Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin
@pauljmeighan.bsky.social
Gael Sociolinguist | Research: Colonialingualism, Transepistemic Education, Indigenous & Multilingual Pedagogies | Website: www.paulmeighan.com | Views=own, Reposts/likes≠endorsements
Call for Papers - Social (In)justice, Indigeneity and Colonialingualism: Recognition, Resistance and Re-Existence.
More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Call for Papers - Social (In)justice, Indigeneity and Colonialingualism: Recognition, Resistance and Re-Existence.
More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
Looking forward to this new open book edited by Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta. Great to see colonialingualism used as a conceptual lens to interrogate Eurocentric ideologies in the South African context in Chaka Chaka and Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla’s chapter. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Looking forward to this new open book edited by Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta. Great to see colonialingualism used as a conceptual lens to interrogate Eurocentric ideologies in the South African context in Chaka Chaka and Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla’s chapter. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
📺 My webinar recording "Colonialingualism, Accentism, & Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education” is available ➡ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
📺 My webinar recording "Colonialingualism, Accentism, & Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education” is available ➡ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Thrilled to share I will publish with Routledge, “Colonialingualism: An Introduction to Language, Power, and Colonialism”.
Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today.
Follow for updates!
Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today.
Follow for updates!
October 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Thrilled to share I will publish with Routledge, “Colonialingualism: An Introduction to Language, Power, and Colonialism”.
Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today.
Follow for updates!
Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today.
Follow for updates!
My Language Awareness commentary “Language is land: countertexts as decolonial pathways in language education” is now published.
Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece.
Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...
Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece.
Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...
September 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My Language Awareness commentary “Language is land: countertexts as decolonial pathways in language education” is now published.
Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece.
Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...
Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece.
Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...
Delighted to be invited to deliver a webinar on "Colonialingualism, Accentism, and Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education". Thanks to the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine) for the invitation.
Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
September 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Delighted to be invited to deliver a webinar on "Colonialingualism, Accentism, and Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education". Thanks to the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine) for the invitation.
Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Lovely to receive this today! I contributed, “Whatever you do, don’t give up!”. My late mother, happy and proud, said this to me when I told her I was doing a PhD on Indigenous language reclamation. Here’s to you, Mum, and to all the revitalizers and reclaimers. Tha gaol agam ort.
September 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Lovely to receive this today! I contributed, “Whatever you do, don’t give up!”. My late mother, happy and proud, said this to me when I told her I was doing a PhD on Indigenous language reclamation. Here’s to you, Mum, and to all the revitalizers and reclaimers. Tha gaol agam ort.
Join the online launch of our Special Issue in The Modern Language Journal, “Critical Reflections on Colonial Pedagogies: Lessons Learned for Language Teacher Education”.
🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST.
Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST.
Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Join the online launch of our Special Issue in The Modern Language Journal, “Critical Reflections on Colonial Pedagogies: Lessons Learned for Language Teacher Education”.
🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST.
Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST.
Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Thrilled to be a keynote speaker for the International Symposium on Mother Languages at CELL, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan.
My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education.
Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!
My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education.
Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!
August 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thrilled to be a keynote speaker for the International Symposium on Mother Languages at CELL, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan.
My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education.
Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!
My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education.
Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!
How can we address colonialingualism in language education?
Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...
Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...
August 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How can we address colonialingualism in language education?
Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...
Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...
My article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” is now published open access in the Modern Language Journal.
Read more ➡ doi.org/10.1111/modl...
Read more ➡ doi.org/10.1111/modl...
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August 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” is now published open access in the Modern Language Journal.
Read more ➡ doi.org/10.1111/modl...
Read more ➡ doi.org/10.1111/modl...
My paper “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” will be published soon!
This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education.
More soon!
This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education.
More soon!
July 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My paper “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” will be published soon!
This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education.
More soon!
This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education.
More soon!
Proofs arrived today! My chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” will soon be published in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics.
More to come.
More to come.
July 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Proofs arrived today! My chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” will soon be published in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics.
More to come.
More to come.
Delighted to share I’ve been contracted by Cambridge University Press to author a new book in their Cambridge Elements series, titled "Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies".
