Dr Laura Smith-Khan
@lawandlanguage.org
Australian Senior Lecturer, language, law & society. #LLIRN. lawandlanguage.org
External CESSMIR UGent. @languageonthemove.bsky.social member.
Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed/prac, access to justice
ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
External CESSMIR UGent. @languageonthemove.bsky.social member.
Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed/prac, access to justice
ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan
@lawandlanguage.org
· Nov 13
I'm new, so thought I should introduce myself (for those who don't know me from the other place). I'm an interdisciplinary scholar, working mainly across linguistics and law. I co-run the Law& Linguistics Interdisciplinary Researchers Network. https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistics-meets-law/
Hello 👋, below is a bit about me. If you're new, please include some information about yourself in your bio/ name, so I can understand who you are!
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
Dear loved ones,
Help us – my child’s condition is life-threatening and urgently needs treatment outside the Gaza Strip.
Without urgent medical attention, my son may not survive.
Please show mercy and help us survive.
🙏 Your support is critical.
please donate and share🥺
chuffed.org/project/168482
Dear loved ones,
Help us – my child’s condition is life-threatening and urgently needs treatment outside the Gaza Strip.
Without urgent medical attention, my son may not survive.
Please show mercy and help us survive.
🙏 Your support is critical.
please donate and share🥺
chuffed.org/project/168482
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Dear loved ones,
Help us – my child’s condition is life-threatening and urgently needs treatment outside the Gaza Strip.
Without urgent medical attention, my son may not survive.
Please show mercy and help us survive.
🙏 Your support is critical.
please donate and share🥺
chuffed.org/project/168482
Dear loved ones,
Help us – my child’s condition is life-threatening and urgently needs treatment outside the Gaza Strip.
Without urgent medical attention, my son may not survive.
Please show mercy and help us survive.
🙏 Your support is critical.
please donate and share🥺
chuffed.org/project/168482
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
6. Rising to the challenge of moral consistency does not mean supporting your man through thick and thin. It means standing with the victims, whoever they might be, against the oppressors, whoever they might be. And, if necessary, making yourself unpopular in doing so.
February 4, 2026 at 7:54 AM
6. Rising to the challenge of moral consistency does not mean supporting your man through thick and thin. It means standing with the victims, whoever they might be, against the oppressors, whoever they might be. And, if necessary, making yourself unpopular in doing so.
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Dans le métro parisien, à peu près toutes les publicités pour ce truc sont graffitées avec des messages anti-IA et qui mettent en garde contre la surveillance.
C’est ça, l’humanité qu’on aime et les ami·es qu’on veut 🩷
C’est ça, l’humanité qu’on aime et les ami·es qu’on veut 🩷
Friend.com : l’IA qui promet l’amitié idéale surveille tout
Ce collier connecté, qui vous écoute 24 /24, est capable d’envoyer des messages personnalisés et d’interagir au quotidien. Une innovation américaine qui suscite fascination et inquiétude.
Ce collier connecté, qui vous écoute 24 /24, est capable d’envoyer des messages personnalisés et d’interagir au quotidien. Une innovation américaine qui suscite fascination et inquiétude.
Friend.com : l’IA qui promet l’amitié idéale surveille tout
Ce collier connecté, qui vous écoute 24/24, est capable d’envoyer des messages personnalisés et d’interagir au quotidien. Une innovation américaine qui suscite fascination et inquiétude.
www.liberation.fr
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Dans le métro parisien, à peu près toutes les publicités pour ce truc sont graffitées avec des messages anti-IA et qui mettent en garde contre la surveillance.
C’est ça, l’humanité qu’on aime et les ami·es qu’on veut 🩷
C’est ça, l’humanité qu’on aime et les ami·es qu’on veut 🩷
If this were a real friend, they'd be looking at criminal charges for coercive control...
Friend.com : l’IA qui promet l’amitié idéale surveille tout
Ce collier connecté, qui vous écoute 24 /24, est capable d’envoyer des messages personnalisés et d’interagir au quotidien. Une innovation américaine qui suscite fascination et inquiétude.
