We are delighted to be hosting this year’s (rescheduled) Babel lecture at Northumbria University on Thursday the 3rd of October.
The speaker is Ben Crystal, Ben is an actor, author, producer, an Associate Artist with the Shakespeare North Playhouse, and a consultant creative producer for Shakespeare companies around the world.
The talk begins at 6.30pm with refreshments available from 6.
We have a great line-up of research seminars for semester one of 2023-2024. Here is the lineup:
. . . We offer a combination of in-person and online seminars. In-person seminars will also be streamed via Teams unless otherwise stated.
. . . 18 October 2023 Dr Phillip Wallage (Northumbria University) How to say NO in early German and early English: changing ways to agree and disagree 12:00-13:00, Sandyford 301
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1 November 2023 Dr Rachid Khoumikham (Northumbria University) Exploring career progression for female engineers: insights into the influence of English medium education (EME) on career progression in the UK and Palestine 12:00-13:00, Sandyford 301
. . . 22 November 2023 Prof. Louise Cummings (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Cognitive-linguistic difficulties in adults with Long COVID 12:00-13:00, online via Teams
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8 December 2023 Richie Greaves and Tony Evans (guest speakers and Hillsborough survivors) Hillsborough: the truth 15:00-16:00, Lipman 0001 Followed by a poster exhibition and presentations from EL6052 Forensic Linguistics at 16:00-17:00
. . . 13 December 2023 Dr Stefan Grondelaers (Radboud University Nijmegen) Title to be confirmed 12:00-13:00, online via Teams
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All welcome. For further information, please contact Dr Mimi Huang, Research Group Lead and Postgraduate Research Lead for Language and Linguistics: mimi.huang@northumbria.ac.uk
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