July 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Delighted to share I’ve been contracted by Cambridge University Press to author a new book in their Cambridge Elements series, titled "Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies".
Looking forward to reading how this new resource, "Navigating TESOL" (Routledge, August 2025), engages with colonialingualism and ways of countering colonial legacies within TESOL.
Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
July 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking forward to reading how this new resource, "Navigating TESOL" (Routledge, August 2025), engages with colonialingualism and ways of countering colonial legacies within TESOL.
Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Colonialingualism isn’t just about language dominance — it exposes the deeper colonial mindsets and binary thinking that fracture knowledge, identity, and our relationship with the environment.
doi.org/10.1080/1559...
doi.org/10.1080/1559...
July 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Colonialingualism isn’t just about language dominance — it exposes the deeper colonial mindsets and binary thinking that fracture knowledge, identity, and our relationship with the environment.
doi.org/10.1080/1559...
doi.org/10.1080/1559...
Thrilled to share my interview with Robert Phillipson, renowned for his work on linguistic imperialism and linguistic human rights.
It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities.
More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities.
More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thrilled to share my interview with Robert Phillipson, renowned for his work on linguistic imperialism and linguistic human rights.
It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities.
More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities.
More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Language is not just a tool for communication, language is land, identity, culture, knowledge, and more.
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June 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Language is not just a tool for communication, language is land, identity, culture, knowledge, and more.
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jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Our special issue editorial “Languages of the Land: Indigenous Knowledges, Linguistic and Epistemic Justice, and Multilingual Futures” is now available.
Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community.
➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community.
➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
June 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our special issue editorial “Languages of the Land: Indigenous Knowledges, Linguistic and Epistemic Justice, and Multilingual Futures” is now available.
Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community.
➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community.
➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Our JEM special issue on Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability is live and fully open access!
Proud of this collection and the inspiring contributions on linguistic and epistemic justice, Indigenous knowledges, and sustainability.
➡️ jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
Proud of this collection and the inspiring contributions on linguistic and epistemic justice, Indigenous knowledges, and sustainability.
➡️ jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
Volume 2, Issue 1 – JEM
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June 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our JEM special issue on Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability is live and fully open access!
Proud of this collection and the inspiring contributions on linguistic and epistemic justice, Indigenous knowledges, and sustainability.
➡️ jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
Proud of this collection and the inspiring contributions on linguistic and epistemic justice, Indigenous knowledges, and sustainability.
➡️ jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
Looking forward to my chapter “Whatever you do, don’t give up! A Scottish Gael’s language reclamation journey” being published in September.
Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
June 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Looking forward to my chapter “Whatever you do, don’t give up! A Scottish Gael’s language reclamation journey” being published in September.
Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Delighted to share our Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM) special issue — “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability” — is now published and available open access!
jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
June 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Delighted to share our Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM) special issue — “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability” — is now published and available open access!
jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
A few years ago, I could barely speak Gaelic—my family’s language.
Now, I’ve given a full presentation in the language.
This research shows the deep connections between the Gaelic language, culture of the Gaels, and Indigenous knowledge.
📺 Presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=22M0...
This research shows the deep connections between the Gaelic language, culture of the Gaels, and Indigenous knowledge.
📺 Presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=22M0...
Beul-aithris nan Gàidheal ann an Uibhist a Deas (Oral tradition of the Gaels in South Uist)
YouTube video by Paul J. Meighan
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June 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A few years ago, I could barely speak Gaelic—my family’s language.
Now, I’ve given a full presentation in the language.
This research shows the deep connections between the Gaelic language, culture of the Gaels, and Indigenous knowledge.
📺 Presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=22M0...
This research shows the deep connections between the Gaelic language, culture of the Gaels, and Indigenous knowledge.
📺 Presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=22M0...
Excited our special issue “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability”, featuring a stellar lineup of global contributions, will be published next week in the open-access Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM).
More soon!
More soon!
June 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Excited our special issue “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability”, featuring a stellar lineup of global contributions, will be published next week in the open-access Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM).
More soon!
More soon!