Ce collier connecté, qui vous écoute 24 /24, est capable d’envoyer des messages personnalisés et d’interagir au quotidien. Une innovation américaine qui suscite fascination et inquiétude.
Friend.com : l’IA qui promet l’amitié idéale surveille tout
Ce collier connecté, qui vous écoute 24/24, est capable d’envoyer des messages personnalisés et d’interagir au quotidien. Une innovation américaine qui suscite fascination et inquiétude.
www.liberation.fr
February 4, 2026 at 6:18 AM
If this were a real friend, they'd be looking at criminal charges for coercive control...
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
ICE has been holding a disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor in a camp for a year.
He’s been in the US since he was two years old.
It’s all he knows.
When they detained him, they denied him access to new prosthetic legs.
His health is declining.
He’s been in the US since he was two years old.
It’s all he knows.
When they detained him, they denied him access to new prosthetic legs.
His health is declining.
February 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM
ICE has been holding a disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor in a camp for a year.
He’s been in the US since he was two years old.
It’s all he knows.
When they detained him, they denied him access to new prosthetic legs.
His health is declining.
He’s been in the US since he was two years old.
It’s all he knows.
When they detained him, they denied him access to new prosthetic legs.
His health is declining.
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
Yesterday in Australia two autistic children were murdered by their parents. @australia.theguardian.com felt compelled to report that "The family were described on social media as a lovely couple and a good family." Lovely couples don't murder children.
January 30, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Yesterday in Australia two autistic children were murdered by their parents. @australia.theguardian.com felt compelled to report that "The family were described on social media as a lovely couple and a good family." Lovely couples don't murder children.
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
travel is fraught these days, but it's always been so for scholars who needed to enter fortress europe and the US on visa. imo if a scholarly organisation is an international one, it should try to host conferences outside these locations.
January 28, 2026 at 8:52 PM
travel is fraught these days, but it's always been so for scholars who needed to enter fortress europe and the US on visa. imo if a scholarly organisation is an international one, it should try to host conferences outside these locations.
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
New year, new handle!
I finally got around to adjusting my Bluesky handle to use the domain of the LLIRN's website.
One of the most recent additions to the site is my project page for my ongoing work on language, asylum and credibility 🤗 I love having one place to collate everything!
I finally got around to adjusting my Bluesky handle to use the domain of the LLIRN's website.
One of the most recent additions to the site is my project page for my ongoing work on language, asylum and credibility 🤗 I love having one place to collate everything!
Language, Asylum and Credibility
Since 2014, Laura Smith-Khan has been exploring the role of language in Australia’s asylum procedures. This began with a small Master’s research project, conducted under the supervision…
lawandlanguage.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:18 AM
New year, new handle!
I finally got around to adjusting my Bluesky handle to use the domain of the LLIRN's website.
One of the most recent additions to the site is my project page for my ongoing work on language, asylum and credibility 🤗 I love having one place to collate everything!
I finally got around to adjusting my Bluesky handle to use the domain of the LLIRN's website.
One of the most recent additions to the site is my project page for my ongoing work on language, asylum and credibility 🤗 I love having one place to collate everything!
I saw some epic stag horns on the weekend.
#Langsky I'd love to know what these are called in other languages (the plants growing on the trees)
#Langsky I'd love to know what these are called in other languages (the plants growing on the trees)
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 AM
I saw some epic stag horns on the weekend.
#Langsky I'd love to know what these are called in other languages (the plants growing on the trees)
#Langsky I'd love to know what these are called in other languages (the plants growing on the trees)
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
The French government announced a major "digital sovereignty initiative" to reduce dependency on American technology platforms by rolling out a domestic videoconferencing solution called "Visio" across its entire administration by 2027.
Adieu Teams : avec Visio, l’administration va avoir sa propre application souveraine de visioconférence
Pour sortir de la dépendance aux outils américains, cette application « 100 % française » sera généralisée au sein de l’administration « d’ici 2027 », a annoncé le ministre de la fonction publique Dav...
www.lefigaro.fr
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The French government announced a major "digital sovereignty initiative" to reduce dependency on American technology platforms by rolling out a domestic videoconferencing solution called "Visio" across its entire administration by 2027.
