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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Jun 10

Really powerful South African documentary screened at #ISB2025, “Free to Learn - Soze ungayibambi”, on the use of isiXhosa as well as English from Grade 4 in Basic Education. m.youtube.com/watch?v=EoGg...

Documentary Launch| FREE TO LEARN: SOZE UNGAYIBAMBI!| 26 September 2024

YouTube video by Centre for Multilingualism & Diversities Research

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · May 3

Congratulations to Zhu Hua!

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Colin Flynn (Cóilín Ó Floinn) @colinjflynn.bsky.social · Apr 12

#IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar

iraal.bsky.social @iraal.bsky.social · Apr 11

🔔EXCITING NEWS🔔

🟢 #IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar

Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future
📍 @tcddublin.bsky.social

📩 Submit abstract by 31 May 2025:
forms.gle/7Xfk8aX49zdR...
Queries: [email protected]

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Mar 25

Maybe you always knew deep down that we linguists are just lovely people, right?! Join us tomorrow for this public talk in @tcddublin.bsky.social and learn why… www.eventbrite.ie/e/why-lingui...

Why Linguistics makes one a better person (and makes them feel better)

Why Linguistics makes one a better person (and makes them feel better). A genderized point of view on Italian.

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Trinity College Dublin School of Linguistics @tcdslscs.bsky.social · Mar 23

Planning to study @tcddublin.bsky.social but need to boost your English first, or know someone who will be?
We have a beneficial 10-week full-time Pre-sessional English Language Programme to assist your transition to your new place of study.

👉 Learn more at
www.tcd.ie/slscs/englis...

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Love Ballymena @loveballymena.online · Mar 23

The new video conferencing facility, which is hosted by SignVideo, will offer both Irish Sign Language (ISL) or British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting at the touch of a button and has been launched during National Sign Language Week.

Police Service launches new sign language video relay service

The new video conferencing facility, which is hosted by SignVideo, will offer both Irish Sign Language (ISL) or British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting at the touch of a button and has been launched ...

www.loveballymena.online

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · Mar 18

Dublin friends and colleagues, I'm coming to Trinity next Monday 24th March to give the @historytcd.bsky.social Aidan Clarke Memorial Lecture. All welcome, starts at 4pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social. Really looking forward to bringing this new research back to the alma mater!

Aidan Clarke Memorial Lecture - A City in Translation: Multilingual Lives in Early Modern London

A seminar by Dr John Gallagher (University of Leeds) as part of the Trinity Centre for Early Modern History Seminar Series.

www.tcd.ie

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Josh Prada @joshprada.bsky.social · Mar 17

Fully funded (NWO) PhD position opening soon on Multilingualism, Identity and Emotions in Post-migratory Settings. Co-supervised by myself and Hadi Mirvehedi. Come join us at the @unigroningen.bsky.social's Centre for Language and Cognition 💜 email me if you have preliminary questions

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Mar 12

We are hiring! The Centre for Deaf Studies at @tcdslscs.bsky.social seeks an Asst Prof in Applied Sign Linguistics, specific purposes contract. Full details at www.tcd.ie/vacancies

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · Mar 12

My lovely dept, The School of English at Trinity College Dublin, is hiring! We are looking for a postcolonial scholar who can also teach American literature. We’re a lovely bunch, I promise. Please spread the word!

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Feb 28

Update - I understand that the search has been stood down and that our colleague is safe and sound 🙏🙏

Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Feb 27

Help us find our colleague @yecidortega.bsky.social / last seen two weeks ago in Germany.

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Feb 24

Tomorrow @tcddublin.bsky.social @tricondublin.bsky.social - seminar on Anti-Racism in Equality Law.

TriCON @tricondublin.bsky.social · Feb 5

Join us on Feb 25th at 5.30pm for an exciting seminar @tricondublin.bsky.social where Prof Shreya Atrey @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social will speak on ‘Anti-Racism in Equality Law’, with comments from Prof Mark Bell & chaired by @tricondublin.bsky.social Director @aileenkavanagh.bsky.social

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Feb 21

Shocking read.

Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Feb 21

The world definitely needs more cross-cultural and cross-linguistic friendships - bbc.com/future/artic...

'I call her my Italian sister': The power of cross-cultural friendships

What happens when we make friends across borders? Two writers talk about their British-Italian friendship – and the fascinating cognitive science on such cross-cultural bonds.

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Feb 19

Happening this Friday @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Staging Injustice: Performance and Asylum Hearings

A seminar with keynote speakers Dr Emma Cox (Royal Holloway, U.L.) and Prof Nick Gill (Exeter University) organised by the Trinity College Dublin Drama Department, The “Identities in Transformation” t...

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Feb 19

Welcome to @tcdslscs.bsky.social School of Linguistics to Bluesky! @tcddublin.bsky.social

Screenshot of the Bluesky home page for the School of Linguistic, Speech and Linguistic Sciences at Trinity College Dublin.

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Feb 7

@profdarryljones.bsky.social

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iraal.bsky.social @iraal.bsky.social · Jan 31

📢Calling all Irish English speakers📢

PhD research on "the expression of the perfect" in Irish English.

Short questionnaire (6 Qs) found at the link below 👇

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Questionnaire on the expression of the perfect.

INFORMED CONSENT FORM FOR ADULTS Variation of the expression of the perfect in Northern and Southern Irish English. Invitation: I invite you to participate in a research project conducted by PhD stude...

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Jan 31

Our book club’s selection for this term, sourced from the ever reliable @kennysbookshop.bsky.social in Galway. No spoilers please 😅

Stack of 4 books, Orbital, Tokyo Express, Red Notice, Lady Gregory’s Toothbrush

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Jan 31

Great to see our secondhand book sale up and running again, always one of the best bits in the Trinity year. Takes huge amounts of work from a team of volunteers @tcddublin.bsky.social

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Lorna Carson @lornacarson.bsky.social · Jan 30

Congratulations Ursula!

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UMassLinguistics @umasslinguistics.bsky.social · Jan 29

Become a superdialectologist! Young linguists help to record Czechia’s dialects english.radio.cz/bec...

Become a superdialectologist! Young linguists help to record

The Czech Academy of Sciences’ Institute of the Czech Language is recruiting young language enthusiasts to document dialects and the endangered speech of older generations.

english.radio.cz

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