, here 👉 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #MedievalSky #IMC2026 🗃️

It’s the 114th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm—the first at which poetry was a category you could win a medal for. The gold was taken by... er, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, President of the International Olympic Committee 🧵

Final day to read and endorse our short submission 👇🏽 We've been so happy to see the wonderful support it's already received.

Dr Laura Smith-Khan@lawandlanguage.org · 2mo ago

NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social

"Our findings reveal that Australian media doesn’t just report on childhood multilingualism – it actively constructs and maintains linguistic inequalities through racialised framings. The same linguistic practices are valued entirely differently based on children’s racial position."

Childhood bilingualism is a gift; for some …

*** Naomi Fillmore, Hanna Torsh, Yanisa Jakklom *** Imagine four Australian children playing in a playground. Yu speaks Chinese and English, Jakob speaks Arabic and English, Molly, who is from the …

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Access to many human rights remains substantially contingent on language proficiency Read and support our submission to the NSW Human Rights Enquiry🙏

Dr Laura Smith-Khan@lawandlanguage.org · 2mo ago

NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social

One week left to read and endorse this submission! We welcome endorsements from anyone, regardless of if you are in NSW/Australia or elsewhere.

Dr Laura Smith-Khan@lawandlanguage.org · 2mo ago

NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social

So I'm just back from two weeks in Belgium and it was so (good) busy I didn't have time to post, so I'm belatedly beginning with something I brought back home. I'm calling it "for science".

One week left to read and endorse this submission! We welcome endorsements from anyone, regardless of if you are in NSW/Australia or elsewhere.

Dr Laura Smith-Khan@lawandlanguage.org · 2mo ago

NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social

Please read and support this submission to the NSW Human Rights Enquiry, advocating to protect the rights of people with limited English proficiency. ⬇️ @languageonthemove.bsky.social @lawandlanguage.org

Dr Laura Smith-Khan@lawandlanguage.org · 2mo ago

NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social

NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social

Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency

The New South Wales (NSW) Parliament is currently holding an inquiry into the Human Rights Bill 2025. The Bill proposes to establish a statutory human rights framework for NSW (for non-Australian r…

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NSW has a Human Rights Bill currently under consideration. We've put together a submission advocating for the inclusion of protections to help ensure people with limited English proficiency can equally access their rights. Endorsements are welcome. Read more @languageonthemove.bsky.social

Rights of People with Limited English Language Proficiency

The New South Wales (NSW) Parliament is currently holding an inquiry into the Human Rights Bill 2025. The Bill proposes to establish a statutory human rights framework for NSW (for non-Australian r…

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Did you know that Islam has a long tradition of celebrating drunkenness? Don't believe me? Listen to this fascinating podcast where @tazinabdullah.bsky.social interviews Dr Oludamini about both his scholarship and creative works, and how they are closely related.

Language on the Move@languageonthemove.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Islam in English? In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move Podcast on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, @tazinabdullah.bsky.social chats with Dr Oludamini Ogunnaike about Arabic loanwords, why hangover is a metaphor for paradise, and much more - enjoy! languageonthemove.com/islam-in-eng...

'“It remains absolutely essential that the truth regarding the history, contributions, perspectives and lived experiences of black people in Britain and across the global diaspora is preserved, taught and championed.” (Kimberlé Crenshaw) Well and succinctly put.

Heads up for academics (inc ECR/PGRs) who work in green/responsible/sustainable finance, investment, and related topics. The UN-backed PRI are offering prizes (big ones! thousands of pounds!) for the best research in this area w/opportunity to attend conference. Deadline 26 June - pdf in link