Love a creative language-related label! Here, the brand logo features the Arabic word جزاء combined with its transliteration jazaa with the j and ز one letter
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Love a creative language-related label! Here, the brand logo features the Arabic word جزاء combined with its transliteration jazaa with the j and ز one letter
One for my fellow law and language lovers - this article by Ikuko Nakane
𝗝𝗔𝗟𝗔 𝗩𝟮-𝗜𝟯-𝗔𝟱 - 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺
The paper explores the hybrid form of Japan's criminal justice system, where adversarial and inquisitorial approaches coexist with one another in order to achieve justice. #JALAPub #linguistics
📘 Full Paper: jala.glocal-journals.link/v2-i3-a5/
The paper explores the hybrid form of Japan's criminal justice system, where adversarial and inquisitorial approaches coexist with one another in order to achieve justice. #JALAPub #linguistics
📘 Full Paper: jala.glocal-journals.link/v2-i3-a5/
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
One for my fellow law and language lovers - this article by Ikuko Nakane
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
For the past 25 years there has never been a national security law that has done anything other than to give more power to cops and spooks and to ministers to stifle anyone who disagrees with the status quo.
January 20, 2026 at 11:52 AM
For the past 25 years there has never been a national security law that has done anything other than to give more power to cops and spooks and to ministers to stifle anyone who disagrees with the status quo.
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
Little note in the new Bill on Hate Speech
Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.
Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Little note in the new Bill on Hate Speech
Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.
Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
The banning power says the “Minister is not required to observe any requirements of procedural fairness” before criminalising and banning an organisation (and exposing current and former members to criminal prosecution). These are Trumpian powers, removing the usual checks for good decision-making.
January 18, 2026 at 7:41 AM
The banning power says the “Minister is not required to observe any requirements of procedural fairness” before criminalising and banning an organisation (and exposing current and former members to criminal prosecution). These are Trumpian powers, removing the usual checks for good decision-making.
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
"Al fin y al cabo, ¿qué clase de ciencia es ésa, capaz de poner un hombre en la luna pero incapaz de poner un pedazo de pan en la mesa de cada ser humano?"
May 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"Al fin y al cabo, ¿qué clase de ciencia es ésa, capaz de poner un hombre en la luna pero incapaz de poner un pedazo de pan en la mesa de cada ser humano?"
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
Limited Estonian skills could soon mean extended conscription service news.err.ee/1609913110/l...
Limited Estonian skills could soon mean extended conscription service
The Riigikogu's National Defense Committee is weighing whether to extend conscription for those who enter service without sufficient proficiency in Estonian.
news.err.ee
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Limited Estonian skills could soon mean extended conscription service news.err.ee/1609913110/l...
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
It's #DigitalFriday ! This is my routine appeal to #skystorians and all other academics prepping for teaching to share any software, hardware, online resources (primary, secondary, teaching tools, blogs) tips and tricks that they've found useful this week! #AcademicSky 🗃️(pls boost to relevant feeds)
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 AM
It's #DigitalFriday ! This is my routine appeal to #skystorians and all other academics prepping for teaching to share any software, hardware, online resources (primary, secondary, teaching tools, blogs) tips and tricks that they've found useful this week! #AcademicSky 🗃️(pls boost to relevant feeds)
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
If this is an 11th-century altar, then it would be the only surviving pre-Norman altar in Britain: a truly unique medieval treasure.
7/8
7/8
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
If this is an 11th-century altar, then it would be the only surviving pre-Norman altar in Britain: a truly unique medieval treasure.
7/8
7/8
Reposted by Dr Laura Smith-Khan
Nominations for the Penny Pether Award for Law and Language Scholarship close on Jan 31
law.unlv.edu/lawyering-pr...
law.unlv.edu/lawyering-pr...
The Penny Pether Award for Law and Language Scholarship
law.unlv.edu
January 12, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Nominations for the Penny Pether Award for Law and Language Scholarship close on Jan 31
law.unlv.edu/lawyering-pr...
law.unlv.edu/lawyering-pr...