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Lorna Carson
@lornacarson.bsky.social
Applied linguist, Dublin. Likes to be busy & likes doing nothing in equal measures.
Join us for our webinar on early multilingual literacies, part of the Read with MEE project, www.readwithmee.eu
January 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Launching today in Belfast and tomorrow in Dublin, come along if free and in the vicinity!
January 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Bring yourself and friends! Message us with any queries. Full details at www.lifelangs.com

@lornacarson.bsky.social @aislingoboyle.bsky.social
LIFELANGS
A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities
www.lifelangs.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:26 AM
LIFELANGS Living Observatory project officially launched :) Watch our launch webinar here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Efv...
Closed captions available. BSL/ISL interpretation.
#nsrp #hea #languagesconnect #thinklanguages #languagesmatter #sharedisland
Online Launch of LIFELANGS A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities
YouTube video by TCD SLSCS
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December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Thrilled to be able to start work alongside @aislingoboyle.bsky.social on the new @lifelangs.bsky.social Living Observatory project, working with an amazing team from @tcddublin.bsky.social & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Launching 4 Dec at 4pm GMT online, join us! #NSRP
Welcome to LIFELANGS - A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities on the island of Ireland. An ambitious new large-scale collaborative research project from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @tcddublin.bsky.social, led by @aislingoboyle.bsky.social & @lornacarson.bsky.social.
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Calling all young creatives! Our new all-Ireland/cross-border LIFELANGS project is looking for a new logo, and we need your help 😀 Our logo contest is open to all under 18s resident in Ireland/Northern Ireland. Find out more on our website lifelangs.com/logo-contest/ and help us spread the word!
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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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June 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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#IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar
🔔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]
forms.gle
April 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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.
www.eventbrite.ie
March 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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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...
March 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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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
March 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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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
March 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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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
March 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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
March 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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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!
March 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
February 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Help us find our colleague @yecidortega.bsky.social / last seen two weeks ago in Germany.
February 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tomorrow @tcddublin.bsky.social @tricondublin.bsky.social - seminar on Anti-Racism in Equality Law.
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
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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.
bbc.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Welcome to @tcdslscs.bsky.social School of Linguistics to Bluesky! @tcddublin.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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📢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...
docs.google.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Our book club’s selection for this term, sourced from the ever reliable @kennysbookshop.bsky.social in Galway. No spoilers please 😅
January 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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
January 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM